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John Pilger: The Coming War On China

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Abby Martin: Silencing Palestine

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Mustafa Barghouthi: Jerusalem Protests

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Greg Palast: Stopping Crosscheck

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Official Music Video for Neil Young + Promise of the Real “Children of Destiny”

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Trump, Right-Wing Populism, and the Future of the Labour Movement

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Abby Martin: Opposition Violence at Venezuela Protests

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Danny Glover: A New Radical Politics

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Noam Chomsky: Talks at Google

Discussion on a wide range of topics from the development of his personal political views to the control of information and media

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Norman Solomon: Can the Democratic Party Be Reformed?

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Kenneth Glasgow: Rattling the Bars

Interview about building a broad coalition to boycott the businesses that are tied to prison slavery

Tom Barlow: UK Election Polls Tighten

Britain’s June 8 general election race is tightening between Labour and Tories and how the mainstream British media is losing credibility in the process

Jeremy Corbyn: This Election Is About You

It’s about what we can achieve together

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John Pilger: Cleared But Far From Free

Journalists are increasingly targeted as enemies of the state

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Norman Solomon: What’s a Progressive?

The fight for Chair of the California Democratic Party reflects a much larger struggle within the party between progressives and corporate Democrats

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Discussion on the Leap Manifesto’s demand for a just transition to a green economy and the movement in Canada, the US and beyond

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