Robbie and Abby Martin rant about the culture of impunity within Hollywood, the BBC, CBC and fashion industry around sexual assault and rape allegations; Bill Cosby, Jimmy Savile, Jian Ghomeshi and Terry Richardson; why defending ‘catcalling’ random strangers on the street is nonsensical. If you want to directly download the podcast, click the down arrow icon on the right of the … Read More
Robbie and Abby discuss the shady DC groups pushing for war with Syria and their ties with stenographer journalists. They also reflect on their experience visiting the Hiroshima museum with an in utero blast survivor and talk about why dropping two nuclear weapons on Japan was one of the biggest acts of terrorism of the 20th century. If you want to … Read More
On September 11th, 2001, the Bush administration started inoculating themselves with Cipro, the antibiotic to prevent anthrax infection. Several journalists were also told to take Cipro by government officials, yet the precautionary advice wasn’t provided to the American public. On October 5th, Robert Stevens, writer for the Florida Sun was diagnosed with anthrax and died soon after. Two postal workers, … Read More
Recently I traveled to one of the most nefarious prisons in the world: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Despite repeated government pledges to close the infamous detention facility down, 149 men remained indefinitely imprisoned there. According to a top Bush administration official, the vast majority of prisoners are innocent, and were either swept up in a dragnet or handed over in exchange … Read More
Many people who became politically aware, or ‘woke up’ after 9/11 might wrongly assume that warrantless wiretapping, rendition of terror suspects, the formation of the Homeland Security Agency and predator drones were spearheaded by the Bush administration. Yet the framework for the ‘War on Terror’ was put in place by President Clinton. Not only did Clinton have several opportunities to either … Read More
