This month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared victory after a close re-election race, cementing his right wing Likud party in power for another term. Right before the election, Netanyahu reinforced his rejection of Palestinian statehood, vowed to continue building settlements and doubled down on his decade long fear-mongering campaign against Iran. Since Netanyahu spoke at Congress, the media has … Read More
Two weeks ago, Obama made a bizarre announcement that Venezuela is an “extraordinary threat” to US national security and that he is “deeply concerned” about its human rights abuses – a declaration necessary to justify a new round of harsh sanctions. The measure comes on the heels of another round of US sanctions against the Venezuelan government, allegedly for violating … Read More
Robbie and Abby Martin discuss her departure from Breaking the Set, the establishment’s Cold War resurrection, the splintering of the left over Obama’s military policies on Syria/Ukraine and Netanyahu’s recent visit to Congress. If you want to directly download the podcast, click the down arrow icon on the right of the soundcloud display. To hide the comments to enable easier … Read More
Robbie and Abby Martin discuss the hypocritical and deceptive nature of mainstream and alternative media coverage of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France and why framing the event as a ‘freedom of speech’ issue is an opportunistic attempt to hijack the narrative into “the terrorists hate us for of our freedoms”. The intense global wave of Islamophobia following the attacks … Read More
Robbie and Abby Martin get together after the holidays for a densely packed episode of Media Roots Radio discussing anti-North Korea propaganda surrounding the Sony hack; the worst aspects of the US torture program not being talked about; and the ‘liberals’ who jump on the bandwagon to demonize every country the US just happens to want to bomb. If you … Read More
