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Hegemonic Policing: The COVID-19 Law Enforcement Strategy
The Police Accountability Report talks with two victims of mass incarceration and police brutality, and reveals a distinct theory of how American policing has evolved to dangerous ends. Subscribe to our page and support our…
Taxpayers Funded COVID-19 Research, And Big Pharma Profited
It’s definitely just a coincidence that one of Trump’s coronavirus task force members is a former lobbyist for Gilead Sciences, the company that won orphan drug status for its COVID-19 treatment. Subscribe to our page…
What’s Next For The Democratic Socialist Left?
Micah Uetricht, co-author of “Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism,” discusses the DSA’s refusal to endorse Joe Biden. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate….
Surviving The Coronapocalypse
How apartheid and redlining are fueling the global COVID-19 pandemic and how people can fight back. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational…
Drug Dealers Practice Social Distancing; Police Cough On Residents
COVID-19 is felt differently in cities like Baltimore where police act like an occupying force. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and…
Systemic Healthcare And Income Inequality Are Why COVID-19 Is Killing Black People
What good are drive-up testing sites if you don’t have a car? Dr. Leon McDougle explains how successful health outcomes are tilted against black and brown communities. Subscribe to our page and support our work…
Unconstitutional Power Grab? Baltimore Police Sued Over Spy Plane
The police department may be using the COVID-19 shutdown as cover to launch what an ACLU attorney says would be “the most wide-reaching surveillance dragnet ever employed in an American city.” Subscribe to our page…
Black, Indigenous Americans Hit Hard by COVID-19
Civil rights leader Ben Chavis joins us to talk about why this is happening, how we have to address this epidemic, and what it means for our future. Subscribe to our page and support our…
Can Biden/Bernie Wings of the Democrats Come Together To Defeat Trump?
Sanders suspending his campaign raises a lot of unanswered and uncomfortable questions for the Democratic Party as they battle Trump’s right wing Presidency. Director: Dwayne Gladden Video Editor: Bababtunde Ogunfolaju Subscribe to our page and…
Noam Chomsky On COVID-19 And His New Book: Internationalism Or Extinction
Noam Chomsky analyzes the coronavirus pandemic in the context of neoliberal capitalism’s failures, climate change, potential nuclear disaster, and Donald Trump’s authoritarianism. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
Authoritarianism Vs. Democracy: How Will We Fight COVID-19?
Historian Yuval Noah Harari’s work shows how to interpret the COVID-19 crisis as part of the global struggle between liberal elites and the rising populist right. Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
The FBI Is Still Hunting For Ways To Call US Activists Terrorists
The FBI wants you to believe they stopped spying on anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist activists. They haven’t. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and…
Reverse Shock Doctrine? Spain Moves Towards Permanent Basic Income
Even the business community has signaled support for the proposal as Spain’s economy craters during the coronavirus pandemic. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended…
Egypt’s Secret War in Northern Sinai
Reports are now coming in from a bombing and counter-bombing in northern Sinai by extremist Islamists and the Egyptian armed forces that happened in late March. The explosions were recorded by journalists in the nearby…
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro Fiddles While Brazil Burns
Brazil’s COVID-19 cases and deaths are higher than neighboring countries, yet the president takes no action. Indigenous people and the poorest Brazilians are in grave danger. Director/Video Editor: Bababtunde Ogunfolaju Visual Producer: Andrew Corkery Subscribe…
What the Coughing Cop Says About American Policing
A cop caught coughing on residents and video of a man arrested and incarcerated for running a red light illustrates how America policing has evolved into an enforcer of social control. Please join journalists Taya…
Mainstream Media Blind Spots In The Coronavirus Crisis
The mainstream media let Trump’s blunders dominate the COVID-19 narrative, neglecting their chance for a nuanced look at public health, incarceration, farmers, and homelessness. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
Boris Johnson Hospitalized With COVID-19 After Dismissing Its Threat
Journalist Rachel Shabi discusses Britain’s botched response to the coronavirus pandemic, the precarious state of the underfunded NHS, and whether new Labour leader Keir Starmer will prove a viable alternative to Boris Johnson. Rachel Shabi…
COVID-19 Ravages Communities Marginalized By White Supremacy
America’s legacy of white supremacy has marginalized Black communities with redlining, segregation, poverty, and lack of access. Combating the history of abuse and mistrust is key to surviving the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscribe to our page…
Sanders Ends Campaign After ‘Shit Show’ Wisconsin Primary
Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes says Tuesday’s vote risked lives and amounted to voter suppression, and that Democrats must embrace a progressive vision to beat Trump in November. Director/Video Editor: Bababtunde Ogunfolaju Subscribe to our…
Stir Crazy! Episode #9: Coronavirus casualty of the day: Sanders’ campaign
Episode #9 of Stir Crazy, on The Real News Network. Today we’re talking about the latest casualty: The Bernie Sanders campaign. Also on the show: Marcus Ferrell, one of our favorite political consultants, along with…
The $15 Million Bounty On Maduro Is One More Attempt To Unseat Him
The US says Maduro collaborated with the FARC to “flood the US with cocaine.” It’s an additional legal pressure to get Venezuela’s president to step down. Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Fired Amazon Worker Chris Smalls Responds To Leaked Smear Campaign Plans
Amazon executives described Smalls as “not smart or articulate.” Smalls was fired after organizing a walkout over employee safety at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse. Director/Video Editor: Dwayne Gladden Visual Producer: Andrew Corkery Subscribe to our…
Stir Crazy! #6: Socially Distanced
Stuck in the house? Social distancing at work? Need a break from the kids? Join Real News’ Andrew Corkery, Leandro Lagera, Charles Lenchner, and Tunde Ogunfolaju as we discuss some of the news stories that…
California Activists March To End Life Without Parole
Joanne Scheer, founder of the Felony Murder Elimination Project, and Kelly Savage, recently released after 23 years of incarceration, speak about how racial, gender and age disparities relate to life without parole (LWOP). Producer: Ericka…
Is This The Death Of The Two-State Solution?
In his new book, “Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality,†Ian Lustick describes the end of not only the two-state solution, but also the idea of partition. Director/Video Editor: Will Arenas Visual Producer:…
Nurses Protest Extreme Shortages Of Protective Gear
Frontline medical professionals across the country warn of the potentially deadly consequences of a lack of personal protective equipment. This interview was recorded April 3. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate….
