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The Chris Hedges Report: Why did Democrats give this pro-Trump GOP primary candidate $425,000?
John Gibbs, a former Trump administration official, has received over $425,000 from the Democratic Party. Historian Paul Street joins ‘The Chris Hedges Report’ to discuss what is taking place on our bizarre political landscape as…
The Marc Steiner Show: Canada’s trucker ‘Freedom Convoy’ goes Christian nationalist
Since storming Ottawa in early 2022, Canada’s trucker ‘Freedom Convoy’ has taken an increasingly Christian nationalist turn, with some elements advocating a divine mission to overthrow the Canadian government. Emily Leedham joins the Marc Steiner…
The Marc Steiner Show: Trump Republicans’ return to power in 2022, 2024 elections
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The Chris Hedges Report: The Psychology of White Supremacists
In 1966, the Mississippi Ku Klux Klan assassinated Black civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer. A new book from former Boston Globe reporter Curtis Wilkie, ”When Evil Lived in Laurel: The White Knights and the Murder…
Sri Lanka’s crisis and colonial history with Dr. Nira Wickramasinghe
Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/sri-lankas-crisis-the-long-shadow-of-colonialism Sri Lanka’s people captured the world’s attention when they stormed the presidential palace on July 12, 2022, but the island nation’s crisis began long before then. Professor Nira…
The Marc Steiner Show: ‘Inheritance: An Autobiography of Whiteness’ by author Baynard Woods
As a country founded on the violence of racial slavery and genocide, the United States has yet to overcome its historical dependence on the ideology of white supremacy. In his new memoir, Inheritance: An Autobiography…
Rattling the Bars: Ahmad Manasra, a Palestinian boy imprisoned by Israel at age 13
Now 20, Manasra has spent a third of his life in prison. A hearing on Aug. 16 will determine whether to release him from seven months of solitary confinement. Rattling the Bars co-host Mansa Musa…
The Chris Hedges Report: Dystopia, octopus intelligence, and what makes us human
Writer Ray Nayler joins Chris Hedges to discuss his new novel, ‘The Mountain in the Sea.’ Watch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-report…
Fired Amazon union organizer: “We’re not able to feed ourselvesâ€
Multiple pro-union Amazon workers have been fired recently in suspected acts of retaliation and union busting from the company. Albert Elliot, a former Amazon employee and organizer with the rank-and-file group Carolina Amazonians United for…
Body camera caught cops lying, this is what happened when we asked police to explain | PAR
Michael Q. Banks was in his car one evening when a specialized crime unit of Trenton police suddenly pulled him from his vehicle and slammed him on the pavement, breaking his nose. When PAR traveled…
Lula vs Bolsonaro: Countdown to Brazil’s elections
Tensions have been building for months as Brazil heads for an electoral showdown that will have major implications for the country and for the world. Leftist national hero and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da…
The Marc Steiner Show: Israel’s August raid on Palestinian NGOs, w/Sahar Francis
In August 2022, the Israeli Defense Forces conducted dawn raids on the offices of seven Palestinian human rights NGOs. The targeted organizations included groups working to support Palestinian women and children, as well as political…
Rural Cops Demanded His ID, Things Turned Ugly When He Refused – PAR
Cell phone footage shows San Diego sheriffs threatening to fabricate charges against the driver, who was waiting on a tow truck after his car broke down. Police Accountability Report speaks with California resident Chase Hasegawa…
The Chris Hedges Report: Dr. Gabor Maté on trauma, addiction, and illness under capitalism
Dr. Gabor Maté joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss his new book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. Dr. Gabor Maté is a physician and childhood development specialist…
Rattling the Bars: Cholera in Haiti’s prisons, free them now!
Cases of cholera have been confirmed at Haiti’s National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince. Cholera, which spreads through unsanitary water, has become endemic in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake, and is believed to have been inadvertently introduced…
Brazil on Fire: Supporters in Northeastern Brazil hope to lift Lula to victory
Tens of thousands joined former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on the streets of Recife last Friday for another packed march in northeastern Brazil. This is the poorest region of Brazil. People here felt…
Park police said this volunteer overstayed his welcome, how they got rid of him was shocking! – PAR
Steve Headrick and his wife were volunteering at Coconino National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, when park police tried to force them to leave, and resorted to violence when Headrick and his wife refused to obey….
The Chris Hedges Report: Noam Chomsky, Pt 1
In a wide-ranging discussion, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges discuss the war in Ukraine, the rising tide of global fascism, the climate catastrophe, and the role left to public intellectuals in an increasingly restrictive and…
Katie Halper: The Hill TV fired me for defending critics of Israel
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Chelsea Manning: Why I risked prison to expose the US military
Chelsea Manning was imprisoned in 2010 after leaking 750,000 military documents to the website WikiLeaks. Chelsea’s revelations exposed heinous war crimes by the US military. While the perpetrators of the atrocities she exposed have never…
Rattling the Bars: San Quentin Prison is a COVID deathtrap
In 2020, at least 23 people died at San Quentin State Prison in California due to COVID-19. Two years later, COVID-19 remains a clear and present threat to incarcerated people, despite California’s attempts to implement…
The Chris Hedges Report: Dr. Gerald Horne on the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Chris Hedges Report examines some of W.E.B. Du Bois’s fundamental ideas with his biographer Dr. Gerald Horne, who holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at The University of Houston. Dr….
Rattling the Bars: Black August and the fight to free political prisoners, with the Jericho Movement
Jericho Movement activists fighting for the release of freedom fighters from US prisons speak on the meaning and purpose of Black August. Jihad Abdulmumit is the Chairperson of the National Jericho Movement. Paulette Dauteuil is…
Sri Lanka’s crisis: Ethnonationalism and the legacy of the civil war with Dr. Mythri Jegathesan
Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in 2009, but ethnonationalism remains a powerful force in the country’s politics. Professor Mythri Jegathesan traces the country’s present crisis to its recent history in the second episode of a…
The Chris Hedges Report: Ukraine and the crisis of media censorship
Throughout the Ukraine war, Western news outlets have mindlessly parroted the opinions of a ruling elite and overseen a public discourse that is often unhinged from the real world.   Patrick Lawrence was a…
Rattling the Bars: Unions must stand up for prisoners
Prisoners today are fighting the same labor conditions behind bars that birthed the union movement in the 19th Century. US labor journalist and Real News contributor Michael Sainato joins Rattling the Bars to discuss why…
Casino workers at Cambodia’s NagaWorld face brutality, jail time for striking
Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/casino-workers-at-cambodias-nagaworld-face-brutality-jail-time-for-striking The women-led struggle at Cambodia’s largest hotel and casino is now a major front in the country’s labor movement, and offers lessons to people combating capitalism and patriarchy…
