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Inside Haiti crisis: Who killed president, and what is role of Colombian mercenaries? Jul 13, 2021

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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 request for American troops, the history of UN occupation, and the role of Colombian mercenaries and US citizens contracted by a Florida-based firm run by a right-wing Venezuelan-American.

Judge throws out millionaire's frivolous lawsuit aimed at bankrupting us Jul 02, 2021

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We recount the insane story of how a pampered heiress and journalistic wannabe, enriched by millions of dollars seized from Iran by the US government, sued us for exposing her bogus Hezbollah sources, and hired an influential pro-Israel lawyer to try to bankrupt The Grayzone.

After 2.5 years of silence, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak out about the McCarthyite legal assault. We expose Sulome Anderson and the powerful neoconservative forces supporting her lawfare campaign against us.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=6vCnQKPznzM

Read about the case here: thegrayzone.com/2021/06/29/lawsuit-sulome-anderson-hezbollah

Mexico's anti-neoliberal movement grows despite US meddling and media smears Jun 16, 2021

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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. We also address US meddling via NED/USAID funding for the neoliberal opposition, as well as the constant media attacks.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=vp1no7Idbx4

Follow José Luis on Twitter: twitter.com/GranadosCeja

Article link - "'Sexy tricks': How journalists demonize Venezuela's socialist government, in their own words" thegrayzone.com/2019/12/09/sexy-tricks-journalists-demonize-venezuela-anatoly-kurmanaev

Article link - "US Special Forces trained Mexican drug cartels linked to decapitation, torture, rape" thegrayzone.com/2021/05/06/us-special-forces-mexican-drug-cartels

Inside Syria, OPCW cover-up, and Israeli aggression, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi Jun 08, 2021

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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 "chemical attacks," as well as the role of Israel in the war, and Palestinian resistance to its brutal bombing and blockade of Gaza.

We address the political situations in Iran and Nicaragua, and then respond to questions from our patrons over at Patreon.com/ModerateRebels.

PART 2 OF 2

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=g9iqWnpBFZk

Report back from Syria after 10 years of Western dirty war, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi Jun 05, 2021

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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 people caused by the decade-long Western regime-change war and suffocating US/EU sanctions.

PART 1 OF 2

Video: youtube.com/watch?v=g9iqWnpBFZk

Roger Waters and Gabor Maté on Israel/Palestine, Gaza war, music, and more May 22, 2021

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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 of other political and cultural issues.

Gaza under attack: Behind apartheid Israel's latest war with Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek May 15, 2021

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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 violence - and indigenous resistance.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=-SaqRY7qHV0

Biden admin's intersectional imperialism, 'woke' CIA, wars on Syria and China May 14, 2021

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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, the Kurdish YPG/SDF and US military occupation of Syria, and new cold war myths about China.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=sZ79-gXVHos

This is part 2 of 2. You can watch or listen to part 1 here: moderaterebels.com/cia-fake-left-cultural-cold-war

TOPICS 0:00 Intro 4:25 Biden, Trump, and intersectional imperialism 29:00 China and new cold war propaganda 54:45 Syria and the Kurdish YPG/SDF 1:06:13 Ideology and hegemony

How the CIA cultivates a fake left: From the cultural cold war to intersectional imperialism May 11, 2021

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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 going back to the first cold war, in which the CIA poured money into cultivating anti-communist, pro-imperialist progressive groups, using fronts like the Congress for Cultural Freedom and billionaire-funded foundations like Ford and Rockefeller.

Ben goes through the book "The Cultural Cold War," and talks about supposed "leftist" CIA assets like feminist leader Gloria Steinem and Trotskyite civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, then analyzes examples of astroturfed, Nonprofit Industrial Complex-backed pseudo-left campaigns in the US, Western Europe, and Latin America.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=rMap-6KxQJI

Links and show notes: moderaterebels.com/cia-fake-left-cultural-cold-war

Economist Michael Hudson on new cold war, Super Imperialism, Biden, China & Russia, dedollarization May 05, 2021

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Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss with world-renowned economist Michael Hudson his concept of US "Super Imperialism," the new cold war on China and Russia, the Joe Biden administration, and dedollarization - the potential end to the dollar as the global reserve currency.

From 1:00:37 on, we also respond to questions from our patrons at Patreon: patreon.com/ModerateRebels

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