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On Contact: Undercurrents of American fascism
On January 6, 2021, a mob, incited by outgoing US President Donald Trump, stormed the US Capitol building, in an attempt to halt the in-session congressional certification of the 2020 election results. Within the mob, as scholar Gabriel Rockhill...
Sep 17, 2021 04:15
On Contact: Inverted totalitarianism
Chris Hedges discusses the work of political philosopher Sheldon Wolin with Professor Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley, a student of Wolin’s. Wolin, who died in 2015, is our most important contemporary political theorist, one...
Sep 12, 2021 06:15
FULL SHOW: Alleged sex trafficker Maxwell facing “inhumane treatment” in prison
Attorneys for the accused child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, alleged that officials at the MDC in Brooklyn of inhumane treatment and harassment of Maxwell. This came as prison officials claim Maxwell was in possession of documents she...
May 6, 2021 20:45
Bill T. Jones: A true artist can be wild and dangerous
In a divided world, a unifying force is desperately needed. Is art powerful enough to play this role? We talked about this with star choreographer, National Medal of Arts and MacArthur Genius awards recipient Bill T. Jones....
Sep 11, 2020 06:36
Why no protests against sex trafficking?
Protests against police brutality and racism, sparked by the violent death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer, continue to roil the US. But why haven’t new revelations in the saga of infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his...
Aug 7, 2020 21:13
French Ex-FM: Russia has historic opportunity to save Syria & end the war
Euro 2016 is in full swing in France, where the government has declared a state of emergency in an attempt to ensure security during the games. The root of the problem lies in the foreign policy sphere, however. As long as Syria remains divided, as...
Jul 1, 2016 07:31
US prison camps in Iraq helped forge ISIS leaders’ network - ex-FBI veteran
The ascent of the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) from a mere band of radicals to a terrorist network of enormous proportion means that the threat of jihad has spilled over the borders of Syria, Iraq - or even the whole Middle East. Other...
Mar 23, 2015 09:04
Veteran UN negotiator: World body outdated, hasn’t solved a single conflict since 1992
In the 21st century, terrorism has become the new reality. What has for a long time been seen as something going on far, far away, has now knocked at the doors of everyone in the world. No country in the Americas, Europe or Asia, or any other...
Jan 19, 2015 06:43
Blaming Islam for terrorism stems from Western Muslim phobia - Oscar-winning Iranian director
Islam in today’s Western world is often connected with violence and terror. Jihad is being waged in Iraq and Syria, extremists execute thousands – and claim they do it in the name of Allah. But does this religion deserve such a reputation,...
Sep 5, 2014 07:17
Marine Le Pen: Austerity measures are a remedy that kills the patient
Coming third after Hollande and Sarkozy in the 2012 presidential vote, Marine Le Pen and her Front National party are definitely a rising force in French politics. We talk to her about immigration and the lack of integration, EU austerity troubles,...
Jul 1, 2013 06:32