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Pro-Israel Lobby Groups Secretly Admits Cultural Boycott Is Effective, Leaked Report Shows
Ali Abunimah discusses a leaked report from Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), a front for Israel government-backed lobby group StandWithUs, which admits the cultural boycott is “constantly growing” and “innovative.” Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories…
Theresa May’s Brexit Blood in Water as UK Tories Circle
UK Prime Minister Theresa May wins a no-confidence vote, but the Conservatives remain split on the Brexit deal, says Jeremy Smith, Co-director of Prime Economics. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
Canadian Court Hands Important Victory to BDS Movement
A Canadian Court ruled that Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions activists were denied free speech and campaigning rights when the city of Montreal tore down their posters highlighting an Israeli atrocity during an election campaign in Canada….
US Consumer Board Conceals how Wells Fargo Fleeces Students
The Consumer Financial Protection Board kept a detailed report about how Wells Fargo has long been involved in charging students up to three times more for financial services than other banks do. Why did the…
Bernie Sanders: Bipartisan Senate Vote Against Yemen War Is ‘Historic’
Bernie Sanders praised the Senate for finally challenging the unconstitutional US-Saudi war on Yemen, after a historic 56-41 vote against it. || Watch our report on the vote here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSc1WLPkZ0 Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories…
Conflict on US-Mexico Border Intensifies, With No Clear Resolution Ahead
Thousands of asylum seekers are camped out in Tijuana, Mexico, near US border, as thousands more are making their way north, caught between the closed US border and US policies that forced them to flee…
GM Plants Close and Auto Workers Lose Jobs – but There Is an Alternative
Responding to the five GM plant closings and 14,000 layoffs, former Canadian Auto Worker union Research Director Sam Gindin talks about alternative strategies to the neoliberal and right wing approaches that fail society Visit https://therealnews.com…
Amid Middle East Realignment & Saudi Blockade, Qatar Withdraws from OPEC
Qatar is withdrawing from oil organization OPEC, while Saudi Arabia continues its blockade. Colonel Larry Wilkerson says this is part of a larger realignment in the Middle East, as Turkey exerts more influence Visit https://therealnews.com…
GM Plants Close and Auto Workers Lose Jobs – but There Is an Alternative (Pt. 2/2)
Responding to the five GM plant closings and 14,000 layoffs, former Canadian Auto Worker union Research Director Sam Gindin talks about alternative strategies to the neoliberal and right wing approaches that fail society Visit https://therealnews.com…
Sen. Graham Wants a More Reliable Fascist in Saudi Arabia – Paul Jay
Senator Lindsey Graham wants to overthrow the Saudi crown prince MBS in order to have a more reliable ally against Iran and to suppress the Arab masses Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
Rattling the Bars: Stopping Corporate Exploitation in Prisons (Pt 1/2)
Eddie Conway talks with Bianca Tylek, founder of the Corrections Accountability Corporation about thousands of corporations funding private prisons and immigration detention centers and what citizens can do about it. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories…
Black communities denied $156 billion in property value says new Brookings report
“The pipes in Flint, Michigan could have been replaced 3,000 times with that money” says lead study author Dr. Andre Perry Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate….
Pentagon Engaged in Unfathomable Financial Mismanagement
Around the same time that auditors declared that the Department of Defense’s finances are unauditable, The Nation published an extensive exposé of just how deliberately falsified and mismanaged the Pentagon’s accounts are. We speak to…
Public Goods: When Markets Fail
Prof. Joel Rogers, of University of Wisconsin Law School, speaks at the forum, “Destroying the Myths of Market Fundamentalism,” held in Washington DC, on October 19, 2018 Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
Will Green Growth Save Puerto Rico?
The people of Puerto Rico are facing severe austerity measures; a new study, Austerity Versus Green Growth for Puerto Rico, presents a way out of the debt spiral says Professor Robert Pollin Visit https://therealnews.com for…
Bernie Sanders: Concentrated Wealth is Concentrated Power
Sen. Sanders joins Paul Jay who asks if breaking up the big banks is enough to weaken the power of Wall St. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at…
As Voter Fraud Scandal in North Carolina Deepens, Democrats Push Voting Rights Bill
Tar Heel Democrats are voting to expand voter rights, while Republicans push voter IDs to hold on to power. We speak to NC state representative Graig Meyer Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
Ecuadorian Ex-Diplomat: Report Claiming Assange Met Manafort Is False
The Guardian report claiming WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange met with Paul Manafort is fake news, says the former consul in Ecuador’s London embassy, Fidel Narváez. But he tells TRNN’s Ben Norton is true that Trump’s…
Slain Youth Advocate Sought Year-Round Jobs for Baltimore City’s Young People
Councilman Zeke Cohen submitted a resolution to advance the BMORE Invested Fund to expand Baltimore’s Youthworks program to year-round employment, honoring DaVonte Friedman Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating…
Stock Buybacks: Free-Market Ideology’s License to Loot
William Lazonick, Professor Emeritus, U Mass Lowell, speaks at the forum, “Destroying the Myths of Market Fundamentalism,” held in Washington DC, on October 19, 2018 Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
Lame Duck Republican Legislature Tries to Strip Democrats’ Power in Wisconsin
Since Democrats won all statewide races in Wisconsin, the Republican strategy is to illegally erase their loss by disempowering the offices that the Democrats won. The Nation’s John Nichols discusses the situation Visit https://therealnews.com for…
Climate Crisis Critical Issue in 2020 Elections – Jane Sanders
Jane Sanders tells Paul Jay that voters shouldn’t support candidates who claim to be progressive, but don’t prioritize the fight against fossil fuel interests Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by…
Africa at the COP24
Drought, floods and erratic climate phenomena. Developing countries are often have to bear the brunt of climate change. African delegates at COP24 are hoping for guidelines to implement the Paris deal, which aims to keep…
Making Global Climate Change Local
At the Sanders Institute Gathering, Abdul El-Sayed, the runner-up in Michigan’s Democratic 2018 governor’s race primary, talks about how to bridge fights for environmental health and justice with the global fight to reduce carbon emissions…
Trump’s Trade Policy Towards China: A Distraction to Benefit the Rich
As stock markets around the world are reeling from contradictory Trump administration signals regarding US policy towards China, we look at: Who benefits? And: What would a better trade policy towards China look like? CEPR’s…
Global Carbon Emissions Set to Hit Record High in 2018
From COP24 in Poland, Greenpeace USA’s Naomi Ages says that carbon emissions are set to rise by 2.7% in 2018 due to more coal use in Asia, and that to combat this trend nations need…
The Lack of a Free Market for Executive Compensation
Steven Clifford the author of “The CEO Pay Machine,” speaks at the forum, “Destroying the Myths of Market Fundamentalism,” held in Washington DC, on October 19, 2018 Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support…
