Episodes

As Trump pleads not guilty to charges that he tried to overturn his loss in 2020, there are new revelations about President Biden’s connection to his sons shady business dealings. We speak to a young mother forced to give birth while incarcerated. And activists discuss the impact of U.S covert operations on the U.S. public and around the world. Plus headlines on Abu Graib torture lawsuit, migrants are found dead, entangled in Texas “death trap,” Cuba Covid vaccine more than 92 percent effective....

The Korean War, with four million civilians dead and the country destroyed, provides enduring proof that the Cold War was really a hot war against liberation movements of the Global South. Seventy years later, the war is still not ended officially. We hear from some of those who came to Capitol Hill to call for an end to this dangerous war game between nuclear powers. And as the legal woes of Hunter Biden threaten to ensnare his father, the 46th president, we speak to historian Gerald Horne abou...

In U.S. politics, the fight is on for the right to believe our own eyes and ears, and to teach the truth–especially when it comes the the apartheid state of Israel. You ay have heard of Black August but July is the perfect month to mark the struggles and victories of the people of Central and South America. On this episode, we hear from those who rallied in front of the White House to celebrate and defend the sovereignty of Latin American and Caribbean countries. With Rashida Tlaib, Lucy Pagoada...

The rhetoric and result of the NATO summit means that there is no end it sight for the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. We speak to historian and author Gerald Horne. And are we forgetting to say her name? Attorney Ben Crump and activist Melanie Campbell make a passionate plea for justice for AJ Owens, a mother of four who was shot to death by her white supremacist neighbor. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and ...

From Palestine, to France, to DC, to California, settler violence is on the march and the people are fighting back. We speak to journalist Jon Jeter. Plus, the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Congress reminds the nation that poverty equals death. And while protesting in support of the journalist, Julian Assange, Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, and Jodi Evans, co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace, are arrested outside the Department of Justice. Plus headlines: Biden mulls clu...

People came to DC from around the U.S. to demand that Cuba be removed from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and to demand police accountability for the murder of Jayland Walker. Also, our media critic Jon Jeter weighs in on the news, including the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. Headlines on Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper, and Norfolk Southern Railroad. DC memorial for human rights activist Randall Robinson. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resol...

As federal funds meant to aid Black farmers continue to be diverted elsewhere, members of the Congressional Black Caucus demand that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reveal who is receiving billions in federal debt relief.And then part two of the discussion bout how the Foreign Agents Registration Act and other laws s are used to target movements for justice and power… Including the African People’s Socialist Party and Cop City Protesters…We hear more voices from the program held by the Expose ...

With members of the African People’s Socialist Party indicted for exercising freedom of speech, #copcity protesters charged with domestic terrorism, and bail fund organizers arrested by a military-stye SWAT team, human right advocates held a recent gathering to understand this targeting of activists as the most recent iteration of the notorious FBI COINTELPRO program that worked to destroy 1960s freedom movements. For this hour, we hear voices from part one of the virtual program held June 8th, ...

As DC suffered Thursday under some of worst air quality in years, brought on by climate-change induced wildfires, those opposed to President Biden’s latest massive fossil fuel project rallied outside the White House. Protesters said that Biden’s tacking on the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to the recent debt ceiling legislation, is just his latest betrayal of and broken promise to the climate movement — and to humanity. Plus headlines. With Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Justin Pearson, Jason...

While decisions are made in Washington that take food and cash from working families, people speak out at three days of rallies to raise the wage. And there is escalation and not deescalation in the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. We’ll catch up with the latest on the conflict with Gerald Horne. Plus headlines on the U.S. debt ceiling, arrests for peaceful protesters, and more. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, ...

In our third and final conversation about Gerald Horne’s new book, Revolting Capital, we discuss Washington, DC’s April 1968 revolt, which one study said forever changed the trajectory of the city. And a view from a movement of young Filipino activists recently arrested after protesting a visit to the Washington by Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support fro...

DC may be the most heavily policed city in the country”and maybe in the whole world. In part two of our conversation with historian Gerald Horne about his new book, Revolting Capital: Racism and Radicalism in Washington, DC, 1990-2000, Gerald discusses the police brutality and displacement inflicted upon the Black population during the Great Depression. He also discusses the rise of U.S. spy agencies, which contrary to their legal mandate, targeted American citizens, especially the Black left in...

In South Korea, Taiwan, and Ukraine, the U.S. ratchets up Cold War 2.0. I speak to historian Gerald Horne. And though the U.S.and allies bellow about democracy, the inconvenient truths about slavery, colonialism and genocide are ever present. Journalist Juan Gonzalez gives a major address about the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new er...

As the world continues to celebrate the life of artist and activist Harry Belafonte, we speak to historian Gerald Horne and get a perspective from the Jamaican diaspora.And marchers on the streets of DC on Earth Day, say it is code red for the planet and that President Biden should tell the truth about his addiction to fossil fuels. Plus headlines on the unhoused in DC, the revolving door of the military industrial complex and more. With: Michael Byfield, Gerald Horne, Brittany Ruffin, Jean Su,...

From the African People’s Socialist Party to Palestine, people all over the earth are fighting for human rights. And among all the religious, cultural and social observances during April, there is Earth Day, dedicated to our common home–and this “home” crisis can no longer be ignored. Plus more headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In this new era of fake corporate news, we have t...

As the world honors the 125th birthday of the artist and revolutionary Paul Robeson, his fight against racism and fascism is as relevant today as ever. On this show, an in-depth talk with Robeson biographer, the prolific author Gerald Horne. Also, two young lack lawmakers make a triumphant return to the Tennessee state legislature after being expelled for leading a peaceful protest for sane gun laws. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices...

On the 55th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Black Alliance for Peace launches a campaign to establish a Zone of Peace in the Americas. From Haiti, to Cuba to Nicaragua, the alliance wants the U.S. to stop preaching democracy all the while destabilizing sovereign governments in this hemisphere. Plus a talk with our media critic Jon Jeter on the news of the day and signs of U.S. fascism. Headlines on attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque, Tennessee lawmakers, and more....

As nearly 90 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers since the start of this year, Palestinians living under apartheid in their homeland and throughout diaspora celebrated Palestine Land Day on March 30th, including here in DC. And in our conversation with journalist Jon Jeter, we discuss how coverage of crimes against humanity, such as those in Palestine, stack up against coverage of Donald J. Trump’s indictment. With Jon Jeter, Maryland to Palestine, Activists at P...

A world-altering meeting takes place between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin but corporate media misses the story. And a large coalition of the left rallies in front of the White House to oppose the U.S. proxy war against Russia in Ukraine and marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq. Plus headlines on TikTok CEO testifying before Congress and more. With Gerald Horne, Brian Becker, Jill Stein and Margaret Kimberley. The show is made possible only...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh, whose recent bombshell investigation names the Biden administration as the mastermind behind the destruction of Nord Stream pipeline system, doubles down on his allegations in a wide-ranging conversation at the National Press Club. We spend with hour with Hersh, who says that U.S. destruction of the pipeline is one sign of how reckless and how unprepared the U.S. is as it continues to ratchet up the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. The show i...

As Congress votes to block DC’s democratically approved new criminal code, the nation’s capital is the latest example of a black and brown-majority city in the United States being stripped of self-rule and democratic rights. Also, for a Women’s History Month special, we speak to Congresswoman Loria Raquel Dixon Brautigam, a woman of African descent and Sandinista leader, who is the first secretary of the national assembly of Nicaragua. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our...

We spend the hour hearing from Black farmers and their advocates who traveled to DC on March 1 from 15 states to rally in front of the White House and demand that President Biden fire Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack for continuing more than a century of state-sponsored race discrimination, land theft, and economic deprivation of Black farmers. The protest was also commemorating a March 2, 1999 fairness hearing when hundreds of Black farmers also descended on D.C. to protest the forced c...

It is one year after Russia invaded Ukraine and most people in the United States and Europe still think that is when the war started. I speak to Consortium News editor Joe Lauria and our geopolitical analyst Professor Gerald Horne. And we take another look at the Oliver Stone-produced documentary, “Ukraine on Fire,” which tells the truth about how this war really started eight years ago with the U.S.-backed violent coup of Ukraine’s democratically elected president. Plus headlines on the more th...