Moderate Rebels
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 626 ratingsModerate Rebels was a political podcast and video show hosted by journalists Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton. It ended in January 2022.
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Puerto Ricans rise up against US-imposed austerity, protest poverty wages
February 17, 2022 23:36 - 56 minutes - 52.4 MBPuerto Rican public workers are protesting the neoliberal policies imposed by US colonialism and Washington's unelected Financial Oversight and Management Board. I speak with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about how teachers are rising up, after the minimum wage hasn't increased in 13 years. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=hCKxWXuEYUc
Beijing Winter Olympics: Front line in new cold war on China - with Carl Zha
February 11, 2022 15:45 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBWith a diplomatic boycott by Western governments, corporate media propaganda has demonized China over the 2022 Winter Olympics. Britain's Financial Times openly declared, "Beijing Winter Olympics: the new front line in the US-China cold war." Actual China expert Carl Zha joins Multipolarista to pick apart the propaganda and explain what's really happening. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tysrspp7KOU Follow Carl on Twitter at https://twitter.com/CarlZha You can support Carl's Silk and ...
China and Russia declare 'new era' of multipolarity, challenging US interventionism
February 09, 2022 21:21 - 44 minutes - 41.3 MBAfter meeting in Beijing, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin released a lengthy joint statement clarifying the ideological divisions of the new cold war: Eurasian calls for multipolarity, cooperation, sovereignty, and “redistribution of power in the world” against US unipolar hegemony and interventionism. Read more here: https://multipolarista.com/2022/02/07/china-russia-multipolar-historic-meeting VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c0JaOHa0qOM
How Israel is an apartheid regime, with Ali Abunimah
February 03, 2022 21:22 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBMainstream human rights organization Amnesty International has come out publicly and said that "Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palestinians," and that Israel's "cruel system of domination" amounts to a "crime against humanity." We discuss this report with Ali Abunimah, journalist and editor of the Electronic Intifada. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=-wfk4QVPwP8 Follow Ali on Twitter at: twitter.com/AliAbunimah Electronic Intifada...
Inside Ethiopia and Eritrea, facing war and sanctions, with journalist Rania Khalek
January 28, 2022 20:17 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MBJournalist Rania Khalek talks about her reporting trip to Ethiopia, where armed group the TPLF is waging war on the central government, apparently with Western support, and Eritrea, one of the world's most sanctioned countries. We discuss the geopolitical importance of the Horn of Africa, and how the area has been affected by the US new cold war on China. PART 2 OF 2 VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4Q9zIB2xA Follow Rania's reporting at BreakThrough News: breakthroughnews.org ...
Inside Cuba's socialist health system, with journalist Rania Khalek
January 27, 2022 22:49 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBJournalist Rania Khalek discusses her reporting trip to Cuba, where she got a firsthand look at its socialist health system, under the brutal US blockade. PART 1 OF 2 VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=LZ4Q9zIB2xA Follow Rania's reporting at BreakThrough News: breakthroughnews.org And follow Rania at twitter.com/RaniaKhalek
Introducing Multipolarista – New podcast reporting on end of US unipolar hegemony
January 26, 2022 13:21 - 7 minutes - 7.36 MBModerate Rebels has ended as of January 2022, but this show will be continuing under the new name Multipolarista, hosted by Benjamin Norton. The show will report once or twice a week on the end of US unipolar hegemony and the transition to a multipolar world. Follow Multipolarista's website: multipolarista.com
Doctor explains CIA's 'Havana Syndrome' conspiracy is mass hysteria - not Russian ray gun attacks
January 23, 2022 21:27 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBFor years corporate media outlets accused Cuba, China, Russia, and other US adversaries of attacking spies and diplomats with hi-tech "pulsed microwave weapons" or "directed-energy weapons." But now the CIA has admitted that "Havana Syndrome" is not caused by attacks by a foreign hostile power, but rather stress or natural causes. Benjamin Norton interviews Doctor Robert Bartholomew, a medical sociologist and leading expert on mass hysteria and social panics, explains how he predicted this...
US-Russia talks fail. Is war on horizon? Impact on Ukraine and Europe?
January 14, 2022 21:06 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBPepe Escobar discusses the failure of the US-Russia talks in Geneva, NATO's refusal to make any diplomatic concessions, and if war could be on the horizon. We address the impact on Ukraine, Europe, Germany, and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. PART 2 OF 2
Is failed Kazakhstan coup attempt end of US 'color revolution' era?
January 14, 2022 20:54 - 39 minutes - 36.8 MBGeopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar discusses the violent coup attempt in Kazakhstan, and its crucial importance as an ally of Russia and the center of China's Belt and Road Initiative. He also addresses US, British, and Turkish meddling, and why this massive and misunderstood country is suddenly at the heart of the new cold war. PART 1 OF 2
What's causing the inflation crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains
January 04, 2022 22:26 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBEconomist Michael Hudson discusses the global inflation crisis and how the US Federal Reserve has given trillions of dollars to large banks. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=m7eAbbVMr_4
Far-right Pinochet supporter loses Chile's election. Will the neoliberal system change?
December 21, 2021 21:32 - 1 hour - 84 MBIn Chile's presidential election, far-right Pinochet dictatorship supporter José Antonio Kast, the son of a German Nazi, was defeated by young center-left social democrat Gabriel Boric. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Pablo Vivanco about what this victory means, Boric's major weakness on US imperialism, and the prospects of rewriting the Pinochet-era constitution. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=dSCmGvcxXWU Follow Pablo on Twitter at @PVivancoGuzman
Is Russia really planning a war in Ukraine - or is Washington?
December 10, 2021 16:53 - 1 hour - 74.8 MBThe US government claims Russia is planning to invade Ukraine, but is this true? Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with analyst and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter about Western governments' dubious claims, and NATO's designs for the region. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NLpPyuzxSf4 Follow Scott on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RealScottRitter
Nicaragua recognizes China, breaks ties with Taiwan. Is a Panama Canal alternative coming soon?
December 10, 2021 04:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MBNicaragua's Sandinista government has broken diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized the People's Republic of China. We discuss the historic decision and its huge geopolitical implications. A Chinese company plans to build an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua, to challenge the monopoly of the US-dominated Panama Canal. And the same week, Nicaragua signed agreements strengthening ties with Russia and collaborating on nuclear energy projects. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EDADaUX...
Venezuela's socialists win elections in landslide - so US tries to discredit them
November 23, 2021 18:01 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBThe United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won the November 21 mega-elections in a landslide, getting more votes in 20 of 23 states and the capital Caracas. So the US government responded by trying to discredit the vote. Venezuelan journalist Diego Sequera speaks about the elections, the historic victory of the ruling party of President Nicolás Maduro, and Washington's attempt to de-legitimize the process. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=p5ZrAMexvk8 Follow Diego on Twitter at twitter.co...
Nicaragua explains why it’s leaving OAS, responds to US attacks on its elections
November 21, 2021 23:28 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBNicaraguan diplomat Michael Campbell Hooker speaks with Ben Norton about why they are leaving the Organization of American States (OAS), which he says is a “failed,” “coup-plotting” organization dominated by Washington. Campbell also responds to US attempts to discredit Nicaragua’s November elections, and explains the importance of autonomy for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities on the Caribbean Coast. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DTRODfuRp6o TRANSCRIPT: https://thegrayz...
New US war on Nicaragua's Sandinistas: OAS rejects elections, Biden imposes sanctions
November 16, 2021 23:23 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss Washington's new hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government, the US/EU/OAS refusing to recognize the election results, Congress passing the RENACER Act, and Biden imposing sanctions. We speak with British journalist Steve Sweeney of the newspaper Morning Star, who was due to travel to Nicaragua to observe the election, but was detained in Mexico in mysterious circumstances. Follow Steve on Twitter at twitter.com/SweeneySteve Read Ben's report ...
Julian Assange's fiancée Stella Moris discusses CIA threats and US extradition dangers
November 06, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Stella Moris, the fiancée of imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, about CIA threats, the appeal hearings in the US extradition case, and how this scandal threatens freedom of the press around the world.
US govt-backed social media companies blatantly meddle in Nicaragua's elections
November 05, 2021 15:42 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBRemember Russiagate claims of "Kremlin meddling"? Well, the US government is blatantly interfering in Nicaragua's elections. Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal discuss how, mere days before Nicaragua's November 7 elections, Meta/Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, and Google/YouTube purged thousands of pro-Sandinista journalists, activists, and media outlets. Meanwhile, the US Congress voted for more crushing sanctions. We address the gaping holes in Facebook's bogus report falsely claiming the Sand...
How US-imposed austerity and privatization schemes are crushing Puerto Rico
October 30, 2021 22:57 - 53 minutes - 49 MBBen Norton speaks with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about the devastating neoliberal economic policies forced on Puerto Rico. Washington imposed an unelected fiscal control board, called the junta, to control Puerto Rico's finances. Now it is pushing through so-called "debt restructuring," in law PC1003, that will slash social benefits, defund public universities, and crush working-class people in order to pay off foreign corpo...
Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with Michael Hudson
October 16, 2021 15:12 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with economist Michael Hudson about his book "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire." Professor Hudson just published a 3rd edition that updates his analysis for the 21st century, discussing the new cold war on China and Russia and the ongoing transition from a US dollar-dominated financialized system to a "multipolar de-dollarized economy." VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Uiz934HVZjY Michael Hudson's website: michael-hudson....
Are US spies behind the Pandora Papers? Why are no American politicians included?
October 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the Pandora Papers, how zero US politicians or oligarchs were implicated, and the CIA's growing use of "hack-and-dump" operations. The group behind the Pandora and Panama Papers, the ICIJ, is the anti-WikiLeaks. It is funded by regime-change organizations and billionaires, while working with US government front groups. We show how the Washington is increasingly weaponizing so-called "anti-corruption" efforts against Official Enemies as a form of lawf...
Shady Facebook 'whistleblower' wants more censorship and crackdown on US adversaries
October 08, 2021 02:30 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss shady Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen and how her testimony only helps US spy agencies, justifying further government censorship while demonizing Washington's Official Enemies, from China to Iran, Myanmar to Ethiopia. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ilOl9bLfFgc
CIA plotted to kidnap and kill WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange
October 01, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the CIA's plot to assassinate or kidnap WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, which was first reported by The Grayzone in 2020.
Debunking 'Havana Syndrome' propaganda: CIA mass hysteria plus crickets
October 01, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the absurd media propaganda about "Havana Syndrome," claiming without any evidence that Cuba, Russia, China, Vietnam, and Official Enemies of the US government are supposedly attacking CIA spies with microwave energy, or sonic weapons, or ray guns, or... something. In reality, scientists say it is most likely psychogenic, or psychological, a kind of mass hysteria for coup-plotting spooks.
Biden's UN speech shows further US commitment to war and meddling, not 'diplomacy'
September 22, 2021 15:24 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBBen Norton analyzes the lies and misleading claims in US President Joe Biden's speech at the United Nations, and shows how the corporate media coverage is very misleading. VIDEO: https://rokfin.com/post/53970/Bidens-UN-speech-shows-further-US-commitment-to-war-and-meddling-not-diplomacy
Is Bolsonaro's Brazil planning a far-right military coup?
September 17, 2021 22:09 - 1 hour - 84 MBBen Norton speaks with journalist Brian Mier of independent news website Brasil Wire about the fascistic Jair Bolsonaro government in Brazil, the far-right's attacks on democracy, and the rumors of plans for a military coup to prevent popular leftist former president Lula da Silva from returning to power in the 2022 elections. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BiVixfNIfSs Check out Brasil Wire: https://brasilwire.com Follow Brian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianMteleSUR
20 years after 9/11, millions of victims of 'War on Terror': Reflection with Prof. Asad AbuKhalil
September 11, 2021 18:47 - 1 hour - 106 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks with Professor Asad Abukhalil, and the millions of victims of the "War on Terror." We speak about US imperialism's constant meddling in the Middle East, and Washington's hybrid wars on Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and more. We also addressed how Bush-era neocons have been rehabilitated by and even merged with the Democratic Party and liberal "humanitarian interventionists." VID...
US hybrid warfare in Latin America, the new phase of imperialism: Behind Nicaragua coup attempt
September 08, 2021 21:18 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBBen Norton was invited to give this talk on US hybrid warfare in Latin America. He analyzes how imperialism has evolved in the 21st century, and looks at Washington's interventionist campaigns across the region, from Bolivia to Venezuela. Then Ben discusses the case of the 2018 coup attempt in Nicaragua. The talk goes from the beginning to 1:00:00. A 30-minute Q&A then follows after. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=X87h8kh_8cI
How elite US groups created Afghanistan's neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million
September 06, 2021 14:39 - 1 hour - 69 MBBen Norton discusses his The Grayzone investigation "How elite US institutions created Afghanistan’s neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million from his country": https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/02/afghanistan-ashraf-ghani-corrupt VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bgTu7MC3gVc Watch Ben's weekly show Propaganda Today, where he streamed this video, and get access to exclusive content over at Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/benjaminnorton
Exposing deceptive defectors and dissidents, from North Korea to Iraq, China to Syria
September 03, 2021 17:25 - 1 hour - 104 MBOn Foreign Agents, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton expose the biggest frauds recruited as defectors and dissidents to lie about Official Enemies by the US regime, from North Korea's Yeonmi Park to Kuwait's Nayirah to Syria's Bana al-Abed. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=pJCY7dS7StU You can watch Max's show Foreign Agents at Rokfin and subscribe to get all exclusive content here: https://rokfin.com/stream/8605/Foreign-Agents-5--Dissidents-defectors--deceivers-of-the-US-regime
How US meddling in Ethiopia & Eritrea is destabilizing strategic Horn of Africa
August 28, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWe discuss how the US government is destabilizing the strategic Horn of Africa with Eritrean journalist Elias Amare. We talk about the conflict in Ethiopia, the TPLF's attacks on the government in the Tigray region, and the role of the Biden administration's sanctions and meddling. Is the United States using the "humanitarian interventionist" playbook like it used to justify the devastating NATO regime-change war on Libya in 2011? VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=v8vRaWgI86Q Follow Elias on ...
Afghanistan: Pipelines, minerals, and CIA opium ratline
August 21, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBWe continue our discussion with geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar of the end of the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan, the opium ratline the CIA used to fund dirty covert ops, the fight over pipelines, and the estimated $1 trillion worth of untapped mineral reserves in the country, as well as Washington's "pivot to Asia" and how Afghanistan is central in the new cold war on China and Russia. PART 2 OF 2 VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiF3TQZSxhs
Historic US defeat in Afghanistan: Is it 'most important geopolitical event of 21st century'?
August 20, 2021 16:29 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the end to the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan with journalist Pepe Escobar, who has extensive experience reporting in the country and was even arrested by the Taliban. We talk about how the geopolitics of the conflict, how the Taliban has changed, what the future government could look like, and the corruption of US puppet President Ashraf Ghani and other CIA assets. PART 1 OF 2 VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QiF3TQZSxhs
Meet US govt-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp, mastermind of soft coups
August 16, 2021 18:59 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBMax Blumenthal discusses US government-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp with scholar Marcie Smith Parenti. They talk about Sharp's NED-funded Albert Einstein Institution; his explicitly neoliberal, pro-corporate, and pro-imperialist politics; and the manuals Sharp wrote teaching people how to do so-called "color revolutions" (ie, soft coups) against Washington's targets, from Yugoslavia to Venezuela to Hong Kong. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ruu9aDHTqJU Read Marcie's article "C...
US-funded cultural counter-revolution in Cuba: How CIA cutouts use musicians to stir unrest
August 06, 2021 19:49 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss how the US government laid the groundwork for unrest in Cuba, the Biden administration's escalation of the economic war, and how CIA cutouts like USAID and the NED have cultivated a counter-revolutionary cultural network of rappers, artists, and social media influencers to push propaganda. We had planned on speaking with Havana-based journalist Cristina Escobar, but at the last minute when we started recording she unfortunately was unable to join us. ...
US eviction catastrophe and cynical Democrat photo ops
August 06, 2021 19:41 - 18 minutes - 17.9 MBMax Blumenthal discusses his reporting at the US Capitol on the protests demanding an eviction moratorium, the huge impending economic crisis, the opportunism of the Squad, and how Democratic Party warmongers like Adam Schiff cynically exploited it to do a photo op. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3aHgChJxsdg
US govt, celebrities, bots fuel astroturfed Cuba protests to push regime change
July 13, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBWe briefly discuss how the US government and corporate media are heavily amplifying small protests in Cuba to destabilize the country. While Washington suffocates the Cuban people with an illegal, 60-year blockade that the entire world just voted against at the UN, C-list celebrities are promoting #SOSCuba propaganda, and thousands of bots are spreading fake news on social media.
Inside Haiti crisis: Who killed president, and what is role of Colombian mercenaries?
July 13, 2021 00:51 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBWe discuss the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse with Haitian journalist Nazaire St. Fort and scholar Jeb Sprague. We talk about the "interim" presidency of US asset Claude Joseph, his request for American troops, the history of UN occupation, and the role of Colombian mercenaries and US citizens contracted by a Florida-based firm run by a right-wing Venezuelan-American.
Judge throws out millionaire's frivolous lawsuit aimed at bankrupting us
July 02, 2021 17:14 - 2 hours - 131 MBWe recount the insane story of how a pampered heiress and journalistic wannabe, enriched by millions of dollars seized from Iran by the US government, sued us for exposing her bogus Hezbollah sources, and hired an influential pro-Israel lawyer to try to bankrupt The Grayzone. After 2.5 years of silence, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak out about the McCarthyite legal assault. We expose Sulome Anderson and the powerful neoconservative forces supporting her lawfare campaign against us. ...
Mexico's anti-neoliberal movement grows despite US meddling and media smears
June 16, 2021 03:37 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBWe discuss Mexico's progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the left-wing Morena party alliance victory in the June 2021 elections with journalist José Luis Granados Ceja. We also address US meddling via NED/USAID funding for the neoliberal opposition, as well as the constant media attacks. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=vp1no7Idbx4 Follow José Luis on Twitter: twitter.com/GranadosCeja Article link - "‘Sexy tricks’: How journalists demonize Venezuela’s socialist govern...
Inside Syria, OPCW cover-up, and Israeli aggression, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi
June 08, 2021 16:01 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBJournalist Aaron Mate and Professor Mohammad Marandi continue talking about the trip they took to Syria, after a decade of Western proxy war. We also discuss the OPCW cover-up of so-called "chemical attacks," as well as the role of Israel in the war, and Palestinian resistance to its brutal bombing and blockade of Gaza. We address the political situations in Iran and Nicaragua, and then respond to questions from our patrons over at Patreon.com/ModerateRebels. PART 2 OF 2 VIDEO: youtube...
Report back from Syria after 10 years of Western dirty war, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi
June 05, 2021 14:27 - 1 hour - 79 MBWe speak with journalist Aaron Mate and Professor Mohammad Marandi, who just took a trip to Syria to see the real-life impact on average people caused by the decade-long Western regime-change war and suffocating US/EU sanctions. PART 1 OF 2 Video: youtube.com/watch?v=g9iqWnpBFZk
Roger Waters and Gabor Maté on Israel/Palestine, Gaza war, music, and more
May 22, 2021 12:00 - 2 hours - 118 MBWe were joined by musician Roger Waters and author Gabor Maté to discuss Israel's war on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance struggle, the psychology of Zionism, the music industry, and a variety of other political and cultural issues.
Gaza under attack: Behind apartheid Israel's latest war with Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek
May 15, 2021 12:00 - 2 hours - 131 MBIsrael is bombing Gaza, while extremists ethnically cleanse Palestinians. We are joined by Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek, as well as Aaron Maté and Anya Parampil, to discuss the colonial violence - and indigenous resistance. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=-SaqRY7qHV0
Biden admin's intersectional imperialism, 'woke' CIA, wars on Syria and China
May 14, 2021 17:01 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBFollowing his talk on the cultural cold war and the fake left, Ben Norton takes questions and discusses the "woke" CIA ads, the Biden administration's "intersectional imperialist" foreign policy, the Kurdish YPG/SDF and US military occupation of Syria, and new cold war myths about China. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=sZ79-gXVHos This is part 2 of 2. You can watch or listen to part 1 here: moderaterebels.com/cia-fake-left-cultural-cold-war TOPICS 0:00 Intro 4:25 Biden, Trump, and interse...
How the CIA cultivates a fake left: From the cultural cold war to intersectional imperialism
May 11, 2021 20:32 - 1 hour - 103 MBBen Norton was invited to give this talk about the fake left and imperialism. He discusses how the CIA's "woke" recruitment ad is not new; it is rooted in an "intersectional imperialist" history going back to the first cold war, in which the CIA poured money into cultivating anti-communist, pro-imperialist progressive groups, using fronts like the Congress for Cultural Freedom and billionaire-funded foundations like Ford and Rockefeller. Ben goes through the book "The Cultural Cold War," a...
Economist Michael Hudson on new cold war, Super Imperialism, Biden, China & Russia, dedollarization
May 05, 2021 22:30 - 1 hour - 81 MBMax Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss with world-renowned economist Michael Hudson his concept of US "Super Imperialism," the new cold war on China and Russia, the Joe Biden administration, and dedollarization - the potential end to the dollar as the global reserve currency. From 1:00:37 on, we also respond to questions from our patrons at Patreon: patreon.com/ModerateRebels
From Texas to Donbas: Meet the American fighting Ukrainian fascists
April 29, 2021 00:44 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBAs the anti-Russia hawks in the Joe Biden administration push for more aggressive policies in Ukraine, we speak with Russell Bentley, an American from Texas who moved to the Donbas region to fight on behalf of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic. Bentley discusses the ultra-nationalist fascists and neo-Nazis in the Ukrainian forces. He also explains the Christian Communist ideology that motivates him and his combat unit. VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=F5O8h1dpP_k -- Bentley's YouTube c...
How Ecuador's US-backed fake 'eco-left' helped a right-wing banker win the election
April 18, 2021 21:04 - 1 hour - 104 MBBen Norton discusses Ecuador's 2021 election results, and how the US government and intelligence-linked billionaire foundations spent decades funding and cultivating liberal environmental groups and rightist Indigenous leaders to divide the left and weaken the socialist Citizens' Revolution movement launched by former President Rafael Correa. * Read Ben's investigation "How the US gov’t cultivated environmental and Indigenous groups to defeat Ecuador’s leftist Correísta movement" here: th...