Trump’s Wars with Latin America w/ Prof. Aviva Chomsky
In a wide-ranging discussion w/ the eminent historian of Latin America Aviva Chomsky we laid out the motives and purposes of Trump's aggression against the region currently ongoing. We began…
Pam Bondi’s Operationalizing of Authoritarianism w/ Journalist Adam Federman
While, maybe, in murky legal waters, Attorney General Pam Bondi is building out the infrastructure for greater spying, policing and prosecution of social movements, and anyone else deemed an enemy…
Trump vs. Mark Kelly… War Crimes, Venezuela and Blowback
Mark Kelly and other former military and intelligence community members now in Congress posted a video calling on active service members to refuse illegal orders. This happened while the Trump…
ENCORE: State murders of Nuns in El Salvador and Fred Hampton repression at home and abroad
This week is the anniversary of two events which define the State in the U.S., both in the past and today. In 1969, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and…
Best of G&R: Noam Chomsky on Why the Democrats Suck
Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City Mayor's race , Marjorie Taylor Green splits from Trump, Schumer and Jefferies punch to their left and Trump wages war on everyone. As…
80 Years of Cold War: What it was, why it happened, what it means.
When World War II ended 80 years ago, the fighting ended but global stability and peace did not emerge. Instead, a "Cold War" between the forces of capitalism and communism,…
Dick Cheney, The Original Trump . . . Farewell to a War Criminal and Gangster for Capitalism
Arch-war criminal and former Vice-President Dick Cheney died. A consummate DC insider who was White House Chief-of-Staff, Defense Secretary, CEO of Halliburton, and Vice President, he shaped and reshaped the…
Media Release: The Department of Defense wasn’t “Woke” . . . It was an agent of intervention and repression
*For Immediate Release* The Department of Defense wasn’t “Woke” . . . It was an agent of intervention and repression Available for Interviews... Robert Buzzanco, emeritus professor of history, co-host…
The Defense Department wasn’t Woke, It was an Agent for Empire and Repression
Donald Trump recently reverted the name of the Dept. of Defense to Dept. of War. He, and his cronies, claim that the Dept of Defense is too woke and needs…
Civil Rights Attorney Ron Kuby on Flag Burning: “This executive order means absolutely nothing”
In 1989, and again 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled flag burning a First Amendment protected action. In 2025, Trump has issued an executive order banning flag burning. Trump's executive…
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