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The Real News Podcast'Cop Land' is still one of the best Hollywood depictions of police corruption
Editor's note: This video was recorded prior to Ray Liotta's passing. Police Accountability Report show hosts Taya Graham and Stephen Janis kick off the…
The Real News PodcastWorker solidarity livestream: Striking workers need your help to win
With strikes and unionization drives spreading throughout the country, 2022 has been a year of intense labor struggle. However, the bosses, the ruling class…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Embodying Degrowth (w/The Maintainers)
The planet we share, the only home we’ve ever known, has its limits. Its resources, its ability to sustain all life, are not infinite—and every day we are…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: What Could a Worker-Focused Just Transition Look Like?
As humanity barrels towards climate catastrophe, the need to envision and build more ecologically sustainable societies and economies becomes more pressing…
The Real News Podcast'Chokepoint Capitalism' How to take back the arts from Big Tech | Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/big-tech-has-rigged-the-game-against-artists-heres-how-we-can-fight-back TRNN Editor-in-Chief…
The Real News PodcastWhy the Federal Reserve's solution to inflation is wrong, explained by Samir Sonti
The Federal Reserve has responded to runaway inflation with a spike in interest rates. The real cost of such measures is primarily paid by the working class…
The Real News PodcastRikers Island's Deadliest Year with Olayemi Olurin | Rattling the Bars
Editor's note: This interview was filmed on Dec. 1, 2022. A 19th person, Edgardo Mejia, died at Rikers on Sunday, Dec. 11. 19 people have perished at Rikers…
The Real News PodcastPAR: Body cam shows Baltimore county police arresting citizen watchdog at gunpoint
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/body-cam-shows-baltimore-county-police-arresting-citizen-watchdog-at-gunpoint An unnamed motorist…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Where do railroad workers go from here?
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/railroad-workers-speak-out-after-congress-and-biden-block-rail-strike…
The Real News PodcastWilliam Robinson: Global Revolts in the Age of COVID Capitalism
Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/william-robinson-global-revolts-in-the-age-of-covid-capitalism Capitalism's response to the…
The Real News PodcastJustice for Kevin Torres, father and soccer coach killed by security guard
Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/family-of-beloved-baltimore-soccer-coach-killed-by-private-security-guard-demands-justice EDITOR’S…
The Real News PodcastUnion Canvassers Mobilize for Walker vs. Warnock Georgia Runoff Election
Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/unite-here-union-canvassers-mobilize-ahead-of-georgia-runoff-elections Senator Raphael Warnock is…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: 'Tax Broke' Baltimore's Dirty Secret
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/how-private-developers-profited-from-tax-subsidies-in-baltimore-intended-to-revitalize-poor-neighbo…
The Real News PodcastMike Prysner: Ron DeSantis oversaw torture in Guantanamo
Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/gov-ron-desantis-oversaw-torture-in-guantanamo-as-a-military-lawyer Florida Governor Ron…
The Real News PodcastThe Marc Steiner Show: Democrats failed Florida's progressives
Read the transcript of this interview: https://therealnews.com Marc Steiner speaks with Florida State House Rep. Anna Eskamani and Dream Defenders Co-Executive…
The Real News PodcastBiden and Congressional Dems partner with GOP and corporate media to discipline railroad workers
Read the transcript of this podcast: In this “News Brief” episode of the acclaimed media criticism podcast Citations Needed, hosts Nima Shirazi and Adam…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Holidays on the picket line with striking Case New Holland workers
Read the transcript of this podcast and read the show notes: https://therealnews.com/striking-case-new-holland-workers-prepare-to-spend-the-holidays-on-the-pick…
The Real News PodcastThe Marc Steiner Show: The Life of Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe's athletic career was a marvel. As a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, as well as a professional football, baseball, and basketball player, Thorpe…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: He was supposed to be out on parole, but ICE deported him to Cambodia
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/after-26-years-in-prison-cambodian-refugee-phoeun-you-was-supposed-to-be-paroled-ice-deported-him-i…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Retired Brazilian subway operator Fabio Bosco
Last month, the world watched with bated breath as Brazilians voted in two rounds of high-stakes elections that pitted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro…
The Real News PodcastBrazil on Fire: Update #2 — Lula Presidente
Brazil has a new president-elect. Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the Brazilian presidency on October 30th. He defeated far-right president Jair…
The Real News PodcastCOVID-19 and the global police state with Professor William Robinson
Read the transcript of this episode: https://therealnews.com/william-robinson-how-covid-19-will-lead-to-a-global-capitalist-police-state Capitalism was in…
The Real News Podcast48,000 UC staff strike in largest higher education strike in US history
The largest strike in the US since 2019 is currently underway across University of California campuses. 48,000 teaching assistants, postdocs, researchers and…
The Real News PodcastScott Ritter: Ukraine cannot win this war. It's a 'fantasy.'
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/scott-ritter-dont-believe-the-hype-ukraine-cant-win-this-war Reports of Ukrainian triumph and…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: It's not a 'migration crisis'—it's imperialism
Anti-migrant political rhetoric often focuses on the spectacles of border crossings, criminal organizations, and poverty in the Global South. But where do…
The Real News PodcastNew details in the mysterious death of Sean Suiter revealed
A recent HBO documentary entitled The Slow Hustle has brought renewed attention to the mysterious death of Baltimore homicide detective Sean Suiter in 2017…
The Real News PodcastPanel: Ukrainian and Russian academics discuss the war
Debates over the proper approach to the Russo-Ukrainian War have dominated much of the year. Yet discussions within the western left have not always featured…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Maximus call center workers strike in four states
Call center workers employed by Maximus went on strike at four locations—in Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Virginia—this Tuesday, November 1. Maximus is…
The Real News PodcastParis Marx: What Elon Musk's Twitter takeover could mean for journalism and democracy
Less than two weeks in, Elon Musk's $44 billion purchase of Twitter is already mired in a web of controversies. The CEO of multiple underwhelming companies…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: In Key Swing States, Union Members Are Democrats' Last Line of Defense
The soul of the labor movement is the fight for democracy in and outside of the workplace—and, from the shop floor to the ballot box, organizers, volunteers…
The Real News PodcastHow to show solidarity with railroad workers
In a special panel co-hosted by The Real News and Haymarket Books, Railroad Workers United members speak about their struggle, the situation on the rails, and…
The Real News PodcastFlorida is arresting people for voting
20 formerly incarcerated people in Florida are facing charges for exercising their right to vote in the 2020 election. In 2018, a ballot referendum in Florida…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Philly Home Depot workers are unionizing
The wave of grassroots worker organizing is spreading to different industries and businesses around the country, including those that have notoriously resisted…
The Real News PodcastArt for the End Times: Lyta is writing a book!
Our contemporary political discourse is rife with claims that certain forms of art, literature or thought are poisoning our culture and advancing the decay of…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: It's time to legalize marijuana
On Oct. 6, President Biden announced an official pardon of anyone incarcerated on federal charges of simple possession of marijuana. Biden framed his pardon in…
The Real News PodcastThe Marc Steiner Show: Israel's raids on Palestinian NGOs intended to defy international law
Journalist Oren Ziv joins The Marc Steiner Show to explain how the Israeli government is sending a message of defiance against the international community with…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: Alabama Paper Mill Workers Want Their Lives Back
Read the full transcript and show notes of this interview here: https://therealnews.com/ "On the morning of Oct. 1... almost 500 union members from three…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: San Quentin Prison is a COVID deathtrap
In 2020, San Quentin State Prison in California had some of the worst rates of COVID infection in the nation. At least 23 people died from COVID after…
The Real News PodcastMarc Steiner Show: Katie Halper: The Hill TV fired me for defending critics of Israel
Censorship of voices supportive of Palestinian liberation from Zionist settler colonialism and occupation is nothing new. Journalists, members of the academy…
The Real News PodcastJohns Hopkins University graduate students are organizing for a living wage
The life of a graduate student looks much closer to that of an average worker than many universities care to admit. After completing core courses, most…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: Cholera outbreak in Haiti's prisons amid protests against Henry government
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…
The Real News PodcastThe latest theories on how Rey Rivera died don't point to the rooftop
In May 2006, Rey Rivera disappeared from his North Baltimore home. Roughly a week later, his body was found in the second floor concourse of Baltimore's…
The Real News PodcastArt for the End Times: The Spooky Season Special
A chill is in the air, the leaves are changing, and the spirits of the vengeful proletariat wander the land. It's Halloween time—also known as Spooky Season…
The Real News PodcastBrazil on Fire: Elections update with BrasilWire’s Brian Mier
The first round of Brazil’s elections has come and gone. As expected, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the big winner, with 48%. But he fell…
The Real News PodcastThe Marc Steiner Show: These US states are billionaire tax havens
The US has become a major global tax haven. For a discussion on this worrying trend and its effects on wealth inequality, Marc Steiner speaks with Chuck…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: The Delta Air Lines flight attendants' union fight
"Flight attendants at Delta are currently pushing to form a union at the only major airline in the US where flight attendants are not unionized," journalist…
The Real News PodcastPAR: Body camera caught cops lying, this is what happened when we asked police to explain
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/trenton-nj-police-pull-man-from-car-break-his-nose-and-search-his-vehicle-for-aggressive-behavior-b…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 12 years later
It’s been 12 years since the catastrophic explosion that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, killing 11 workers and causing the largest marine oil spill…
The Real News PodcastArt for the End Times: The medieval pop culture renaissance
From 'Game of Thrones' to neo-Nazi viking obsessions, medieval images have a currency in contemporary culture that spans from the mainstream to the fringe. Why…
The Real News PodcastThe Marc Steiner Show: 'Working 9 to 5' with Ellen Cassedy
In 1973 the organization 9 to 5 was founded as a national association of women office workers advocating for their rights. Organizing women against workplace…
The Real News PodcastLula 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…
The Real News PodcastWorking People: For Evan (w/ Ken Seyfried, Eric Seyfried, Amy Chamberlin, Erica Erskine, Jana Murphy, & Austin LiPuma)
This time last year, we introduced listeners to the family of Evan Seyfried, a dedicated Kroger employee in Milford, Ohio, for nearly 20 years, whose beautiful…
The Real News PodcastBrazil on Fire Episode 6: Amazon up in Smoke
The Amazon is a place that both Brazil’s former military regime and President Jair Bolsonaro have eyed with dreams of development, looking to take advantage of…
The Real News PodcastThe 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…
The Real News PodcastRattling the Bars: Judge rules California prison must close
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/judge-rules-california-prison-must-close Visiting Lassen County Judge Robert F. Moody ruled…
The Real News PodcastBaltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library workers move to unionize
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/baltimores-enoch-pratt-free-library-workers-move-to-unionize Employees of Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt…
The Real News PodcastCops tried to confiscate his phone without a warrant, things turned ugly when he refused
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/cops-tried-to-confiscate-his-phone-without-a-warrant-things-turned-ugly-when-he-refused Dramatic…
The Real News PodcastBrazil on Fire Episode 5: Ghosts of the Past
Read the transcript of this podcast: https://therealnews.com/brazil-on-fire-episode-5-ghosts-of-the-past Brazil’s military dictatorship was a dark time in the…
The Real News PodcastThe Marc Steiner Show: Environmental racism from Jackson to Flint
The water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, is the latest in an arc of environmental catastrophes affecting predominantly Black communities from Flint, Michigan…
The Real News PodcastWall Street is holding the supply chain hostage to stop a railroad workers’ strike
The United States could see its first major railroad shut down in 30 years beginning this Friday, September 16. For months, unions and railroad corporations…