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COINTELPRO 2.0: Fighting Government Surveillance of Black and Muslim Organizations
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Coalition (BIEAC) convenes its first conference to collaborate on efforts to fight FBI surveillance and targeting of Black and Muslim activists and communities as “Black Identity Extremists.” Subscribe to our…
What Future for the UK with One-Third of Children in Poverty?
Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur, says the alarming rise of poverty in the UK is deliberate–and so too in the US Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
Women and African Americans Hit Hardest by Declining Jobs
Women and African Americans dropped out of the labor market offsetting the number of people who claimed that they were unemployed. Women and African Americans are giving up on finding a job, as wages remain…
The Fight to Restrict Abortion Could Cost Republicans the 2020 Election
As conservatives restrict abortion access state by state, women have begun to win political offices and even challenge President Trump for the highest office in the country. A discussion with feminist icon Katherine Spillar co-founder…
Millions of Brazilians Join General Strike and Protests Against President’s Austerity Reforms
In what has become the largest mobilization against Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, millions of Brazilians joined in the general strike, shutting down schools, banks, and public transportation. They are demanding a halt of the…
Community-Driven Solutions Are Key to the Bay Area’s Declining Gun Violence
What lessons can Baltimore learn from the Bay Area’s success in reducing homicides? We speak to two Oakland-based experts ahead of our June 18th town hall in Baltimore Subscribe to our page and support our…
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…
Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran?
Vijay Prashad challenges the media reality that Iran attacked the oil tankers, calling for a real investigation to uncover the truth. Subscribe to our page and support our work at https://therealnews.com/donate. ** (Disclaimer: This video…
Germany’s Exit from Coal by 2038 Is a Major Transition
Even though German environmental groups say that Germany transition away from coal by 2038 is laudable, it is not as rapid as is needed to comply with the Paris Climate agreement. But it is an…
Methane Emissions Down, but Still Causing Climate Change
A new study concludes U.S. oil and natural gas site emissions have risen in the past decade, but at lower levels than measured before. Big Oil has jumped for joy, but methane emissions still up…
Is Joe Biden’s Folksy Shtick Beginning to Backfire?
We can all have a good laugh at the scientific reasons why Biden’s comment about curing cancer was ridiculous, but his view of his own importance is no laughing matter. Subscribe to our page and…
Longest Period Without Fed Minimum Wage Increase Since Law Enacted in 1938
The federal minimum wage has not been raised in nearly 10 years and June 16 marks the longest period it has been fixed without a raise. As a result, its value has significantly diminished. IPS’s…
Squeegee Kids Say They’re Supporting Families, Not Committing a Crime
After Mayor Jack Young said the teens who wash windows were breaking the law and scaring off tourists, TRNN spoke to several squeegee kids to get their side of the story Subscribe to our page…
United Technologies – Raytheon Merger Is the Definition of Crony Capitalism
Trump opposes the merger of these two arms manufacturers, which would create the world’s largest such corporation, but why? Bill Black gives us the interesting answer and explores why these mergers are dangerous and on…
Bernie Sanders Vision Of Democratic Socialism Makes Both Sides Nervous
Is Bernie Sanders selling socialism? Or is he just making a clear case for a government that actually works for the people? A panel discussion with Norman Solomon and Kamau Franklin, with Jacqueline Luqman as…
John Pilger: Extradition Process a ‘Very Long Uphill Road’ for Assange
Britain’s Home Secretary signed off on the U.S. request to extradite Julian Assange, and now UK courts will decide his fate. But if the process until now is any indication, he will not receive a…
Largest Animal Epidemic in History Is Due to Industrial Farming
The African Swine Fever outbreak, which has now spread to China, could result in the slaughter of 200 million hogs this year, in an effort to get the disease under control. Rob Wallace of the…
David Harvey: The Persistence of Neoliberalism Despite its Loss of Legitimacy (1/2)
Neoliberalism continues in national and transnational institutions, even though it has lost legitimacy as an ideology and has even penetrated progressive thinking, argues Prof. David Harvey Subscribe to our page and support our work at…
Cops Raided This Black-Owned Business Eight Times, and They Still Weren’t Done
To understand how policing affects the psyche of a community, we explore the story of black business owner in Baltimore who was raided so many times he filed a lawsuit, and won Subscribe to our…
David Harvey: The Limits of Social Democracy and of the Welfare State (2/2)
The main alternative to neoliberalism is the proposed renewal of social democracy, such as in the form of Bernie Sanders’ proposals. But to move forward we need to discuss the limits of a welfare state…
Future Resource Wars
The fantasy of the USA becoming the first global empire in history quickly dissolved in the wake of the Iraq war. Pepe Escobar and Eddie Conway discuss the coming nexus of global competition and climate…
