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G20: Trump’s ‘America First’ Policies Reflect the Limits of Globalization
Despite Trump’s affinities with authoritarian leaders such as India’s Modi and Russia’s Putin, he continues to destabilize the existing neoliberal consensus and now BRICS countries are taking up the neoliberal mantle, says Patrick Bond Subscribe…
Brazilians Celebrate LGBT Pride, Rejecting Bolsonaro’s Homophobic Backlash
Brazil’s LGBT community celebrated across the country over the last week, for Gay Pride. Michael Fox reports Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for…
Is the $4 Billion Border Aid Bill for ICE or for Children?
Progressives are battling the border aid bill because its lack of accountability provisions means there would be no way to tell if the money was spent on enforcement instead of aid. Subscribe to our page…
U.S. Sanctions Block Medicine from Venezuela, Killing Thousands
Ordinary Venezuelans talk about how the sanctions have made it increasingly difficult to access life-saving medications Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational…
Europeans Bowing to Trump on Iran Sanctions, Despite Their Opposition
Trita Parsi, founder of the National Iranian American Council, says that military confrontation between the US and Iran becomes more likely, especially since Europeans who oppose US sanctions are not really pushing back against Trump…
Mexico’s Dilemma: Tariffs or Impose Trump’s Draconian Immigration Policies
The Trump administration is forcing Mexico to impose equally harsh immigration policies as Trump has been imposing on the US, which are actually illegal and endangering the lives of migrants and refugees from Central America,…
Racism in America, Socialism, and Medicare for All Dominate Democratic Debate (1/2)
Kamala Harris seized the evening by taking on bussing and race with Biden, while Hickenlooper and others confronted Sanders’s socialism and the nuances of Medicare for All Subscribe to our page and support our work…
Generational Divide Was Subtext of Second Democratic Debate (2/2)
Back and forths about bussing, segregation, and race and confrontations about socialism and the nuances of Medicare For All had the 10 candidates at times, talking past one another Subscribe to our page and support…
Part 2 of First Dem Debate Takes a Deeper Dive Into Climate, Class & Race (2/2)
Kimberly Moffitt and Lester Spence analyze the importance of what was said and not said in the first Democratic Debate Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…
New York Passes Nation’s Most Comprehensive Clean Energy Legislation
Adrien Salazar, who fought for the bill discusses how this bill, which calls for no fossil fuel energy by 2050, will affect poor communities hardest hit by the climate crisis Subscribe to our page and…
A German Village Fights for Survival Against Coal Mining
Germany wants to phase out climate-damaging coal power by 2038. But before that, five villages in North Rhine-Westphalia are slated for demolition so that the lignite in the ground beneath them can be mined. Villagers…
Sunrise Sits In at DNC Headquarters, Demanding Climate Debate
The day before the first Democratic debate in Miami, dozens gathered at the DNC to demand a climate debate. They say they plan to stay until the DNC meets their demands Subscribe to our page…
Istanbul Election Shakes President Erdogan’s Power
Baris Karaagac discusses Ekrem Imamoglu’s victory in Istanbul’s mayoral election. President Erdogan had forced new elections after his party lost in March and now the governing party lost control of all Turkey’s major cities Subscribe…
Honduras Erupts on Eve of 10th Anniversary of Coup
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez has sent the military into the streets to repress protests. At least 3 have been killed recently. Professor Adrienne Pine talks about how these events relate to the 2009 coup…
Real Talk Tho: The Bay Area Reduced Murders, Can Baltimore?
The San Francisco Bay Area is fighting gun violence and winning. Why did gun deaths drop in the Bay Area, and are there lessons for Baltimore? Tougher gun laws, criminal justice reform, and well-funded violence…
Advocates Rally To Help Baltimore Public Housing Residents Left Without Water for A Week
The community says they have been treated like second class citizens compared to residents of wealthier neighborhoods ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational purposes only) **
Progressive Leads Queens DA Race, Shocking the Establishment
31-year-old Public Defender Tiffany Caban ran an AOC-style grassroots campaign calling for an end to mass incarceration and radical reform to the prosecutor’s office Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
German Bank Closes Account of Jewish Voices for Peace Over BDS Support
Shir Hever discusses the bank’s decision to close Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East’s bank account. This is the second time since Hitler that a Jewish account was closed, this time…
Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
India’s climate disasters are fueled by its governments’ resource mismanagement and fossil fuel consumption, says political economist Shouvik Chakraborty Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…
Trump’s “Deal of the Century” Just Means More Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land
Ali Abunimah discusses Jared Kushner’s presentation of his peace plan’s economic portion in Bahrain this week. He dangled fifty billion dollars for the Palestinian economy, but no freedom, political rights, nor an end of the…
Sanders & Warren Pitch Rival Plans to Address $1.6 Trillion in Student Debt
Renowned education expert Kevin Kumashiro says the plans put forth by two of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are a step in the right direction, but America’s fundamentally broken education system needs to be radically…
Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Decision a Danger to Democracy
Justice Kagan’s minority opinion calls out the threat that the decision represents to our right to vote and to our democratic future. Suzanne Almeida of Common Cause discusses the implications Subscribe to our page and…
First Democratic Debate: A Shift to the Left, Some Shifted More Than Others (1/2)
Analysts Lester Spence and Kimberly Moffit critique Democratic candidates for president as they took on corporate power, healthcare, immigration, gun control, abortion, and Iran. Some ideas and candidates shined, some faded. Subscribe to our page…
Trump Is Deepening the ‘Economic War’ Against Iran – Wilkerson
Trump might have called off an airstrike on Iran in the last minute, but he continues to wage an economic war on Iran, as he tries to present himself as reluctant warrior, despite the pressures…
Trump’s Iran Treaty Withdrawal and Sanctions Based on Lies, but War Could Be a Reality
Khury Petersen-Smith outlines how Trump’s untruths and policies are making America the aggressor, not Iran, and how American media from the New York Times to Fox News are falling for his rhetoric. Subscribe to our…
Mandela Would have Turned 101 – What Has Become of his Legacy?
South African scholar and activist Rasigan Maharajh describes South Africa as a microcosm of capitalism’s world crisis in a conversation that takes us from corruption to hope. We also discuss anti-apartheid activist and singer Johnny…
Jewish Activists of ‘Never Again’ Action Oppose Immigrant Detention Centers
Molly Amster of Jews United for Justice explains why the concentration camp analogy is more than just rhetoric when it comes to Trump’s detention camps and policies. Subscribe to our page and support our work…
