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Oxfam: G7 Countries Owe the Global South More Than $13 Trillion in Development & Climate Assistance

Democracy Now! – May 25, 2023 A new Oxfam analysis released as the leaders of the Group of 7 nations met in Hiroshima, Japan, shows G7 countries collectively owe poor nations in the Global South more than $13 trillion in … Continue reading

Spike Lee on “Malcolm X” & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made

Lee on “Malcolm X” & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made Democracy Now! May 26, 2023 May 19 marked what would have been the 98th birthday of Malcolm X. The director Spike Lee gave the keynote address … Continue reading

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Andrew Bacevich on China’s Rise as Global Superpower & Decline of U.S. Empire After Iraq Invasion

Democracy Now! – Mar 22, 2023 #DemocracyNow Andrew Bacevich is a historian, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and a retired Army colonel. He joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about China’s 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, how … Continue reading

Historian Alfred McCoy: As Tensions Rise over Taiwan, U.S. & China “Edging Ever Closer” to War

Democracy Now! Mar 10, 2023 Latest Shows U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines is calling China the “most consequential threat” to U.S. national security. Meanwhile, the Chinese parliament has unanimously voted to give Xi Jinping a third five-year term … Continue reading

Scheer & Hedges – They Know Everything About You

Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges interviews Truthdig’s editor in chief Robert Scheer about his latest book “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy” See related: Excerpt of The Reverend Martin Luther King … Continue reading

Scheer & Hedges: They Know Everything About You

See related: Scheer & Hedges – They Know Everything About You The Real News Network May 12, 2015 Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges interviews Truthdig’s editor in chief Robert Scheer about his latest book “They Know Everything About You: How … Continue reading

(683) “We Need Ceasefires Everywhere”: Bishop William Barber’s Message of Peace for Ukraine & the World

Democracy Now! – Jan 6, 2023 Russian President Vladimir Putin has unilaterally declared a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to mark Russian Orthodox Christmas on January 7. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected Putin’s overture, however, saying that Russia wants to use … Continue reading

A 21st Century Resource War: Emira Woods on Racism, Extraction & Militarism Devastating Africa

Democracy Now! – Dec 19, 2022 President Biden has pledged $55 billion to Africa over the next three years, announced during a three-day summit in Washington with leaders from 49 African nations. The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit was held as the … Continue reading

Director Erin Sikorsky | Sea Level Rise & Military Bases | 8 Sept 2022

Sep 12, 2022 Erin Sikorsky, Director of the Center for Climate and Security, speaks to the Weather Channel about climate risks at US military bases.