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From Politics Chat, July 17, 2025. You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
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Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but empirical evidence shows that the USA and European countries are oligarchies dominated by economic elites and large corporations.
The 3.5% figure keeps getting passed around as if it’s a formula for regime change. It’s not. It’s a retrospective pattern from a dataset of 20th-century movements—not a strategy, and not a rule. In this video, we break down why the misuse of the 3.5% number has become a...
The New York Times finally admitted Israel is carrying out a genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, in an article by an Israeli scholar who studies the Holocaust. A United Nations report detailed how US corporations are profiting from these crimes, although the...
From Politics Chat, July 15, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
Mobile homes are one of the last remaining affordable housing options in America. Now they’ve become private equity’s latest target. Private equity firms now own at least 1200 parks nationwide. And residents have seen their rents spike by as much as 100% in the last 6 years.
With MAGA and Democrats demanding answers about the Epstein files and Trump denying their existence, Jordan Klepper charts the president’s well-documented history with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, which might be why the president wants the entire thing to blow over...
Labour Friends of Genocide EXPOSED
Why is Trump so hell-bent on defunding PBS? It’s part of a larger plan — one where he can control not just what we do, but what we think.
Working people are struggling to make ends meet. Trump’s planned tariffs will make the problem worse.
What's it like to see the world for the first time, with a fresh pair of eyes, from a completely different perspective? In this video, we'll be taking a look at one of the most profound films of the last several decades: Godfrey Reggio's experimental documentary and visual...
Just two days after we sat down with Francesca Albanese, the Trump Administration placed her under sanctions. They accuse the UN Special Rapporteur of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. She says the sanctions are “mafia style intimidation techniques” and vows to...
The myth that “Palestinians always reject peace” has been a pernicious lie used to delegitimize their struggle for decades. In reality, Palestinians have never been offered a just peace—yet they’ve repeatedly chosen to compromise. Still, they’re blamed for the continued...
Close Donald Trump allies like Steve Bannon say "the president is pissed every time he looks at the BRICS de-dollarization effort". The US government fears the Global South's challenge to the exorbitant privilege of the dollar. Trump is trying to make an example out of...
Pundits are saying that the clumsy way in which Trump's administration is handling the scandalous Jeffrey Epstein case is damaging the MAGA movement. This video examines cult influence techniques to ask the question: Will Trump emerge from the Epstein coverup with an even...
In this video, Heather Cox Richardson explains how a series of preventable human errors and policy failures by the administration dramatically worsened the outcome of the catastrophic flood in Texas:
In Maine, trades workers are facing catastrophic layoffs. Why? Trump has cancelled hundreds of billions of dollars for clean energy projects to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy in his ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Workers who voted for him told us they’re paying the price.
During an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, former CIA officer John Kiriakou described convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein as a “textbook example of an access agent.” “The issue,” Kiriakou added, “is that the accusation is he was an access agent for the Israelis...
Have you ever wondered why Trump and MAGA seem so cruel to many people? In this video, psychiatrist Dr Russell Razzaque explains the psychological factors at play. We'll dive into the emotional and mental drivers behind these political movements and why they resonate with so...
Democracies can fail. Current events have raised the question of how stable or fragile democratic structures are, and whether democracy is much more vulnerable than we think. The Weimar Republic, the first democracy in Germany, ended with the rise to power of the Nazis in...
I took these clips in 2021 and I am so grateful that I did. Gaza has always been a city of great joy mixed in with pain due to the blockade and countless israeli bombardment campaigns. We are used to building and rebuilding our small city after every aggression, but this...
Mass protests are erupting across Israel — but not for the reasons you might think. This video takes you beyond the headlines — into the uncomfortable truths, the rising extremism, and the dangerous blind spots in how the West talk's about Israel and Gaza.
From Politics Chat, July 8, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2 above.
I keep hearing that the government should be "run like a business.” Bunk.
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Protecting us from financial predators. Keeping our air and water clean. Making sure our food won’t make us sick. Regulations help keep us all safe. So why is Trump gutting so many of them? Hint: follow the money.
From Politics Chat, July 8, 2025. You can watch the full chat via Part 2 above.
JBS, the Brazilian meat-packing giant known for bribery and corruption scandals, just went public. The company was previously denied access to U.S. markets — until they donated millions to Trump’s inaugural fund. Now, small farms across the country are sounding the alarms.
“Alligator Alcatraz” is the latest in Trump’s brutal mass deportation campaign. BT went to South Florida to speak with residents, environmental activists, and immigrant families who say the entire project is corrupt, the conditions are brutal, and it could change the...
BRICS has expanded to 20 countries - 10 members and 10 partners - after adding Vietnam. BRICS+ now makes up 43.93% of world GDP (PPP) and 55.61% of the global population. Ben Norton explains how the US failed to divide China and Vietnam in the Second Cold War.
There is no immigration crisis — at least not the kind you're being told. In this video, we break down the myths, lies, and deliberate distractions fueling America’s immigration debate.
We talked to detainees and prison guards to unearth the violent and inhumane conditions at private prisons. "In these places, human rights don't exist. You don't even exist as a human," one former detainee told us. Meanwhile, the CEO of private prison company CoreCivic is...
A week before the 90‑day pause expires on his so-called reciprocal tariffs, Four Corners dives into the chaos created by Donald Trump’s trade policy.
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US government documents admit that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington's Cold War on the Soviet Union. Ben Norton reviews the historical record.
On July 5, 2015, the Greek people made history voting a resounding NO to the austerity and financial blackmail imposed by the EU and IMF. It was a bold act of democratic defiance...and one that was betrayed within days. Now, exactly 10 years later, Yanis Varoufakis delivers a...
On June 30th, 2025, Israel dropped a 500 pound bomb on the cafe, slaughtering 30 people and injuring over 50 more. The cafe was a popular spot for families.
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A message to Jews who support the war in Gaza. How lies about 1948 and Oslo, led to the destruction of Gaza.
In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I examine the destructive nature of Trump and his fossil fascist (and at times ecofascist) tendencies. Specifically, I look at how the American far-right has captured power in the United States and is barrelling...
With the far right mastering memes, aesthetics, and short-form content, too many disillusioned people are getting funneled into an alt-right pipeline instead of toward liberatory ideas. This video breaks down how governments, brands, the manosphere, and figures like Trump and...
From Politics Chat, July 3, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
Let's take a critical look at Graeber’s exploration of debt and its role in shaping our world so that we can challenge our approach to debt, overcome the current crisis, and pursue a revolutionary reimagining of the economy as a whole.
Is modern democracy truly freedom, or just a more polite form of control? In this eye-opening analysis, we explore Plato's philosophy, uncovering how democracies evolve into authoritarian systems, not through force, but through psychological manipulation, media control, and...
“This is the story of how Israel was able to get a protest group based in another country proscribed as a terrorist organisation”
While Zohran Mamdani's victory warrants celebration, groundbreaking socialist campaigns of the past have fallen short on their promises to working people. Will Mamdani's movement suffer the same fate?
The latest Democratic fad sidelines equality and justice in favor of a focus on cutting red tape. This is not the path forward.
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From Politics Chat, July 1, 2025 You can watch the full chat via Part 2.
The progressive Democrat who cross-endorsed Zohran Mamdani for Mayor, New York City Comptroller and former NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander, joins Mehdi on the show to talk about the race and the fallout from it.
More than 100 BBC employees have written a letter calling out their employer for becoming a mouthpiece for Israel and engaging in systemic censorship, including the refusal to air the documentary 'Gaza: Medics Under Fire'. More than 300 other journalists have co-signed.
What is freedom? Are you really free if your groceries or medicine are so expensive that you can’t afford them? Or if your boss can change your work schedule on a whim or block you from getting a new job?
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Conversation with Lakeisha Wolf - From Self to Solidarity: How Personal Empowerment Fuels Cooperative Economics | InflexionPoint Podcast: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out In 2025 we turn our attention towards “Community Engagement and the Grassroots of Change.”
In this video, I examine why we need solarpunk, ecosocialist, and degrowth-oriented cities. Specifically, I look at what those future cities might look like, and the failures of capitalist cities today. - OCC
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Rainforest Action Network has been campaigning for No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policy for years, and right now they have their sights set on Mondelēz, the corporation that makes Oreos and also continues to use conflict palm oil.
Republicans are about to supercharge the gap between worker and CEO pay. The 2017 tax cuts enriched Wall Street and CEOs, who spent billions on stock buybacks. Workers got nothing. Now, corporations are posed for an even bigger windfall in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill.
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