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Oliver Stone: American ‘War State’ Has ‘the Worst Media in the World’
Oscar winner Oliver Stone tells TRNN’s Ben Norton even he has difficulty producing films these days, because the US corporate media silences anti-war voices, and “We’ve really gone to the right in America.” Visit https://therealnews.com…
Canada’s Government Rejects Postal Union’s Green Vision While Catering To Big Oil
Speaking from COP24, Dave Bleakney of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, says the Trudeau government has shown little interest in greening Canada’s postal service Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
How US-Saudi War Turned Yemen into the Biggest Crisis on Earth
Medea Benjamin discusses with Ben Norton how the US-Saudi war on Yemen and attempts by peace activists and Congress to stop the conflict Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating…
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Can Canada’s Tar Sands Industry Be Profitable Without Government Subsidies?
Todd Paglia of Stand Earth says Canadians taxpayers increasingly foot the bill for Canada’s fossil fuels industry Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
When Activists Take Over City Hall: The Case of Barcelona, Spain
Ada Colau, who had been a long-time housing activist, won the Mayoral election of Barcelona in 2015 and a tough battle against long-entrenched forces, but is managing to gradually transform the city. Paul Jay talks…
Dispelling Myths About Iran, Trump’s Bogeyman
Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK co-founder, joins Ben Norton to discuss myths and misconceptions about Iran and the Donald Trump administration’s dismantling of the nuclear agreement. She also talks about her book “Inside Iran: The Real History…
The Green New Deal Must Fight Militarism
CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin calls on advocates of the Green New Deal to fight both the fossil fuel economy and the war economy Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating…
The Rogue Crown Prince & the Dangerous US-Saudi-Israel Alliance
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson and Paul Jay discuss the US Senate resolution condemning Mohamed Bin Salman for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi; there is concern amongst the neocons of both major parties that MBS is undermining…
People Who Fight for Real Change Make Real News – Paul Jay
Paul Jay says that corporate media thinks billionaires are the only ones that make history, but The Real News knows that’s not true Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating…
Advocates Say Sex Worker Rights Are Human Rights
At the annual remembrance of sex workers who were murdered, supporters say violence against them is violence against everyone Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform Act Is a Meaningless Smoke Screen (Pt 1/3)
Congress’s Criminal Justice Reform Act boosts privatization, fails to dismantle mass incarceration, nor does it implement sentencing reform. We speak to Eddie Conway and Natasha Pratt Harris about the proposed reform Visit https://therealnews.com for more…
Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform Act Is a Meaningless Smoke Screen (Pt 2/3)
Congress’s Criminal Justice Reform Act boosts privatization, fails to dismantle mass incarceration, nor does it implement sentencing reform. We speak to Eddie Conway and Natasha Pratt Harris about the proposed reform Visit https://therealnews.com for more…
Trump’s Criminal Justice Reform Act Is a Meaningless Smoke Screen (Pt 3/3)
Congress’s Criminal Justice Reform Act boosts privatization, fails to dismantle mass incarceration, nor does it implement sentencing reform. We speak to Eddie Conway and Natasha Pratt Harris about the proposed reform Visit https://therealnews.com for more…
West Bank Uprising: Israel’s Divide and Conquer Strategy Falls Apart
Shir Hever explains that the Israeli government’s deal with the Hamas party undermined the incentive for Palestinian security coordination, as the Israeli military is dragged in to implement colonial policing. As a result, Hamas has…
Project Censored: All the News the Establishment Media Saw Fit not to Print (Pt 1/2)
Since 1976 Project Censored has been bringing us all the news the corporate media don’t want us to hear Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
Project Censored: All the News the Establishment Media Saw Fit not to Print (Pt 2/2)
Since 1976 Project Censored has been bringing us all the news the corporate media don’t want us to hear Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
After COP24, Trudeau Government Promises More Goodies For Big Oil
Tina Oh of the Canadian Youth Delegation says COP24 failed to respect the rights of her own and subsequent generations Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
Senators Sneak Amendment to Make Israel Boycott Illegal
While Senators Cardin and Portman are trying to sneak a last-minute amendment into the budget bill to make BDS illegal – violating free speech – 26 states are also moving to make boycotts of Israel…
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The IMF is at it Again in Argentina’s Economic Crisis
Now that Argentina received the International Monetary Fund’s largest loan ever, of $56 billion, it is recommending more austerity, which, as the data so far shows, will only prolong the country’s economic crisis, says CEPR’s…
Skin Color and Gender Determine Privilege and Income, Regardless of Educational Level
A new PERI study finds that women of color benefit less from college education, while white men benefit the most. Since the 1970s, people of color’s social mobility has stagnated. Noé Wiener discusses the results…
Media’s Russia Obsession Obscures How Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Benefits Turkey Most
While corporate media portrayed Trump’s withdrawal of US troops from Syria as a Christmas gift to Russia’s Putin, veteran Middle East reporter Patrick Cockburn tells TRNN’s Ben Norton this is infantile and conspiratorial. NATO member…
Obama Admits Bipartisan Capitalist ‘Washington Consensus’ Fueled Far-Right & Multiplied Inequality
Former US President Barack Obama admitted that the neoliberal capitalist policies he and his predecessors supported fostered the rise of the far-right and grossly exacerbated inequality. Ben Norton reports. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and…
Captivating Encounter Between Pipeline Employees and Indigenous Land Defenders in Northern BC
After a Canadian court issued an injunction to force the Wet’suwet’en nation to allow pipeline workers to enter their territory, a neighbouring clan constructs a second checkpoint. This video shows the illuminating encounter that took…
German Amazon Workers Demand a Collective Contract
Every Christmas the German workers of Amazon attempt to strike and disrupt the company’s profits during the busiest time of the year. The management uses bonuses to tempt workers to break the strike. Visit https://therealnews.com…
Gideon Levy has No Sympathy for Colonists as a Group
Gideon Levy: all colonists and all Israelis share responsibility for the occupation and apartheid system in Palestine. There is sympathy for individuals, but there is no symmetry: the power is on the Israeli side Visit…
