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Linking US imperialism and police violence: Killer cop got start at dictator-training military base Jun 29, 2020

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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 Fort Benning, a base named after a Confederate general that is home to the School of the Americas (now called WHINSEC), where the US Army has trained countless Latin American dictators, death squads, torturers, assassins, and coup-plotters.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with anti-war veteran Camilo Mejía, who was trained at Fort Benning, about the deep links between US imperialism, white supremacy, and police violence.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=htGiSE5kJuo

LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: moderaterebels.com/fort-benning-school-americas-camilo-mejia

Part 1 of 2

(Episode recorded June 28, 2020)

As fascist militias spread, Bolsonaro's far-right Brazil becomes new coronavirus epicenter May 27, 2020

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Brazilian independent journalist Nathália Urban discusses the surge of fascist militias and Evangelical extremists in Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro is putting the military in power.

We also address his refusal to do anything to stop the Covid-19 pandemic, and how Brazil has thus become the world's new epicenter.

"Basically the military is in power in every ministry; they are overseeing everything in Brazil right now," Nathália says.

Follow Nathália on Twitter: twitter.com/UrbanNathalia

Read Brasil Wire: brasilwire.com

(Recorded on May 26, 2020)

Correcting WWII history: How the USA erased the USSR victory over Nazi Germany - with Peter Kuznick May 15, 2020

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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. Historian Peter Kuznick discusses the real history of WWII, and how 80% of Nazis were killed on the Eastern Front with the USSR.

We also address the new cold war on Russia and China, and the possibility for peace, then and now.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=ctp5a21Mtvs

(Interview recorded on May 14, 2020)

Israel protects fascists suspected in bombing terror attack on Palestinian American May 05, 2020

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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 openly in Israel.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton also discuss the fascist Zionist movement Kahanism and its growing influence inside Netanyahu's government.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tJdfGury5Sc

Show notes: moderaterebels.com/israel-alex-odeh-murder-kahanism-david-sheen

PART 2 OF 2

Part 1: "Netanyahu's coronavirus coalition consolidates apartheid: Inside Israel's extremism with David Sheen"

(Interview recorded on April 21, 2020)

LINKS

David Sheen's website: davidsheen.com

David's report "Alex Odeh was assassinated. Two suspects live openly in Israel"

David's report "Trump's Jerusalem plan rewards suspected killer of Alex Odeh"

David's lecture "Messiah Mode"

David's lecture "Israeli Politics Decoded"

David's video documenting the extremist fascist views of Baruch Ben Yosef / Andy Green

Netanyahu's coronavirus coalition consolidates apartheid: Inside Israel's extremism with David Sheen Apr 27, 2020

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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 prime minister.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton talk about King Bibi's coalition negotiations with rival Benny Gantz (who boasted of killing Palestinians), the decision to officially annex the occupied West Bank, apartheid in the time of Covid-19, and the growing racism and far-right extremism in Israel.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=COfIJOt3cmg

PART 1 OF 2

(Interview recorded on April 22, 2020)

How the US makes countries pay for its wars: Economics of American imperialism with Michael Hudson Apr 23, 2020

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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.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the economics of Washington's empire, the role of the IMF and World Bank, attempts to create alternative financial systems like BRICS, and the new cold war on China and Russia.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=paUgY6SGlgY

PART 2 OF 2

Part 1 here: moderaterebels.com/transcript-us-coronavirus-bailout-michael-hudson

Michael Hudson's website: michael-hudson.com

PDF of his book Super Imperialism: michael-hudson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/superimperialism.pdf

(Interview recorded on April 13, 2020)

US coronavirus 'bailout' scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St - Economist Michael Hudson explains Apr 20, 2020

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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 trillion giveaway to Wall Street, banks, large corporations, and stockholders.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the systemic financial scam with Hudson, who shows how the economy actually works, with the Federal Reserve printing money so rich elites don't lose their investments.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=N-8m5fBbLgQ

TRANSCRIPT: moderaterebels.com/transcript-us-coronavirus-bailout-michael-hudson

PART 1 OF 2

Part 2: "How the US makes countries pay for its wars: Economics of American imperialism with Michael Hudson"

Michael Hudson's website: michael-hudson.com

(Interview recorded on April 13, 2020)

Bernie Sanders and the black hole of the Brooklyn media left (Part 2) Apr 13, 2020

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Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue discussing the end of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, and how the professional media left, largely based in Brooklyn, opportunistically capitalized on his movement to push a soft-imperialist branding of "democratic socialism" — and to advance their careers in the press. We also address media celebrity AOC, Jacobin Magazine, the DSA, and the scheme to divert angry politicized youth back into the thoroughly discredited, neoliberal Democratic Party.

PART 2 OF 2

(Recorded on April 11, 2020)

Bernie Sanders goes out with a whimper - An obituary on an aborted 'revolution' (Part 1) Apr 12, 2020

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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 right-wing war criminal Joe Biden like a friend, refusing to attack a cartoonishly hostile corporate media, recruiting milquetoast Washington, DC foreign-policy advisors, and attracting a slew of careerists and opportunists in "left media."

PART 1 OF 2

(Recorded April 11, 2020)

The coronavirus pandemic and US hybrid war on China - with Pepe Escobar Mar 27, 2020

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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, potential origins of the Covid-19 virus, the collapse of the European Union, anti-China corporate media narratives, and Beijing's strategy to build a new silk road.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYf5h0wOV1Q

(Episode recorded on March 26, 2020)

You can read Pepe Escobar's column "China locked in hybrid war with US" here: https://asiatimes.com/2020/03/china-locked-in-hybrid-war-with-us/

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