Podcasts by Moderate Rebels
Moderate Rebels was a political podcast and video show hosted by journalists Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton. It ended in January 2022.
Further podcasts by Max Blumenthal & Ben Norton
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Puerto Ricans rise up against US-imposed austerity, protest poverty wages from 2022-02-17T23:36:35
Puerto Rican public workers are protesting the neoliberal policies imposed by US colonialism and Washington's unelected Financial Oversight and Management Board.
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Beijing Winter Olympics: Front line in new cold war on China - with Carl Zha from 2022-02-11T15:45:31
With a diplomatic boycott by Western governments, corporate media propaganda has demonized China over the 2022 Winter Olympics. Britain's Financial Times openly declared, "Beijing Winter Olympics: ...
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China and Russia declare 'new era' of multipolarity, challenging US interventionism from 2022-02-09T21:21:42
After meeting in Beijing, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin released a lengthy joint statement clarifying the ideological divisions of the new cold war: Eurasian calls for multipola...
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How Israel is an apartheid regime, with Ali Abunimah from 2022-02-03T21:22:39
Mainstream human rights organization Amnesty International has come out publicly and said that "Israeli authorities must be held accountable for committing the crime of apartheid against Palesti...
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Inside Ethiopia and Eritrea, facing war and sanctions, with journalist Rania Khalek from 2022-01-28T20:17:50
Inside Cuba's socialist health system, with journalist Rania Khalek from 2022-01-27T22:49:25
Journalist Rania Khalek discusses her reporting trip to Cuba, where she got a firsthand look at its socialist health system, under the brutal US blockade.
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Introducing Multipolarista – New podcast reporting on end of US unipolar hegemony from 2022-01-26T13:21:25
Moderate Rebels has ended as of January 2022, but this show will be continuing under the new name Multipolarista, hosted by Benjamin Norton. The show will report once or twice a week on the end of ...
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Doctor explains CIA's 'Havana Syndrome' conspiracy is mass hysteria - not Russian ray gun attacks from 2022-01-23T21:27:06
For years corporate media outlets accused Cuba, China, Russia, and other US adversaries of attacking spies and diplomats with hi-tech "pulsed microwave weapons" or "directed-energy weapons."
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US-Russia talks fail. Is war on horizon? Impact on Ukraine and Europe? from 2022-01-14T21:06:35
Pepe Escobar discusses the failure of the US-Russia talks in Geneva, NATO's refusal to make any diplomatic concessions, and if war could be on the horizon. We address the impact on Ukraine, Euro...
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Is failed Kazakhstan coup attempt end of US 'color revolution' era? from 2022-01-14T20:54
Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar discusses the violent coup attempt in Kazakhstan, and its crucial importance as an ally of Russia and the center of China's Belt and Road Initiative. He also ad...
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What's causing the inflation crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains from 2022-01-04T22:26:58
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the global inflation crisis and how the US Federal Reserve has given trillions of dollars to large banks.
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Far-right Pinochet supporter loses Chile's election. Will the neoliberal system change? from 2021-12-21T21:32:20
In Chile's presidential election, far-right Pinochet dictatorship supporter José Antonio Kast, the son of a German Nazi, was defeated by young center-left social democrat Gabriel Boric.
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Is Russia really planning a war in Ukraine - or is Washington? from 2021-12-10T16:53:27
The US government claims Russia is planning to invade Ukraine, but is this true? Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with analyst and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter about Western gover...
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Nicaragua recognizes China, breaks ties with Taiwan. Is a Panama Canal alternative coming soon? from 2021-12-10T04:00:49
Nicaragua's Sandinista government has broken diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized the People's Republic of China. We discuss the historic decision and its huge geopolitical implications. Listen
Venezuela's socialists win elections in landslide - so US tries to discredit them from 2021-11-23T18:01:41
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won the November 21 mega-elections in a landslide, getting more votes in 20 of 23 states and the capital Caracas. So the US government responded by...
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Nicaragua explains why it’s leaving OAS, responds to US attacks on its elections from 2021-11-21T23:28:31
Nicaraguan diplomat Michael Campbell Hooker speaks with Ben Norton about why they are leaving the Organization of American States (OAS), which he says is a “failed,” “coup-plotting” organization...
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New US war on Nicaragua's Sandinistas: OAS rejects elections, Biden imposes sanctions from 2021-11-16T23:23:12
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss Washington's new hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government, the US/EU/OAS refusing to recognize the election results, Congress passing the RENACER Act...
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Julian Assange's fiancée Stella Moris discusses CIA threats and US extradition dangers from 2021-11-06T14:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Stella Moris, the fiancée of imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, about CIA threats, the appeal hearings in the US extradition case, and how t...
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US govt-backed social media companies blatantly meddle in Nicaragua's elections from 2021-11-05T15:42:14
Remember Russiagate claims of "Kremlin meddling"? Well, the US government is blatantly interfering in Nicaragua's elections.
Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal discuss how, mere days before Ni...
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How US-imposed austerity and privatization schemes are crushing Puerto Rico from 2021-10-30T22:57:41
Ben Norton speaks with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about the devastating neoliberal economic policies forced on Puerto Rico.
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Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with Michael Hudson from 2021-10-16T15:12:32
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with economist Michael Hudson about his book "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire."
Professor Hudson just published a 3rd editi...
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Are US spies behind the Pandora Papers? Why are no American politicians included? from 2021-10-08T11:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the Pandora Papers, how zero US politicians or oligarchs were implicated, and the CIA's growing use of "hack-and-dump" operations.
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Shady Facebook 'whistleblower' wants more censorship and crackdown on US adversaries from 2021-10-08T02:30:08
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss shady Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen and how her testimony only helps US spy agencies, justifying further government censorship while demonizing Wa...
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CIA plotted to kidnap and kill WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange from 2021-10-01T12:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the CIA's plot to assassinate or kidnap WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, which was first reported by The Grayzone in 2020.
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Debunking 'Havana Syndrome' propaganda: CIA mass hysteria plus crickets from 2021-10-01T11:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the absurd media propaganda about "Havana Syndrome," claiming without any evidence that Cuba, Russia, China, ...
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Biden's UN speech shows further US commitment to war and meddling, not 'diplomacy' from 2021-09-22T15:24:16
Ben Norton analyzes the lies and misleading claims in US President Joe Biden's speech at the United Nations, and shows how the corporate media coverage is very misleading.
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Is Bolsonaro's Brazil planning a far-right military coup? from 2021-09-17T22:09:46
Ben Norton speaks with journalist Brian Mier of independent news website Brasil Wire about the fascistic Jair Bolsonaro government in Brazil, the far-right's attacks on democracy, and the rumors...
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20 years after 9/11, millions of victims of 'War on Terror': Reflection with Prof. Asad AbuKhalil from 2021-09-11T18:47:19
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks with Professor Asad Abukhalil, and the millions of victims of the "War on Terror."
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US hybrid warfare in Latin America, the new phase of imperialism: Behind Nicaragua coup attempt from 2021-09-08T21:18:03
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk on US hybrid warfare in Latin America. He analyzes how imperialism has evolved in the 21st century, and looks at Washington's interventionist campaigns a...
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How elite US groups created Afghanistan's neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million from 2021-09-06T14:39:44
Ben Norton discusses his The Grayzone investigation "How elite US institutions created Afghanistan’s neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, w...
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Exposing deceptive defectors and dissidents, from North Korea to Iraq, China to Syria from 2021-09-03T17:25:20
On Foreign Agents, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton expose the biggest frauds recruited as defectors and dissidents to lie about Official En...
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How US meddling in Ethiopia&Eritrea is destabilizing strategic Horn of Africa from 2021-08-28T12:00
We discuss how the US government is destabilizing the strategic Horn of Africa with Eritrean journalist Elias Amare. We talk about the conflict in Ethiopia, the TPLF's attacks on the government ...
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Afghanistan: Pipelines, minerals, and CIA opium ratline from 2021-08-21T15:00
We continue our discussion with geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar of the end of the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan, the opium ratline the CIA used to fund dirty covert ops, the fight over pi...
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Historic US defeat in Afghanistan: Is it 'most important geopolitical event of 21st century'? from 2021-08-20T16:29:01
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the end to the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan with journalist Pepe Escobar, who has extensive experience reporting in the country and was even arrested ...
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Meet US govt-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp, mastermind of soft coups from 2021-08-16T18:59:50
Max Blumenthal discusses US government-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp with scholar Marcie Smith Parenti. They talk about Sharp's NED-funded Albert Einstein Institution; his explicitly neol...
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US-funded cultural counter-revolution in Cuba: How CIA cutouts use musicians to stir unrest from 2021-08-06T19:49:25
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss how the US government laid the groundwork for unrest in Cuba, the Biden administration's escalation of the economic war, and how CIA cutouts like USAID and ...
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US eviction catastrophe and cynical Democrat photo ops from 2021-08-06T19:41:33
Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting at the US Capitol on the protests demanding an eviction moratorium, the huge impending economic crisis, the opportunism of the Squad, and how Democratic Pa...
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US govt, celebrities, bots fuel astroturfed Cuba protests to push regime change from 2021-07-13T16:00
We briefly discuss how the US government and corporate media are heavily amplifying small protests in Cuba to destabilize the country. While Washington suffocates the Cuban people with an illega...
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Inside Haiti crisis: Who killed president, and what is role of Colombian mercenaries? from 2021-07-13T00:51:33
We discuss the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse with Haitian journalist Nazaire St. Fort and scholar Jeb Sprague. We talk about the "interim" presidency of US asset Claude Joseph, his re...
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Judge throws out millionaire's frivolous lawsuit aimed at bankrupting us from 2021-07-02T17:14:27
We recount the insane story of how a pampered heiress and journalistic wannabe, enriched by millions of dollars seized from Iran by the U...
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Mexico's anti-neoliberal movement grows despite US meddling and media smears from 2021-06-16T03:37:20
We discuss Mexico's progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the left-wing Morena party alliance victory in the June 2021 elections with journalist José Luis Granados Ceja. W...
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Inside Syria, OPCW cover-up, and Israeli aggression, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi from 2021-06-08T16:01:45
Journalist Aaron Mate and Professor Mohammad Marandi continue talking about the trip they took to Syria, after a decade of Western proxy war. We also discuss the OPCW cover-up of so-called "chem...
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Report back from Syria after 10 years of Western dirty war, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi from 2021-06-05T14:27:09
We speak with journalist Aaron Mate and Professor Mohammad Marandi, who just took a trip to Syria to see the real-life impact on average ...
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Roger Waters and Gabor Maté on Israel/Palestine, Gaza war, music, and more from 2021-05-22T12:00
We were joined by musician Roger Waters and author Gabor Maté to discuss Israel's war on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance struggle, the psychology of Zionism, the music industry, and a variety o...
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Gaza under attack: Behind apartheid Israel's latest war with Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek from 2021-05-15T12:00
Israel is bombing Gaza, while extremists ethnically cleanse Palestinians. We are joined by Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek, as well as Aaron Maté and Anya Parampil, to discuss the colonial violenc...
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Biden admin's intersectional imperialism, 'woke' CIA, wars on Syria and China from 2021-05-14T17:01:36
Following his talk on the cultural cold war and the fake left, Ben Norton takes questions and discusses the "woke" CIA ads, the Biden administration's "intersectional imperialist" foreign policy...
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How the CIA cultivates a fake left: From the cultural cold war to intersectional imperialism from 2021-05-11T20:32:36
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk about the fake left and imperialism. He discusses how the CIA's "woke" recruitment ad is not new; it is rooted in an "intersectional imperialist" history...
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Economist Michael Hudson on new cold war, Super Imperialism, Biden, China&Russia, dedollarization from 2021-05-05T22:30:59
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss with world-renowned economist Michael Hudson his concept of US "Super Imperialism," the new cold wa...
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From Texas to Donbas: Meet the American fighting Ukrainian fascists from 2021-04-29T00:44:29
As the anti-Russia hawks in the Joe Biden administration push for more aggressive policies in Ukraine, we speak with Russell Bentley, an American from Texas who moved to the Donbas region to fig...
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How Ecuador's US-backed fake 'eco-left' helped a right-wing banker win the election from 2021-04-18T21:04:55
Ben Norton discusses Ecuador's 2021 election results, and how the US government and intelligence-linked billionaire foundations spent decades funding and cultivating liberal environmental groups...
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Does US meddling in Myanmar risk Syria/Libya-style war? from 2021-04-13T18:58:48
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss US meddling in the protests in Myanmar with Brian Berletic, and how Washington seeks to weaken a neighbor of China and key ally in Beijing's Belt and Road I...
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As new cold war on China heats up, US govt funds extremist Uighur armed separatists from 2021-04-09T14:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Ajit Singh and Aaron Maté to discuss the new cold war on Beijing, and how the US government is funding far-right extremist Uyghur armed separatists, t...
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As US sanctions suffocate Syrians, regime-change operatives attack anti-war movement in open letter from 2021-04-07T19:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Aaron Maté to discuss the dirty war on Syria, how murderous US/EU sanctions have destroyed the country's economy and led to many civilian deaths, and ...
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Meet the radlib academics using woke post-modernism to defend imperialism from 2021-04-06T18:00
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Aaron Maté to discuss the radlibs in academia who pretend to be radical but use anti-materialist post-modern philosophy and neoliberal identity politi...
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Biden admin hawks push for dangerous Ukraine-Russia war from 2021-04-05T00:10:31
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Aaron Maté to discuss the hawks in the Joe Biden administration and Washington and NATO are pushing for a dangerous proxy war between Ukraine and Russ...
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Debunking US accusation of China's 'genocide' against Uighurs from 2021-03-29T23:51:16
Max Blumenthal documents the deceptions behind the US government's accusation that China is committing "genocide" against Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, picking apart NED-funded studies ...
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Biden, Trump, and bipartisan US imperialism in Latin America from 2021-03-25T23:06:29
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk on US imperialism in Latin America for the anti-war group Massachusetts Peace Action. He discusses the similarities in the aggressive foreign policy of B...
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Inside China, Xinjiang, and the US empire's war drive - with Daniel Dumbrill from 2021-03-22T17:13:01
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue speaking with Daniel Dumbrill, a Canadian in China, about the new US cold war, the Washington-backed secessionist campaig...
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Debunking anti-China myths of the new cold war - with Daniel Dumbrill from 2021-03-18T23:17:24
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton (kind of) speak with Daniel Dumbrill, a Canadian YouTuber who has lived in China for more than a decade, about the new cold war. He debunks the anti-Chinese myths c...
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How US spies&soldiers gave birth to Big Tech companies, and growing censorship - with Yasha Levine from 2021-03-13T16:00:08
Ben Norton speaks with journalist Yasha Levine about how Silicon Valley has its origins in the US national security and its Cold War on communism. We discuss th...
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Inside Russian politics and the rich oligarchs behind Alexei Navalny - with Yasha Levine from 2021-03-11T15:54:28
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Yasha Levine about Russian politics and Alexei Navalny, his political views and xenophobic nationalist history, his Western backing, his own o...
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Racism in Israel, anti-Soviet propaganda, and weaponization of immigrants - with Yasha Levine from 2021-03-10T02:42:48
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Yasha Levine about racism in Israel, anti-Soviet propaganda, the cold war, the Zionist movement, and weaponization of Russian Jewish immigrati...
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Debunking US media propaganda against leftists in Latin America, from Venezuela to Nicaragua from 2021-03-04T18:52:45
Ben Norton speaks with Venezuelan journalist Diego Sequera about the corporate media disinformation targeting leftist governments in Latin America. We discuss Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Colo...
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How Colombia's US-backed narco-regime massacred thousands of innocent people and blamed socialists from 2021-03-01T22:07:11
Ben Norton speaks with Venezuelan journalist Diego Sequera about the far-right government in Colombia, its close links to drug cartels and death squads, Latin America's anti-imperialist Bolivari...
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Life in Venezuela under US sanctions, resisting the imperial gangsters in Washington from 2021-02-27T20:08:48
Ben Norton speaks with Venezuelan journalist Diego Sequera, from inside Caracas, about the US blockade, the Biden administration's continued recognition of puppet Juan Guaidó, and Washington's g...
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US meddling in Ecuador's historic election and coup-supporting fake NGO "left" - Dispatch from Quito from 2021-02-11T00:23:16
Max Blumenthal speaks with Ben Norton, who is reporting from Ecuador, on the historic February 7 election, and how the US government, regime-change networks, and wealthy oligarchs are trying to ...
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US capital under military occupation as war hawks in Biden admin take power from 2021-02-01T16:18:20
Ben and Max speak with peace activist David Swanson about the US wars coming home: from the prolonged military occupation of Washington, DC to the "liberal interventionist" hawks in the Joe Bide...
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Conspiracy facts and the MICIMATT that truly governs the USA - with CIA whistleblower Ray McGovern from 2021-01-14T17:54:15
We speak with former CIA analyst-turned-dissident Ray McGovern about the institutions that truly govern the United States, comprising the MICIMATT, or Military-...
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Assange extradition blocked as UK judge defends CIA spying, Biden admin's intersectional imperialism from 2021-01-07T17:20:08
Ben Norton speaks with Professor Jared Ball about political prisoner Julian Assange, and how the UK judge blocked extradition due to the horrific conditions of ...
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Information warfare, US war propaganda, CIA manipulation of media - Ben Norton talks with Jared Ball from 2021-01-07T17:03:22
Ben Norton speaks with Professor Jared Ball about information warfare, war propaganda, US imperialism, and CIA penetration and manipulation of mainstream corporate media.
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Revolutionary anti-imperialist struggle from the Bronx to Venezuela, Dominican Republic to Haiti from 2021-01-01T22:52:31
In Caracas, Venezuela, Max Blumenthal has a wide-ranging chat with Danny Shaw, a professor of Latin American and Caribbean studies who has lived in the Dominican Republican, Haiti, and Brazil. T...
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Spooky Western journalists echo CIA and collaborate with spy agencies from 2020-12-23T13:00
Max Blumenthal, reporting from Venezuela, discusses with Aaron Maté and Ben Norton how Western corporate media outlets are full of stenographers for spy agencies, how the CIA and MI6 drive repor...
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Inside the US hybrid war on Venezuela: Max Blumenthal reports from Caracas from 2020-12-21T20:28:43
Max Blumenthal discusses life on the ground in Venezuela under suffocating US sanctions, and debunks media myths about the December National Assembly election, which he observed. Venezuelan jour...
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History of US imperialism in Latin America: From settler colonialism to Pink Tide from 2020-12-12T14:34:23
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk on US imperialism in Latin America, for the Workers' Party of Ireland. He discusses the history from European settler colonialism, through the Monroe Doc...
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Western creeping authoritarianism: Censorship intensifies, as France's Macron expands security state from 2020-11-30T17:41:16
US government-backed corporate censorship is escalating online, while France's neoliberal President Emmanuel Macron lurches hard right, cracking down on civil liberties, protests, and the Muslim...
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How Obama shattered any hope for change - and Biden will continue his warmongering neoliberal legacy from 2020-11-26T18:15:05
US president-elect Joe Biden has filled his transition team with hawkish neoliberal war-profiteering holdovers from the Barack Obama administration. Max Blument...
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Anti-war US Army veteran warns of hawks in Biden transition team from 2020-11-14T00:45:56
President-elect Joe Biden's transition team is full of war hawks and weapons industry shills. We speak with US Army veteran Danny Sjursen, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming an a...
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Puerto Ricans struggle for independence from US colonialism from 2020-10-30T21:24:48
Ben Norton speaks with Andrés González Berdecía, a senatorial candidate from the Puerto Rican Independence Party, about the November 3 election and referendum, US colonialism, the unelected neol...
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Inside Bolivia's historic defeat of a coup regime from 2020-10-28T13:02:27
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton report from La Paz, Bolivia, where we observed the historic landslide victory of the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party of former President Evo Morales.
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New cold war on Russia continues with Biden or Trump, RIP Stephen Cohen, and absurd 'red-brown' myth from 2020-10-01T15:45:58
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Bryan MacDonald about what a Joe Biden presidency would mean for US-Russia relations. We also remember late scholar Stephen F. Cohen, who spok...
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Did Russia really poison opposition politician Navalny? And NATO wants a color revolution in Belarus from 2020-09-23T15:10:22
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton start off with an exclusive, bombshell intercepted recording we were leaked of Russian President Vladimir Putin's phone calls.
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Behind the dystopian show trial of Julian Assange, an assault on journalism - with Kevin Gosztola from 2020-09-13T19:48:40
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak about the dystopian show trial going on against political prisoner Julian Assange with journalist Kevin Gosztola, who is covering the UK court hearings to pot...
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American sports through an anti-imperialist lens: How a one-day NBA strike shook the US from 2020-09-02T14:20:19
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with the hosts of Redspin Sports, Nathanial Wallace and Michael Sampson, about the historic one-day NBA strike, capitalist o...
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Operation Mockingbird 2.0: US gov't cutouts smear and censor critics of new Cold War from 2020-08-25T18:45:18
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Aaron Maté; about the new cold war on China and Russia and the US government-backed campaign to silence anti-war voices. We discuss the growing censorshi...
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DNC embraces neocons, and Russiagate conspiracy just won't die - with Aaron Maté from 2020-08-20T14:56:23
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Aaron Maté about the virtual Democratic National Convention (DNC), and how the Democratic Party welcomes neoconservative war criminals and right-wing Rep...
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Counterinsurgency against Black liberation movement and weaponization of anti-semitism allegations from 2020-07-21T19:07:46
With a massive uprising in the US against systemic racism and the authoritarian police state, the government and corporate foundations have mobilized a counterinsurgency strategy to try to conta...
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Behind the corporate oligarch crusade against Mexico's President AMLO - with John Ackerman from 2020-07-10T16:48:24
Rich corporate oligarchs are plotting to destabilize and overthrow Mexico's first left-wing president in 40 years, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). We speak with prominent Mexican Professor J...
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US-Israeli police militarization and the disinformation campaign against Nicaragua from 2020-07-05T17:46:02
Max Blumenthal discusses joint US-Israeli police training and border militarization. Then Ben Norton and anti-war veteran Camilo Mejía talk about the hybrid war...
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Linking US imperialism and police violence: Killer cop got start at dictator-training military base from 2020-06-29T21:56:32
The Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd, setting off a protest movement, Derek Chauvin, started his career as a military police officer at the notorious F...
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As fascist militias spread, Bolsonaro's far-right Brazil becomes new coronavirus epicenter from 2020-05-27T14:55:33
Brazilian independent journalist Nathália Urban discusses the surge of fascist militias and Evangelical extremists in Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro is ...
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Correcting WWII history: How the USA erased the USSR victory over Nazi Germany - with Peter Kuznick from 2020-05-15T00:31:05
The Soviet Union played the leading role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, but the US government has tried to erase its unimaginable sacrifice. Histori...
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Israel protects fascists suspected in bombing terror attack on Palestinian American from 2020-05-05T00:58:13
Israeli journalist David Sheen tells the shocking story of how extremists suspected of murdering Palestinian American activist Alex Odeh in a terrorist attack in California in 1985 are living op...
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Netanyahu's coronavirus coalition consolidates apartheid: Inside Israel's extremism with David Sheen from 2020-04-27T19:31:18
Israeli journalist David Sheen discusses how Netanyahu lost three elections and faced corruption charges but still managed to stay in power in his fifth term as...
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How the US makes countries pay for its wars: Economics of American imperialism with Michael Hudson from 2020-04-23T17:49:51
Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay for its wars, and even their own military occupation.
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US coronavirus 'bailout' scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St - Economist Michael Hudson explains from 2020-04-20T20:06:17
Facing the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Congress rammed through the CARES Act — which economist Michael Hudson explains is not a "bailout" but a massive, $6 trilli...
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Bernie Sanders and the black hole of the Brooklyn media left (Part 2) from 2020-04-13T18:40:36
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue discussing the end of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, and how the professional media left, largely based in Bro...
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Bernie Sanders goes out with a whimper - An obituary on an aborted 'revolution' (Part 1) from 2020-04-12T13:45:29
Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the US presidential race. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss what went wrong in his campaign, from being unwilling to take on the Democratic Party, treating ...
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The coronavirus pandemic and US hybrid war on China - with Pepe Escobar from 2020-03-27T00:35:15
As the deadly coronavirus pandemic rampages across the world, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with independent geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar about the new US cold war with China, potenti...
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The Kafkaesque trial and torture of political prisoner Julian Assange - with Randy Credico from 2020-03-07T17:20:53
Ben Norton joins Randy Credico to co-host his program "Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom," dedicated to exposing the prosecution and persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, a political prisoner...
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Joe Biden, same old wars, same old interventionism: Ex-State Dept adviser warns of VP's hawkishness from 2020-03-04T21:03:02
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has for decades supported wars and military interventions across the planet. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with former State Department Russi...
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After US terrorist war and sanctions, Nicaragua fights for justice at international court from 2020-02-21T00:47:06
In Managua, Ben Norton interviews Nicaragua's representative to the UN's International Court of Justice, Carlos Argüello Gómez, who speaks about his country's case against the US over its terror...
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Max Blumenthal on the imperial NGOs that ignore Julian Assange - and the billionaires behind them from 2020-02-16T20:33:56
Moderate Rebels co-host and The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal speaks about the witch hunt against WikiLeaks publisher and political prisoner Julian Assange, and how billionaire-funded "human ri...
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What the US attacks on Iran and military occupation of Iraq mean for the Axis of Resistance from 2020-01-20T20:47:32
As the US escalates its military aggression in the Middle East, we speak with journalist Elijah Magnier about the future of the Axis of Resistance. After the assassination of top Iranian general...
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Max Blumenthal on his false arrest, US gov't persecution, and the takeover of Venezuela's embassy from 2020-01-13T19:20:36
Max Blumenthal describes his arrest and imprisonment on false charges (which were later dropped), the persecution he faced by the US government, and the real story of how the Trump administratio...
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Trump escalates US war on Iran and Iraq with execution of top general Soleimani from 2020-01-05T22:17:19
Donald Trump has in effect declared war on Iran and Iraq by assassinating IRGC general Qasem Soleimani and PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the dangerou...
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Jeremy Corbyn's greatest 'sin' was anti-imperialism: UK Labour centrists seek new pro-war leader from 2019-12-27T01:21:33
After sabotaging Jeremy Corbyn, centrists from Britain's Labour Party are looking for a new leader without principled anti-war views. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue with activist Joshua ...
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Behind the historic defeat of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party: The UK election and Brexit backlash from 2019-12-17T01:11:42
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party suffered a historic defeat in the UK general elections. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Labour activist Joshua Y. Jackson, who says the failure of the party...
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What was Pete Buttigieg doing in Iraq?: US gov whistleblower on war profiteering and corruption from 2019-12-05T21:54:18
What was Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg doing in his safe house in Iraq — and why is he hiding it? Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Peter Van Buren, a longtime US State...
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Inside Bolivia's murderous post-coup regime - with Wyatt Reed from 2019-11-25T07:29:47
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Wyatt Reed, who is reporting on the ground in Bolivia after a US-backed far-right military coup against democratically elected leftist President ...
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Max Blumenthal on how corporate media manufactures consent for war and regime change from 2019-11-22T19:57:46
Max Blumenthal discusses how corporate media manufactures consent for hybrid warfare and regime-change campaigns, from Russiagate to Libya, Venezuela to Syria.
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Is a coup attempt against Mexico's left-wing President AMLO next? from 2019-11-15T07:22
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), Mexico's first left-wing leader in five decades, with journalist Alina Duarte, who warns that right-wing forces m...
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'The Pinochet dictatorship never ended': Inside Chile's mass uprising against neoliberalism from 2019-11-08T07:25:48
Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal speak with journalist Alina Duarte, who is in Chile reporting on the enormous protests against right-wing billionaire oligarch President Sebastián Piñera. We discuss h...
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The next phase of the war on Syria: A glimpse inside Damascus with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil from 2019-10-09T19:02:51
Ben Norton continues his discussion with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil, who traveled to Syria to report on how the brutal regime-change war continues, now through economic siege, sanctions, and ...
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Inside the hell of jihadist-held Syria: A report from Damascus with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil from 2019-10-04T06:19:20
Ben Norton speaks with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil about their week reporting on the ground in Syria, where they saw the hell unleashed on civilians by foreign-backed Salafi-jihadist "rebels."...
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US meddling in Hong Kong's protests and the new cold war on China - with Carl Zha from 2019-09-02T18:45:02
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue discussing Hong Kong with China expert Carl Zha. We address the US government's role stoking the violent protests, corporate media lies and propaganda, and th...
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Hong Kong's real colonial history, and the protests' anti-China right-wing nativism - with Carl Zha from 2019-08-23T06:40:08
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the violent protests rocking Hong Kong with China expert Carl Zha, who explains the colonial history with Britain, the anti-Chinese right-wing nativism fueling...
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How Obama/Clinton's right-wing coup in Honduras unleashed the migrant crisis from 2019-07-22T06:24:51
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue reporting in Honduras with Gerardo Torres of the opposition Libre Party, who explains how the 2009 US-backed right-wing military coup that ousted elected Pres...
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US neo-colonialism in Honduras and the struggle for independence and democracy from 2019-07-15T17:31:40
We report from inside Honduras on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed military coup that overthrew its independent left-wing democracy. Gerardo Torres of the opposition Libre Party discusses how ...
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The Sudan uprising: Geopolitics, economics, and history of the crisis - with Ahmed & Sidgi Kaballo from 2019-06-29T23:07:41
To discuss the overthrow of Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by journalist Ahmed Kaballo and former political prisoner Sidgi Kaballo, a leader of the Sudanes...
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India's far-right landslide and the global rise of ultranationalist hate politics from 2019-05-30T07:39:31
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss India's 2019 general election results with journalist Prabir Purkayastha, addressing the landslide victory of far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hi...
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The anti-war Gravelanche: Presidential candidate Mike Gravel campaigns against militarism and empire from 2019-05-08T21:25:13
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton interview US presidential candidate Mike Gravel, who is running an anti-war campaign promising to "end the American empire." We discuss the military-industrial complex...
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The Management of Savagery: Max Blumenthal's book on how US wars fueled Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump from 2019-04-26T13:00
Moderate Rebels LIVE - Max Blumenthal discusses his new book "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump" with Ben Norton....
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What's behind Ecuador's betrayal of Assange? Ex-Foreign Minister Guillaume Long explains from 2019-04-17T16:32:31
Ecuador sold out WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, letting Britain arrest him for potential extradition to the US. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with former Foreign Minister Guillaume Long ...
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How Russiagate hacked the brains of America's elite w/ Aaron Maté (E38) from 2019-03-29T01:22:24
Russiagate has collapsed, with Robert Mueller's investigation finding no proof of collusion. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Aaron Maté, who documented from the beginning how th...
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History of Chavismo in Venezuela, and right-wing terror ignored by media w/ Diego Sequera (E37) from 2019-03-06T20:27:59
Live in Caracas, Venezuela, we continue interviewing journalist Diego Sequera of Misión Verdad. We discuss the history of the Chavista movement, the victories and losses of Hugo Chávez, the enormou...
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What's really happening in Venezuela? Reporting on coup attempt from inside Caracas w/ Diego Sequera (E36) from 2019-02-23T00:01:19
We report live from Caracas, Venezuela with journalist Diego Sequera of Misión Verdad. We discuss the US-led coup attempt, the Trump administration's "humanitarian aid" stunt on the border, and the...
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The real Venezuela: From Caracas, Prof. Aline Piva explains US coup attempt (E35) from 2019-02-01T09:08:37
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Aline Piva, who lives and teaches in Caracas, Venezuela and explains what's really going on in the country, with a US-led coup attempt to install the right...
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Economic strangulation of Venezuela: Human toll of US sanctions and regime change w/ Steve Ellner (E34) from 2019-01-24T10:33:38
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue speaking with scholar Steve Ellner about the economic war on Venezuela and the devastating impact of US sanctions. While the Trump administration pushes for a...
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Revolt of the haves: Venezuela's US-backed opposition and economic sabotage w/ Steve Ellner (E33) from 2019-01-15T18:18:43
Moderate Rebels episode 33 (part 1/2): Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Professor Steve Ellner about Venezuela's right-wing opposition, and how the corporate media whitewashes its use of vi...
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Inside the Integrity Initiative, the UK gov's information war on the public w/ David Miller (E32) from 2018-12-26T08:48:49
Moderate Rebels episode 32: Journalists Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss Britain's Integrity Initiative and the information war it is waging on the public, with propaganda expert Professor Dav...
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AMLO vs. neoliberalism: The resurgence of Mexico's left w/ John Ackerman (E31) from 2018-12-05T01:19:56
Moderate Rebels episode 31: Max Blumenthal reports from Mexico on the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the country's first left-wing president in 70 years. Professor John Ackerma...
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Media's war on Jeremy Corbyn, fake Labour 'anti-Semitism crisis', & Brexit w/ Kerry-Anne Mendoza (E30) from 2018-11-21T09:06:15
Moderate Rebels episode 30: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue part 2 of our interview with Kerry-Anne Mendoza, editor of British news site The Canary. We discuss the corporate media's grotesqu...
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Brazil's fascist threat and US-backed war on Latin America's Leftist Pink Tide w/ Aline Piva (E29) from 2018-11-09T06:43:11
Moderate Rebels episode 29: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Brazilian political analyst Aline Piva to discuss the election of fascist Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's new president. We talk a...
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Crashing The Guardian's neoliberal party: Rise of new left media w/ The Canary's Kerry-Anne Mendoza (E28) from 2018-10-26T18:39:58
Moderate Rebels episode 28: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by the founder and editor of the British left-wing independent news website The Canary, Kerry-Anne Mendoza. We discuss the neoli...
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Saudi Arabia's murderous rampage: Dissident Ali al-Ahmed on killings of journalists & Yemenis (E27) from 2018-10-16T06:06:40
Moderate Rebels episode 27: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Saudi journalist and analyst Ali al-Ahmed to discuss Saudi Arabia's assassination of dissidents. Ali addresses the suspected ...
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What's next for Syria? Al-Qaeda's largest haven Idlib, US military occupation, & the Kurds (Ep. 26) from 2018-10-02T00:01:46
Moderate Rebels episode 26: Ben Norton speaks with Syrian analyst Ehsani about the new stages in the war in Syria. We discuss Idlib — the last "rebel"-held province and "largest al-Qaeda safe haven...
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Washington's war on Haiti and the neocolonial charity-industrial complex - with Kim Ives (Ep. 25) from 2018-09-18T19:46:58
Moderate Rebels episode 25: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton sit down with Kim Ives, co-editor of Haiti Liberte, to discuss neocolonialism in Haiti. We address the history of US meddling, military cou...
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John McCain's imperial funeral: Veteran Mike Prysner on the warmonger's betrayal (Ep. 24) from 2018-09-06T20:19:34
Moderate Rebels episode 24: Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by anti-war veteran Mike Prysner to discuss the warmongering legacy of John McCain and the bipartisan attempt to portray the neo...
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Big Tech's dangerous crackdown on social media - with Abby Martin (Ep. 23) from 2018-08-20T05:31:42
Moderate Rebels episode 23 - Max Blumenthal and Abby Martin discuss the suppression of dissident voices on social media by Silicon Valley, at the behest of the US national security state. Facebook ...
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How Nicaragua defeated a right-wing US-backed coup: A report from Managua (Ep. 22) from 2018-07-31T14:39:59
Moderate Rebels episode 22 - Max Blumenthal reports from on the ground in Nicaragua's capital Managua. He reveals how the violent right-wing opposition attempted to overthrow the elected Sandinista...
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Imperial roots of the US war on immigrants: How Clinton, Bush, Obama helped create Trump's ICE army (Ep. 21) from 2018-07-05T00:39:54
Episode 21 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the bipartisan US war on immigrants, and the history of bloody US imperialism in Latin America — with wars, coups, contras, and meddling. We provi...
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Siege, censorship, subversion: The international assault on Palestine - with Ali Abunimah (Ep. 20) from 2018-06-21T06:49:26
Moderate Rebels episode 20 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Ali Abunimah about the global assault on Palestine — by the US, Israel, Gulf monarchies, and regime changers. We det...
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Meet the Syria regime change gang: Idlibs, Jaish al-Grad School, and pro-war Trotskyists (Ep. 19) from 2018-06-05T04:50:49
Moderate Rebels episode 19 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton conclude our Syria series with Rania Khalek. Ben details how his misguided views matured. And we name and shame the regime change gang, in...
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Syria is not Palestine; anti-Salafism/Wahhabism is not Islamophobia - with Rania Khalek (Ep. 18) from 2018-05-07T07:25:33
Moderate Rebels episode 18 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue the discussion with Rania Khalek. We explain how our erroneous views on the war in Syria evolved. Max apologizes for his Al Akhba...
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A dose of sanity on Syria - with Rania Khalek (Ep. 17) from 2018-05-02T18:23:10
Moderate Rebels episode 17 – Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Rania Khalek to discuss the war in Syria. We dissect misleading media narratives about the conflict and the extremist Salafi...
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Yemen, a US/Saudi-made catastrophe 3 years on - with Shireen al-Adeimi (Ep. 16) from 2018-04-10T07:15:36
Moderate Rebels episode 16 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Yemeni-American scholar and activist Shireen al-Adeimi to discuss the joint US-Saudi war on Yemen, on its third anniversary....
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Unpacking Syria war propaganda with Patrick Cockburn, from Afrin to Eastern Ghouta (Ep. 15) from 2018-03-22T09:59:32
Moderate Rebels episode 15 – Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by veteran Middle East reporter Patrick Cockburn to discuss the war in Syria. We analyze key cities and battles in the conflict...
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VICE's American regime propaganda: How "A World in Disarray" glorifies US imperialism (Ep. 14) from 2018-02-12T09:26:08
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton report on Vice Media's transformation into a mouthpiece for American foreign policy. With filmmaker Robbie Martin, we look at "A World in Disarray," a documentary film...
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How Vice Media normalizes US empire under hipster guise from 2018-01-29T08:21:52
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by filmmaker Robbie Martin to discuss how VICE transformed from a nihilistic hipster magazine into a media empire that propagandizes on behalf of the US emp...
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Understanding Iran's protests, and the dangers of foreign meddling, with Mazda Majidi (Ep. 12) from 2018-01-07T06:47:05
Moderate Rebels episode 12 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the protests in Iran with Mazda Majidi. We analyze the reasons behind them, including neoliberal economic policies, internal polit...
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Jerusalem, Palestine, and Israelgate, with Ali Abunimah (Ep. 11) from 2017-12-14T10:28:14
Moderate Rebels episode 11 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by journalist Ali Abunimah to discuss Trump's recognition of illegally occupied Jerusalem as the supposed capital of Israel. We...
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India's specter of fascism: Modi, Hindutva, and the anti-Muslim "war on terror", with Shehla Rashid (Ep. 10) from 2017-11-28T10:20:29
Moderate Rebels episode 10 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Indian activist Shehla Rashid Shora. Shehla discusses the growing influence of Hindutva, the far-right Hindu nationalist mov...
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Zionism and anti-Semitism: Joseph Massad on the sordid historical alliance (Ep. 9) from 2017-11-17T22:37:52
Moderate Rebels episode 9 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad, a leading expert on Israel-Palestine and Arab politics and intellectual history....
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Puppy memes & Pokemon: How Russiagate went off the rails, with Aaron Maté (Ep. 8) from 2017-10-25T21:58:38
Moderate Rebels episode 8 - Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal discuss how the narrative of Russian "hacking" of US politics has gone off the deep end, with supposedly serious news reports on how the Kr...
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South Koreans resist US military presence and war with DPRK (Ep. 7) from 2017-10-13T19:42:56
Moderate Rebels episode 7 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss Donald Trump's genocidal threats against North Korea and the anti-war protests in the South against the THAAD system and presence o...
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Understanding North Korea and US militarization: Dispatch from Seoul, with Wol-san Liem (Ep. 6) from 2017-09-21T09:27:53
Moderate Rebels episode 6 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss North Korea, the Trump administration's genocidal threats, the bloody history of the "forgotten" Korean War, and how the US has mil...
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Orb of Evil: Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia, with Mohammed al-Nimr (Ep. 5) from 2017-09-01T10:29:36
Moderate Rebels episode 5 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss how Saudi Arabia is at the heart of Donald Trump's Middle East policy. We're joined by activist Mohammed al-Nimr, the son of the ex...
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The war comes home: The racist right after Charlottesville, with Eugene Puryear (Ep. 4) from 2017-08-18T11:26:07
Moderate Rebels episode 4 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by activist and author Eugene Puryear. We discuss the white supremacist fascist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia and terror at...
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The sordid history of US proxy war in Syria, with Gareth Porter (Ep. 3) from 2017-08-11T21:45:15
Moderate Rebels episode 3 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton interview Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist who has done extensive reporting on the US proxy war in Syria, and how t...
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End of CIA's Syrian ghost war and al-Qaeda's renaissance (Ep. 2) from 2017-08-08T20:30:35
Moderate Rebels episode 2 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the billion-dollar CIA program arming and training rebels in Syria, detailing how it strengthened extremist groups including ISIS a...
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Democrats and the Russiagate delusion (Ep. 1) from 2017-08-03T09:56:19
Moderate Rebels episode 1 - Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the Democratic Party's obsession with Russia, how this fixation is used to prevent progressive change, the lack of evidence for amb...
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