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The Real News Podcast
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Stir Crazy! Episode #14: The Left Ruins Everything!
Episode #14 of Stir Crazy, on The Real News Network. On today’s show: The Left Ruins Everything! We’re happy to have special guest Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, a…
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Bank Stops Seizing Stimulus Checks After Exposé
The American Prospect's David Dayen says the feds allowed banks to seize customer's coronavirus stimulus checks to payoff outstanding debt. Become a supporter…
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Finding Hope During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Gerald Horne says workers organizing and fighting for basic rights offer hope during the coronavirus pandemic, increasingly catastrophic government…
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They Were Not Sent to Prison for a Death Sentence
Nkechi Taifa, convener for the Justice Roundtable, talks about the reasons civil rights organizations are filing lawsuits against the Department of Justice…
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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…
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Sanders Is Out, But Socialists Are Still Winning Elections
Micah Uetricht, co-author of "Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism," discusses recent socialist victories in New…
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Hunger Strikes, Uprisings, And The Politics Of Who Gets Released From Prison
TRNN's Eddie Conway tracks prison uprisings and discusses how these protests could pave the way for radical change in mass incarceration. Become a supporter of…
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LGBTQIA People Face Unique Barriers To COVID-19 Care
Congressional candidate Bre Kidman says profit-driven medicine depends on maintaining the unequal access to healthcare faced by trans, LGBTQ, and other…
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Yemen’s Civil War and Coronavirus: A Perfect Storm
As the first cases of Covid-19 were diagnosed in war-torn Yemen, the sides agreed to a ceasefire which didn’t last one day. Information from the war-torn land…
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The Primary Vote In Wisconsin May Be A Bellwether For The Presidential Race
Wisconsin is a deeply divided state. A former Madison councilman and the founder of Milwaukee’s most important Black political organization join us to examine…
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Stir Crazy! Episode #13: What Hath Corporate Media Wrought!
Episode #13 of Stir Crazy, on The Real News Network. On today’s show: What Hath Corporate Media Wrought! We’re happy to have special guest Baltimore based…
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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. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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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…
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Noam Chomsky On COVID-19 And His New Book: Internationalism Or Extinction
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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…
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Stir Crazy! Episode #12: Labour Party Madness!
Episode #12 of Stir Crazy, on The Real News Network. On today’s show: Labour Party Madness! We’re happy to have a special guest, Steve Hudson. Also on the…
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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…
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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. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Surviving The Coronapocalypse
How apartheid and redlining are fueling the global COVID-19 pandemic and how people can fight back. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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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. Become a…
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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…
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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. Become a supporter of this…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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'We're Not Treated Like We're Essential. We're Treated Like We're Disposable.'
Amazon is using COVID-19 rules to control their employees, not to protect them, says an Amazon worker who took part in the fourth strike at a Chicago facility…
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Exclusive: Cops Caught Making Baseless Arrest During COVID-19 Crisis
TRNN caught cops on camera making arrests for a questionable charge, hauling a man off to jail that officials say is already infected with COVID-19. Become a…
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Congressional Candidate Urges Rent Strikes To Protect Tenants
Washington DSA member Joshua Collins' digital campaign is courting pissed off young voters. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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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…
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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…
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Michigan Prisons Are One Of The Fastest Growing COVID-19 Hot Spots
Prisoners with the virus have been isolated with punitive solitary confinement measures. Symptomatic staff may still be working, raising the risk for a…
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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…
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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…
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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. Become a supporter…
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Healthcare Workers Punished For Challenging 'Profit Over People' Management
The US medical system's drive to maximize profit has always been at the cost of public health, and amplifies the danger healthcare workers and their patients…
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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…
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Slave Labor, Dire Conditions: A TRNN Update On Prisons And COVID-19
Eddie Conway talks to journalists Kim Kelly and Adryan Corcione about how the coronavirus pandemic is exposing the poor healthcare system in US prisons and…
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A Doctor In Italy Shares Lessons Learned Battling COVID-19
Italian doctors and labor organizers learned painful lessons from the global coronavirus pandemic. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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COVID-19 Is The New Cash Cow For Policing
American citizens are facing thousands of dollars in fines and jail time for breaking state-ordered pandemic restrictions. PAR and The Masters Report discuss…
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6.6 Million People Filed For Unemployment Last Week
The $2.2 trillion stimulus did nothing to help working people. Even before the new data was released, writer Brendan O'Connor said tenants were facing eviction…
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COVID-19 Lays Bare Neoliberalism's Failure In Sudan
The failure of neoliberalism in addressing the coronavirus crisis is not limited to Sudan. It is a global failure. Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Family Of Imprisoned New Yorkers Call On Governor For Clemency
Family members of inmates inside New York prisons and advocates host a virtual press conference with demands, including suspension of required office visits…
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What Happened To Cuba-US Relations Under Trump?
Eddie Conway talks to Dr. Ken Morgan from Baltimore and Professor Luis Montero-Cabrera about Cuba's relief efforts and doctors, the cost of hostile relations…
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Boeing Gets Up To $17 Billion In Loans From Coronavirus Stimulus
Economist Dean Baker explains how the $2.2 trillion stimulus quietly provides up to $17 billion in loans for Boeing with almost no strings attached. Become a…
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Ireland Vows To Treat All COVID-19 Patients For Free
The Irish government nationalized its hospitals, imposed a rent freeze, and authorized state-funded childcare, promising free treatment for patients with…
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Turkey Indicts 20 Saudis For Jamal Khashoggi's Murder Amidst COVID-19 Crisis
Turkey prepared the charges while internally grappling with the coronavirus, accusing Saudi Arabia of hiding the spread of COVID-19 after finding new cases in…
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1.7 Million Jobs In Arab Region At Risk From Coronavirus
A UN brief warns about economic collapse, expecting a 40% decrease in GDP and trillions of dollars lost to the private sector in an area already ravaged by…
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Insurance Companies Already Know How They'll Profit From COVID-19
40 million people may lose their health insurance along with their jobs. Former Cigna VP Wendell Potter says tying health insurance to employment has made the…
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COVID-19 Pandemic Illuminates Anti-Chinese Racism And Xenophobia
Eddie Conway talks with professor Dylan Rodriguez about how COVID-19 has exposed anti-Chinese sentiment, how it's inseparable from anti-immigrant, anti-Black…
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Spain Nationalized Private Clinics To Fight COVID-19—What Happens After The Pandemic?
Spain faced the second worst infection rate in Europe, and took control of the country's private health care companies to improve its response. What does this…
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Who Would Really Be Sacrificed To Save The Economy From COVID-19
Whose families do the high priests of capitalism really intend to sacrifice to their god of money? Become a supporter of this podcast…
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Rikers Island Prisoners Strike for Soap, Cleaning Wipes
Journalist Kim Kelly has been in contact with a prisoner inside Rikers Island. She talks with TRNN’s Eddie Conway about why immediate further action is needed…
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Despite Crisis, Auditors Continue To Confront Aggressive Policing
PAR guest James Freeman discusses the aftermath of a police chase that nearly killed two bystanders: a mother and her three-year-old child. Become a supporter…
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COVID-19, Ebola, And SARS Outbreaks Were All Unleashed By Humans
Some of the most devastating outbreaks of the modern era can be traced to rapacious development and habitat destruction that brings wild creatures into our…
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The Nation Editor Dave Zirin On How COVID-19 Is Reshaping Sports
Many billionaire sports moguls, NCAA officials, and Olympic leaders seem to care more about profit than the well-being of athletes or fans. Become a supporter…
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Opposition To Kagame Proves Deadly For Rwandans
Those who challenge Kagame's administration and question his past face brutal repression, and worse. Claude Gatebuke highlights the latest case of murdered…
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COVID-19: Disinformation, Overwhelmed Healthcare System Fuel Crisis
Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert says the coronavirus bailout prioritizes providing healthcare and job protection over corporate interests. Become a supporter of…
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Coronavirus Is The Shock, Dictatorship Is The Doctrine
Nowhere has the coronavirus pandemic been used more cynically to shut down political debate and the right to protest than in Israel. The Israeli government's…
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Yesterday’s Man: Biden’s Sorry Record On Civil Rights
Branko Marcetic's book "Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden" discusses Joe Biden's civil rights and environmental record. Become a supporter of this…