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The History of Race and Labor in the USA (2/2)
On the Marc Steiner Show, Marc continues his conversation with Bill Fletcher, who explains how the global economy creates the need for a broad movement of and for workers Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and…
Trump Pursues Israel ‘Peace Plan’ to Break off Gaza, Without Input from Palestinians
While US President Trump reportedly hopes to use Gulf funding to pressure Egypt to take over Gaza, splitting it from the West Bank, expert Phyllis Bennis warns no Israel peace deal is possible when “there…
Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
A candidate of Sweden’s feminist party and one of the flotilla’s captains talk about their participation in the effort to break the Gaza blockade Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by…
Trump’s Massive Funding Cut Plunges UN Palestinian Refugee Agency into Crisis
UNRWA, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, could run out of money for aid programs within weeks, after President Trump drastically cut US funding. Expert Phyllis Bennis warns this can lead to a humanitarian catastrophe…
Voices from the Families Belong Together March in DC
Tens of thousands of DC protestors called for an overhaul of immigration policy in the US and said that allowing families to stay together in detention centers is not enough Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories…
143 Million Climate Refugees by 2050
A World Bank report: Groundswell, warns of the worsening impact of climate change in three regions of the world. It could lead to a tremendous humanitarian crisis says Kanta Kumari Rigaud, the lead author of…
Protests in Ramallah Challenge Abbas over Gaza
Yara Hawari the Palestinian Policy Network says the Palestinian Authority is resorting to violence against its own people because it has lost its legitimacy, as it collaborates with the Israeli siege on Gaza Visit http://therealnews.com…
Exclusive: Nurse Speaks Out Over Johns Hopkin’s “Anti-Union Campaign”
Kate Phillips says Johns Hopkins has prevented nurses from discussing the benefits of a union, and the hospital faces a high attrition rate and low staff to patient ratios Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and…
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement: End of Roe vs Wade?
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement will represent a major blow to liberal precedents, as Trump will appoint a new justice now who will work to reverse them. Legal abortion, affirmative action, death penalty protections,…
Rep. Ro Khanna on Challenging the Saudi-Led War on Yemen
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) discusses his efforts to stop U.S. support for the Saudi-led attack on Yemen; his differences with Obama administration officials who backed Saudi’s assault from the outset; and the impact of Saudi…
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats Can’t Be Liberal at Home But Hawkish Militants Overseas
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, discusses Trump’s war on immigrants via the Muslim ban and family incarceration. He also addresses his differences with hawkish Democratic leaders on foreign policy,…
The Russia “National Security Crisis” is a U.S. Creation
President Trump’s warm words for Vladimir Putin and his failure to endorse U.S. intelligence community claims about alleged Russian meddling have been called “treasonous” and the cause of a “national security crisis.” There is a…
Israel Legislates Apartheid into Law
TRNN’s Shir Hever explains that Israel’s new Law of the Nation-State makes it impossible to pretend that Israel is a democracy. Unequal rights are recognized by the government as the essence of the state Visit…
Tariq Ali: “No Real Choice” at the Ballot Box for the People of Pakistan
Corruption keeps growing like cancer in Pakistan. This combined with military repression and on-going terror attacks from the Islamic State, Pakistanis will see a continuation of the status quo, says Tariq Ali Visit https://therealnews.com for…
Shock Without the Therapy: A New Russia is Born in Chaos and Plunder – RAI with A. Buzgalin (6/12)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Prof. Alexander Buzgalin says the collapse of the Soviet Union was followed by the rise of billionaire oligarchs as the “free market” led to the impoverishment of the people – with…
Trump: A Symptom of a System in Decay
A live interactive Q & A session with Paul Jay, hosted by Aaron Mate about the controversies related to Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
British Labour Party’s Anti-Semitism Document: Criticizing Israel Is not Anti-Semitism
Moshé Machover discusses the advances and limitations of the Labour Party’s document on anti-semitism, which represents an important step forward to diffuse an issue that has become an artificial controversy designed to undermine Jeremy Corbyn…
Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Would Bring “the End of Modern Environmental Law”
Professor Bill Snape of the Center for Biological Diversity says that though Brett Kavanaugh gives lip service to the climate crisis, his record shows he won’t support environmental regulation—in short, Professor Snape says, he’s like…
Kids Demand that Adults Stop Destroying the Planet
Sick of inaction on climate change, youth are organizing the Zero Hour Climate March to get dirty money out of politics and fight for climate justice Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our…
What the Trump-Putin Summit Means for Syria (Pt 2/2)
New talk of US, Russian, and Israeli cooperation likely means a return to the status quo with the Assad regime in power, as Washington and Tel Aviv double down on targeting Iran and its proxies,…
What the Trump-Putin Summit Means for Syria (Pt 1/2)
New talk of US, Russian, and Israeli cooperation likely means a return to the status quo with the Assad regime in power, as Washington and Tel Aviv double down on targeting Iran and its proxies,…
Trump: A Symptom of a System in Decay
A live interactive Q & A session with Paul Jay, hosted by Aaron Mate about the controversies related to Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
Celebrating Life and Radical Spirit of Ida B. Wells
Live from Ida B’s Table, we celebrate the life and radical spirit of Ida B. Wells. Featuring Senator Nina Turner, President of Our Revolution and Michelle Duster the great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells. Visit…
Bill Black: Trump Sees Europe as a “Foe” Because of Key Misinformed Advisor
President Trump’s belief that the European Union’s trade policies are more unfair towards the United States than just about any other trading partner is woefully misinformed and the result of his reliance “nutcase” trade advisor…