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Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From Spain Aboard The Freedom Flotilla
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Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From Spain Aboard The Freedom Flotilla

Podemos MEP Miguel Urban-Crespo and Spanish Playwright Lola Blasco Explain Why They Are Participating in the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. **…

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Why the Freedom Flotilla Must Sail: A Conversation with Portuguese MP Bruno Dias
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Why the Freedom Flotilla Must Sail: A Conversation with Portuguese MP Bruno Dias

The President of the Portugal-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Group Says the Oppressed People of Gaza Need Hope and Solidarity Visit http://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at http://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…

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Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
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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…

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The Mayor of Naples, the “City of Peace”, Calls on the EU to Defend Palestinian Rights
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The Mayor of Naples, the “City of Peace”, Calls on the EU to Defend Palestinian Rights

After visiting the Freedom Flotilla in the Port of Naples, Mayor Luigi de Magistris Expresses Support for Sanctions on Israel Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…

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The Roots of Greece’s Wildfire Crisis: Climate Change, Austerity, and Historical Neglect
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The Roots of Greece’s Wildfire Crisis: Climate Change, Austerity, and Historical Neglect

Dimitri Lascaris talks to Greek journalist and documentary filmmaker Aris Chatzistefanou about the many factors that have caused Greece’s devastating wildfires Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate….

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Evenly Matched Pro- and Anti-Government Marches in Venezuela
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Evenly Matched Pro- and Anti-Government Marches in Venezuela

TRNN Correspondent Dimitri Lascaris reports from the ground in Caracas about Saturday’s pro- and anti-government marches, highlighting their peacefulness and equal size Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at…

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In Caracas, Ordinary Venezuelans Speak to The Real News About Venezuela’s Crisis
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In Caracas, Ordinary Venezuelans Speak to The Real News About Venezuela’s Crisis

Citizens of Venezuela wait in line to sign a petition denouncing U.S. imperialism. Dimitri Lascaris reports from Caracas Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…

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TRNN Visits a Working Class Neighbourhood in Caracas
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TRNN Visits a Working Class Neighbourhood in Caracas

TRNN’s Dimitri Lascaris speaks about Venezuela’s crisis with Gustavo Robledo, an ambulance driver who has spent his entire life in the Valle district of Caracas. Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…

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Lima Group Members Invoke Human Rights While Trampling On Them
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Lima Group Members Invoke Human Rights While Trampling On Them

Venezuelan human rights activist Antonio Gonzalez Plessman discusses the human rights situation in Venezuela and other Latin American states Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…

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Venezuelans Who Oppose Nicolas Maduro Say Trump Wants To Control Venezuela’s Resources
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Venezuelans Who Oppose Nicolas Maduro Say Trump Wants To Control Venezuela’s Resources

In an affluent part of Caracas, TRNN Correspondent Dimitri Lascaris discusses Venezuela’s crisis with ordinary Venezuelans Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content…

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Would Austerity-Stricken Puerto Rico be Better off as an Independent State?
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Would Austerity-Stricken Puerto Rico be Better off as an Independent State?

Dr. José Caraballo-Cueto examines the economic prospects of an independent Puerto Rico Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational…

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Puerto Rico Faces a Flood of Fracked Gas in Wake of Hurricane Maria
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Puerto Rico Faces a Flood of Fracked Gas in Wake of Hurricane Maria

The gas industry and its allies in Congress hope to push LNG exports to the island’s electricity grid, ravaged from climate change-fueled natural disaster Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…

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Toxic Coal Ash Afflicts Puerto Rico And The Dominican Republic
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Toxic Coal Ash Afflicts Puerto Rico And The Dominican Republic

Environmental Attorney Ruth Santiago talks to TRNN about litigation against American energy giant AES Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended for educational and informational…

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It Could Take 2,800 Years to Clean Alberta’s Old Oil and Gas Wells
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It Could Take 2,800 Years to Clean Alberta’s Old Oil and Gas Wells

To speed the clean up process, regulators would have to mandate a stricter schedule—but that could cost tens of billions of dollars, much of it coming from taxpayers, says Regan Boychuk, oil sands expert and…

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Quebec Bans Public Workers from Wearing Religious Clothing or Symbols
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Quebec Bans Public Workers from Wearing Religious Clothing or Symbols

Dimitri Lascaris discusses the right-wing Coalition Avenir Quebec’s (CAQ) law that bans the wearing of any religious symbols or clothing by public employees, and the resistance that is rising Subscribe to our page and support…

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Human Rights Lawyer Condemns Canada’s Support For Honduras’s Repressive Regime (2/2)
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Human Rights Lawyer Condemns Canada’s Support For Honduras’s Repressive Regime (2/2)

Prisilla Alvarado, a lawyer acting for imprisoned human rights defender Edwin Espinal, condemns Canadian support for the regime of Juan Orlando Hernandez Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…

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Honduran Security Forces Tear-Gas International Human Rights Delegation
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Honduran Security Forces Tear-Gas International Human Rights Delegation

Human rights experts from Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. were forced to flee a protest against the radically neoliberal policies of Juan Orlando Hernandez. Dimitri Lascaris reports from Honduras Subscribe to our page and…

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Honduras: An Unholy Trinity of Oligarchy, Repression and Extractivism
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Honduras: An Unholy Trinity of Oligarchy, Repression and Extractivism

In the Aguan River valley, land defenders struggle to protect their water from a mining project controlled by the wealthy Facussé family. Dimitri Lascari reports from Honduras Subscribe to our page and support our work…

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The Democratic Party Remains a Party of War, Not Peace
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The Democratic Party Remains a Party of War, Not Peace

Green Party candidate Madelyn Hoffman says that even the progressive Democratic presidential candidates remain unwilling to challenge the Pentagon. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is…

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Corporate Media Ignores Connection Between Militarism and Climate Change
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Corporate Media Ignores Connection Between Militarism and Climate Change

Joe Jamison of the U.S. Peace Council explains that the Pentagon is one of the world’s worst polluters. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video content is intended…

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Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism
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Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism

The Real News Network’s Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019’s biggest climate stories. Director: Dwayne Gladden Audio Engineer: Will Arenas Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…

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New Climate Model Predicts Alarming Levels of Global Heating
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New Climate Model Predicts Alarming Levels of Global Heating

Dr. Neil Swart of the Canadian Center for Climate Modelling & Analysis says a new model predicts nearly 8°C of heating by 2100 in a high emissions scenario. Director/Video Editor: Cameron Granadino Audio Engineer: Taylor…

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As Resistance Halts Pipelines, LNG and Tar Sands Move via Rail
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As Resistance Halts Pipelines, LNG and Tar Sands Move via Rail

The Trump administration is considering a proposal to move fracked gas by rail at the behest of a company owned by Milwaukee Bucks billionaire owner Wes Edens, a major donor to the DNC. As tar…

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Canada’s Cops Were Ready to Shoot Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Activists
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Canada’s Cops Were Ready to Shoot Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Activists

RCMP officers were instructed to use as much violence as they wanted at the blockade of the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline. Kanahus Manuel, an indigenous activist in British Columbia, said it’s part of Canada’s long colonial…

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