Tag: Gerald Horne
Left forum 2018: Making Real News in the Age of Trump
‘The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!’ Corporate news is consumed with covering the Trump/Russia affair, but it pales in comparison to the real threats in people’s lives–climate change, underemployment, poverty, lack of health…
Kentucky Shooting of Two Blacks: ‘No Surprise,’ Given the Rise of Ultra-Right
Lost in the news of hate crimes over the past week was a random shooting of two Blacks in Kentucky by a white man. President Trump’s fanning of racial resentment is leading to an atmosphere…
After White Supremacist Terror, Trump Doubles Down from Birthright to the Border
In the aftermath of a spate of white supremacist violence from Florida to Kentucky to Pittsburgh, President Trump is ramping up nativism and xenophobia. The U.S. is deploying up to 14,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico…
Vote Recount in Georgia and Florida Defined by Racism and Voter Suppression
A new political movement is born in the South in the wake of Trump and Republicans’ efforts to stop vote recounts. Democracy is on trial Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work…
Mississippi Special Election: Can Democrat Mike Espy Pull Off an Upset Victory for the US Senate?
Mississippi voters do not like to be embarrassed,” says Professor Gerald Horne while analysing the upcoming special election between Democrat Mike Espy against incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our…
What Donald Trump, Chuck Schumer, and Tony Soprano Have in Common – Comment on Trumps Speech
Gerald Horne and Paul Jay discuss Donald Trump’s address to the nation on the wall and border security Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This…
Trump’s State of Emergency? – with Paul Jay & Gerald Horne
If Donald Trump follows through on his threat to declare a state of emergency, it puts the American state further into deep crisis – with historian Dr. Gerald Horne and host Paul Jay Visit https://therealnews.com…
Venezuela and American Manifest Destiny – Gerald Horne
A core concept of “Americanism” is the belief that the United States has a God given right to control all of the Americas in the name of democracy and freedom–but in reality, for plunder and…
Democrats’ Russophobia Hid Trump’s Real Crimes
Gerald Horne and Jeff Cohen join host Paul Jay to unpack the Democrat and corporate media obsession with Russiagate, the foreign policy implications, and how it let Trump off the hook on major policy issues…
Admissions Scandal Exposes the Fraud of Meritocracy
Bribery and corruption is the real problem in college admissions, not affirmative action, says historian Gerald Horne–With host Paul Jay Visit https://therealnews.com for more stories and help support our work by donating at https://therealnews.com/donate. **…
China the Target of Pentagon’s Massive Military Budget – Horne and Jay
Acting Secretary of Defense justifies the increase in military spending with three words: China, China, China – Historian Gerald Horne joins Paul Jay Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
Emboldened by Mueller Report, Trump Stages Border Drama
Trump hands even more aggressive border policy to Stephen Miller, and uses border controversy to bury more aggressive action against Iran. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
Mueller Report: A Battle Over Maintaining ‘Imperial Hegemony’ (Pt 1/2)
Gerald Horne and Kamau Franklin discuss the Mueller Report, Russia Gate and whether alleged Russian interference in the US elections is actually significant Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer:…
Will the Mueller Report Help Defeat Trump in 2020? (Pt 2/2)
Trump and his base will remain unaffected by the Mueller Report, and it will mainly serve as a “political football” between Republicans and Democrats, say Gerald Horne and Kamau Franklin, but it can still be…
Finding Hope During The COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Gerald Horne says workers organizing and fighting for basic rights offer hope during the coronavirus pandemic, increasingly catastrophic government response, dire economic outlook, and two unappealing options at the ballot box in November. Director:…
Tearing Down White Supremacist Monuments Isn’t Empty Symbolism
The monuments represent more than just the people they honor. They symbolize the brutal legacy of white supremacy, racism, colonialism, and genocide we live with today. Director/Video Editor: Taylor Hebden Visual Producer: Andrew Corkery Chase…
Yes, this kind of thing happens in America
Trump’s attempted coup and increasingly violent supporters are only a surprise to those without a grasp of the U.S.’s racist history, says historian Gerald Horne. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate….
Marc Steiner Show: Black and Indigenous antifascism, Cindy Blackman Santana, and social justice
In the premier episode of the Marc Steiner Show, as fears mount over political violence in the wake of the election, Dr. Nikki Taylor and Dr. Gerald Horne talk about the history of, and resistance…
The Chris Hedges Report: Gerald Horne on the unrelentingly radical life of Paul Robeson
Heroic dissidents are demonized, marginalized, physically and psychologically destroyed, or assassinated by the American ruling class. Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder…
The Chris Hedges Report: Dr. Gerald Horne on the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois
The Chris Hedges Report examines some of W.E.B. Du Bois’s fundamental ideas with his biographer Dr. Gerald Horne, who holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at The University of Houston. Dr….
