Pushback with Aaron Mate
215 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 548 ratingsA news show hosted by Aaron Maté. Presented by The Grayzone.
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Corporate coronavirus bailout threatens prolonged economic pain
March 31, 2020 18:06 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThe coronavirus pandemic has left millions of US workers without a job and the healthcare that comes with it. Economist Pavlina Tcherneva discusses how the Congressional bailout prioritizes corporate profits instead of building on the successful legacy of the New Deal. Guest: Pavlina Tcherneva, Associate Professor at Bard College and author of "The Case for a Job Guarantee."
Trump intensifies murderous Iran sanctions during COVID-19 crisis
March 23, 2020 15:51 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBAs Iran struggles to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration has imposed new sanctions that further weaken the Iranian economy and health system. Assal Rad of the National Iranian American Council discusses the sanctions' toll on Iran and how the Trump administration's regime change agenda could lead to bigger catastrophe. Guest: Assal Rad, Research Fellow at the National Iranian American Council.
Expert: US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during pandemic could be genocidal
March 20, 2020 19:37 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBIran has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, and new US sanctions are making it worse. Alfred de Zayas, a former UN Special Rapporteur, says that intensified US sanctions against Iran and Venezuela during the crisis are "insane", and possibly genocidal. Guest: Alfred de Zayas, former UN Special Rapporteur and law professor at the Geneva School of Diplomacy.
Krystal Ball: panicked DNC elites try to stop Bernie’s big Super Tuesday
March 01, 2020 16:42 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBWith Bernie Sanders poised for a big Super Tuesday, Krystal Ball discusses the Democratic establishment's panic, Elizabeth Warren's attacks on Sanders, and whether DNC elites are once again alienating the working class voters they lost in 2016. Guest: Krystal Ball, co-host of Rising and co-author of the best-selling new book, "The Populist's Guide to 2020." Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
The Russiagate Racket Targets Bernie Sanders' Surge
February 25, 2020 00:44 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MBEvidence-free claims of a Russian government effort to aid Bernie Sanders have been exploited by centrist Democrats alarmed by Sanders' primary success. This should be no surprise. Sanders and his movement are a threat to the very same interests that have pushed Russiagate for more than three years -- the failed neoliberal Democratic Party establishment and the national security state. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal joins Pushback. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "...
Julian Assange extradition hearing sees US attack bravery, press freedom
February 24, 2020 14:52 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MBA hearing on the US effort to extradite Julian Assange for charges brought under the Espionage Act has begun in London. Satirist and broadcaster Randy Credico, a friend of Assange, discusses the stakes involved: an unprecedented assault on press freedom and a media publisher who has exposed the crimes and secrets of the US establishment. Guest: Randy Credico, political satirist and broadcaster.
Russiagate 3.0 Drowns Out Trump's Reckless Escalation Of US - Russia Nuclear Arms Race
February 23, 2020 17:54 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBUS media is once again consumed with evidence-free claims that Russia intends to interfere on Donald Trump's behalf. But as Democrats accuse Trump of being "Putin's Puppet," Trump is overseeing a hawkish agenda that has worsened US-Russia tensions. Nowhere is that more dangerous than Trump's escalation of the nuclear arms race with Russia: abandoning arms control treaties while deploying and developing new nuclear weapons. Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins Pushback to discuss the...
Exclusive: Randy Credico, key witness in Roger Stone case, on Stone's 40-month sentence
February 22, 2020 16:20 - 31 minutes - 43.3 MBRoger Stone has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to a Congressional investigation of Russiagate and threatening a witness, Randy Credico. Stone falsely claimed to have a secret backchannel to Wikileaks, and that Credico was his source. Stone then tried to intimidate Credico into not contradicting his falsehoods. In an exclusive interview with Pushback, Randy Credico responds to the Stone sentencing and tells the real story of what happened. Guest: Randy Credico, political sat...
Turkey, US protect Al Qaeda in Idlib and worsen Syria's suffering
February 21, 2020 18:48 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBIdlib is facing a humanitarian disaster as hundreds of thousands flee a Syrian and Russian military campaign to retake the province from militant rule. Overlooked in Western coverage of the crisis is that Idlib is mostly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a rebranded affiliate of Al-Qaeda -- and that Turkey, with U.S. backing, has intervened to keep the extremist group in place. Guest: Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector and Marine Corps Intelligence Officer. Support Pushback at Patr...
Iowa debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elites
February 07, 2020 20:38 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBIowa's voting debacle has renewed fears that the DNC is again working against Bernie Sanders and his grassroots campaign. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal breaks down the network of dark money billionaires, Democratic elites, and Russiagate profiteers behind the app that ruined the Iowa vote, and a wider effort to stop Sanders' progressive momentum. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaro...
Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
February 01, 2020 15:12 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBAs the Trump administration’s stated rationale for killing Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis collapses, journalist Gareth Porter has pieced together the overlooked background. Porter reports that the assassination was in fact the culmination of a lengthy provocation campaign involving Mike Pompeo, John Bolton, and the Israeli government, which carried out a number of under-reported bombings inside Iraq and Syria in the months prior. Guest: Gareth Porter. Journalist and historian. His...
Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine
January 29, 2020 14:04 - 14 minutes - 13.6 MBPresident Trump was joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to unveil the so-called "deal of the century" at the White House. Attorney and author Noura Erakat says Trump's so-called "peace plan" is a con that seeks to cement Israeli apartheid for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Guest: Noura Erakat. Human rights attorney, legal scholar, Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, and author of Justice for Some: Law and in the Question of Palestine.
Adam Schiff's Russia-bashing is unhinged and dangerous
January 28, 2020 01:05 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBAt the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, chief Democratic prosecutor Adam Schiff has claimed that the US is arming Ukraine "so that we can fight Russia over there so we don’t have to fight Russia here" and called Russia a "wounded, dangerous animal." Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, says that Schiff's rhetoric is "ignorant and debased." Guest: Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York Universit...
Debating Trump's 'maximum Pressure' On Iran
January 26, 2020 15:32 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBMichael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior official in the Bush administration, joins Pushback to discuss the Trump administration's Iran policy; the Iran nuclear deal; and decades of US-Iran confrontation in the Middle East. Guest: Michael Doran, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior official in the Bush administration. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron M...
Suing Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard stands up to the Russiagate smear machine
January 25, 2020 16:17 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBAs Bernie Sanders ignores Hillary Clinton's attacks, Tulsi Gabbard is fighting back. Gabbard has filed a $50 million defamation suit against Clinton for labeling her a "Russian asset." Independent journalist Michael Tracey joins Pushback to discuss. Guest: Michael Tracey, independent journalist. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate Find more reporting at h...
Ex-UN weapons inspector: Biden's Iraq war vote excuse a 'bald-faced lie'
January 19, 2020 15:27 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBOn the campaign trail, Joe Biden is falsely claiming that he opposed the Iraq war when it began. Biden says that his 2002 war authorization vote was not intended to approve the 2003 invasion, but instead to ensure UN inspections. "It's a completely disingenuous statement," says Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq who testified before Biden in the U.S. Senate. "Joe Biden, from the very beginning, was a proponent of regime change in Iraq." Guest: Scott Ritter. Former UN Weapon...
Ex-Bush official: OPCW's Syria cover-up recalls Iraq war lies
January 13, 2020 16:38 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBOPCW whistleblowers have exposed a cover-up, under US pressure, of evidence that undermined allegations that the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in Douma in April 2018. The allegation prompted US-led airstrikes on Syria that same month. Former Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson says that reports of US pressure on the Douma investigation recall the Bush administration's coercion of the IAEA and OPCW before the Iraq war. Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson,...
Ex-US intel officer: Pompeo 'lying through his teeth' on Iran
January 12, 2020 16:33 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBThe Trump administration is imposing new sanctions on Iran and defying Iraq's call for a US troop withdrawal. This comes as the stated rationale for the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis is being undermined by its top officials' own statements. Scott Ritter, a former Marine Corps intelligence officer, analyzes the increased White House coercion efforts and collapsing intelligence claims. Guest: Scott Ritter -- former UN Weapons Inspector, former Marine Corps Inte...
US and Iran avoid war, but Trump's war-mongering goes on
January 09, 2020 16:07 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBThe threat of an immediate US-Iran military conflict has been averted, but President Donald Trump has vowed to continue his "maximum pressure" campaign with new sanctions on Tehran. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Prime Minister's claim that Qassem Soleimani was on a diplomatic mission in Iraq when the U.S. assassinated him is raising new questions about Trump's motives. Guest: Sina Toossi, Senior Research Analyst at the National Iranian American Council. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patr...
Lawrence Wilkerson on Trump's Iran aggression: same neocon lies, new target
January 07, 2020 15:34 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBAs millions of Iranians mourn the US murder of Qassem Soleimani, ex-Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuses the parallels between Bush's war on Iraq and Trump's campaign against Iran; the history of US shunning diplomacy with Tehran; and how an addiction to war drives US foreign policy. Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell. Currently a distinguished professor at the College of William and Mary. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www....
Trump's march to war on Iran aided by Democrats' weakness on sanctions, nuclear deal
January 04, 2020 18:16 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBThe US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, is the culmination of three years of Trump administration war-mongering against Iran. Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses Trump's radical neocon agenda in Iran and how Democratic votes for new sanctions against Tehran helped lay the groundwork for the current crisis. Guest: Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.p...
OPCW leaks expose 'criminal' Syria cover-up -- and US media is silent
January 02, 2020 17:15 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBThe US media continues to ignore one of 2019's top scandals: a cover-up inside the OPCW, the world's top chemical weapons watchdog, that was used to justify US-led military strikes on Syria. Theodore Postol, award-winning professor of Science, Technology and National Security policy at MIT, joins Pushback to discuss the latest leaked revelations and what he calls the "criminal" US media silence on the story. The leaked documents and testimony from inside the OPCW show there were major doubt...
Newsweek Reporter Quits After Editors Block Coverage Of OPCW Syria Scandal
December 19, 2019 16:20 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBJournalist Tareq Haddad explains his decision to resign from Newsweek over its refusal to cover the OPCW's unfolding Syria scandal. According to whistleblower testimony and leaked documents, OPCW officials raised alarm about the suppression of critical findings that undermine the allegation that the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma in April 2018. Haddad's editors at Newsweek rejected his attempts to cover the story. "If I don’t find another position ...
IG Report Exposes FBI, Congressional, and Media Deceit In Russia Probe
December 16, 2019 16:28 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBA new report from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirms that the FBI relied on the Steele dossier – a DNC-funded work of fiction – during the Trump-Russia probe. The FBI used Steele's work to obtain surveillance warrants but concealed his errors and other critical information from the FISA court. Matt Taibbi joins Aaron Maté to discuss how Horowitz's investigation exposes not just the FBI's deceit, but also that of the prominent media and political figures who enabled it. Guest: M...
Jeremy Corbyn faces Russiagate smear campaign before UK vote
December 11, 2019 15:12 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBJeremy Corbyn, a real progressive, could win UK's elections. Max Blumenthal joins Pushback to discuss how powerful forces are trying to stop Corbyn with a Russiagate-fueled smear campaign -- and why Bernie Sanders could be their next target. NATO-funded "researchers" are claiming that leaked documents publicized by Corbyn that exposed secret US-UK talks over the British health service are in fact the result of a Russian disinformation campaign. The Russia-baiting against Corbyn comes as the ...
US drops false charge against journalist Max Blumenthal
December 10, 2019 16:55 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThe US government has dropped a false charge of assault against The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal stemming from an incident at the Venezuelan embassy in May. Blumenthal was seized from his home by a group of officers and held for two days in cells and cages. The case was dropped after Blumenthal's legal team sought call logs that could have exposed collusion between the Secret Service and right-wing Venezuelan activists. Blumenthal discusses his vindication, the state of the US-backed co...
Abby Martin: Gaza's fight for freedom needs global solidarity
December 01, 2019 18:15 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBThe Empire Files' Abby Martin and Mike Prysner discuss their new documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom," a vivid account of the Great March of Return against the Israeli siege of Gaza, and the urgency of global solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. Guests: Abby Martin and Mike Prysner, co-creators of The Empire Files and co-directors of the documentary, Gaza Fights For Freedom. Watch Gaza Fights For Freedom: https://gazafightsforfreedom.com/ Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.pat...
White Helmets Whitewash - Founder's Death, OPCW Scandal Lift Mask On Al-Qaeda's Ally In Syria
November 26, 2019 17:32 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBThe recent death of White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier, and an unfolding cover-up at the OPCW of an apparently staged chemical weapons incident, has shed new light on the group’s shadowy role in the Syria proxy war. We speak to The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, whose reporting has exposed the White Helmets’ ties to jihadists groups and its use as a PR tool for Western military intervention in Syria. “We don’t know if there’s a cover-up around his [Le Mesurier’s] death — I can’t go that fa...
How a grassroots Seattle movement delivered Amazon a major loss
November 25, 2019 17:22 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBPushback with Aaron Maté In Seattle's recent election, Amazon spent at least $1.5 million to defeat a slate of progressive candidates -- and lost. One of Amazon's top targets, re-elected socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant, explains how people power beat big business. Guest: Kshama Sawant, re-elected Seattle City Councilmember and member of Socialist Alternative. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aa...
Whistleblower: OPCW suppressed Syria chemical evidence after US pressure
November 18, 2019 21:37 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBA second whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has come forward to accuse top OPCW officials of suppressing critical evidence. The evidence undermines allegations that the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in Douma in April 2018 -- an allegation that prompted US-led airstrikes. The second whistleblower also says that three US officials took part in pressuring the OPCW. We speak to veteran journalist Jonathan Steele, the first reporte...
Jimmy Dore: until we fix Democratic Party elites' corruption, we won’t defeat Trump's
November 17, 2019 23:19 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBJimmy Dore pushes back on impeachment/Ukrainegate, Hillary Clinton’s smear of Tulsi Gabbard as a Russian asset, the DNC’s 2020 gift-wrapping for Trump, and more. Guest: Jimmy Dore, comedian and host of The Jimmy Dore Show. https://jimmydorecomedy.com/ Pushback with Aaron Maté Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate Pushback on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co...
Syria scandal: New whistleblower claims chemical weapons watchdog OPCW suppressed Douma evidence
November 17, 2019 15:55 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBA whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is accusing top officials of tampering with evidence collected at the scene of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma in April 2018. The official, a senior scientist who collected samples at the scene, is the second with the OPCW's Douma team to allege that evidence was suppressed. His testimony raises new doubts about the claim that the Syrian government carried out a chemical attack ...
Israel's relentless violence on Gaza met by global silence
November 14, 2019 16:35 - 16 minutes - 15.7 MBA ceasefire has been reached in Gaza after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes that killed 34 Palestinians, including eight members of one family. Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada discusses Israel's latest bombings, which come after more than one year of weekly, deadly Israeli attacks on non-violent Palestinian demonstrators. "The message we're getting from people in Gaza is that 'we're going to continue protesting because we have no choice -- what else can we do, stay home and die?...
Ukrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold War
November 13, 2019 22:21 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBAs the House opens impeachment hearings for President Trump, Professor Stephen F. Cohen warns that the US military assistance at the heart of Ukrainegate escalates the US-Russia Cold War. Guest: Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, contributing editor at The Nation, and author of "War with Russia: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate." Pushback with Aaron Maté Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aar...
Max Blumenthal on Baghdadi's death and Trump's fake withdrawal in Syria
November 07, 2019 20:49 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBMax Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; and how Trump, despite announcing a withdrawal, is continuing the proxy war by keeping US troops to steal Syria's oil. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of “The Management of Savagery.” Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on...
Gabor Maté on the misuse of anti-Semitism and why fewer Jews identify with Israel
November 06, 2019 19:25 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MBPhysician, mental health expert, and best-selling author Dr. Gabor Maté, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, offers a personal and historical perspective on anti-Semitism, Zionism, and Israel-Palestine. Guest: Dr. Gabor Maté, mental health expert and best-selling author. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate Pushback on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lu7MGQ ...
Journalist Max Blumenthal arrested on false charge in DC
November 03, 2019 14:43 - 21 minutes - 20 MBThe Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal speaks out on his arrest months after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence at the DC embassy. Blumenthal was seized from his home by a group of officers and held for two days in cells and cages. His arrest warrant labels him as "armed and dangerous." Blumenthal says the charges are false and a retaliation against The Grayzone's journalism on the US-backed coup in Venezuela and corrupt members of the right-wing Venezuelan opposition carrying it out. ...
Blowback: US-armed 'moderate rebels' slaughter Kurds in Syria
October 25, 2019 13:34 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBAmid outrage over Turkey’s atrocities against Kurdish civilians northern Syria, Max Blumenthal discusses how some of the Syrian militias committing the crimes are composed of the same "moderate rebels" that the US, Turkey, and Gulf states armed, trained, and supported during the multi-year Syria proxy war. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery." Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twit...
Jill Stein - Hillary Clinton Is Still Sabotaging Progressives
October 23, 2019 16:01 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBFormer Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein responds to Hillary Clinton calling her a "Russian asset" and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard a potential Russian dupe. Clinton and centrist Democrats, Stein says, are following a "well-worn script" of trying to undermine progressive candidates that challenge party elites' militarist and corporatist policies. Guest: Dr. Jill Stein, former Green Party presidential candidate. Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on T...
Max Blumenthal On Why Hillary Clinton Smeared Tulsi Gabbard And Jill Stein
October 20, 2019 15:41 - 21 minutes - 30.2 MBHillary Clinton has smeared Tulsi Gabbard and Jill Stein as Russian assets, and almost no Democratic politicians are pushing back. Max Blumenthal says that Clinton's comments reflect a continued effort by Democratic neo-liberals to deflect responsibility for their loss to Trump in 2016; marginalize voices like Gabbard and Stein's who challenge their pro-war, corporatist agenda; and preview their potential future attacks on Bernie Sanders. Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and au...
CIA Spied On Julian Assange In Ecuadorian Embassy
October 10, 2019 18:26 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBThe CIA has been caught spying on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Undercover Global SL, a Spanish security firm, recorded Assange during his stay in Ecuador's London embassy, where he lived under asylum, and then handed over its footage to the CIA. "That firm was contracted by Ecuador to protect the embassy, to protect [Assange], to protect us from [his] persecutors," says former Ecuadorian diplomat Fidel Narváez. "So I find it shocking." Guest: Fidel Narváez, former Ecuadorian diplomat...
Russian social media debate: clickbait or information warfare?
October 09, 2019 17:42 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBA new Senate Intelligence Committee report accuses the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian troll farm, of using "social media to conduct an information warfare campaign" against the United States. This comes one week after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on the IRA and its funder, Yevgeny Prigozhin. What is the IRA, and are the claims of a Russian influence campaign against the U.S. well-founded? Aaron Maté and journalist Jefferson Morley of "The Deep State" blog debate and discuss. Gu...
US Arming Of Ukraine Is A Scandal On Its Own
October 08, 2019 19:56 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThere is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal explores how the Ukrainegate scandal overlooks the dangers of those weapons sales to Ukraine and the corrupt interests behind it. Under Trump, U.S. military assistance has prolonged a bloody proxy war with Russia, killing thousands in Ukraine and enabling far-right Ukrainian forces — all while enriching weapons manufacturers and DC lobbyists. Guest: Max...
Trump meddled in Ukraine, and he’s not alone
October 07, 2019 21:12 - 25 minutes - 23.9 MBAs Donald Trump appears caught attempting a quid pro quo, Max Blumenthal argues that the Ukrainegate scandal also highlights a web of corruption and meddling inside Ukraine implicating other prominent US figures and institutions. [Part II of this interview will be published on Tuesday, October 8.] Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery." Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/p...
Israel Votes For Occupation, No Matter Who Prevails
September 26, 2019 19:09 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBThe outcome of the Israeli election remains in flux, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempts to form a coalition government. Diana Buttu, an attorney and former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority, says that whatever the outcome, Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz are "virtually identical" when it comes to maintaining the occupation of millions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Guest: Diana Buttu, attorney and former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority. Suppo...
The other Ukraine scandal: US support for neo-Nazis fuels far-right terror at home
September 25, 2019 22:22 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBAaron Maté speaks with Ben Norton about how a far-right US soldier arrested by the FBI for plotting domestic bomb attacks sought to join Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, which was directly armed and advised by the American government. Guest: Ben Norton, Assistant Editor of The Grayzone. Read Ben's article: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/09/23/bomb-extremist-us-soldier-fbi-ukrainian-nazi-azov/
Cracks Emerge In NATO Confrontation Of Russia
September 24, 2019 21:08 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBStephen F. Cohen argues that cracks are emerging within the NATO-led consensus that has pushed Moscow from the West. Guest: Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, contributing editor at The Nation, and author of several "War with Russia: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate." Support Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate Pushback on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pushbackshow Aaron Maté on Twitter: https...
The Syria you won’t see: Max Blumenthal on visiting Damascus after the proxy war
September 24, 2019 16:02 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBThe Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting trip to Damascus in the aftermath of Syria's proxy war. He interviewed residents who were caught between Western and Gulf-backed extremist insurgents and the Syrian government’s war to retake territory, and who now struggle to recover under a US-led economic blockade. "They want to attack and intimidate people from the West who want to have cultural and personal contact with Syrians in the area where most Syrians live," Blumenthal says...
US troops in Saudi Arabia defend hegemony, not security
September 22, 2019 23:36 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MBThe Trump administration is sending US troops to Saudi Arabia as it continues to threaten Iran. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, says the US-Saudi relationship is "not based on strategic interest so much as it is based on money, money, and money -- going into the coffers of some people in the national security elite, and into the coffers of some politicians who cling to their power." Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell. Suppo...
Instead of threats, Trump can easily defuse Iran crisis he created
September 20, 2019 18:14 - 10 minutes - 14.2 MBThe Trump administration continues to threaten Iran after blaming it, without evidence, for the recent bombing of Saudi oil facilities. Instead of beating the war drums, Trita Parsi argues that President Trump has an easy path to resolve the standoff: rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that he abandoned and negotiate additional issues with Tehran. Guest: Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and the author of "Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy." Su...