The humanitarian catastrophe resulting from Israel’s latest killing spree in Gaza should weigh heavily on the conscience of US citizens, given that Israel remains the largest recipient of US foreign aid, to the tune of 3 billion dollars a year. According to Reuters, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has now dropped bombs on over 1,000 targets across what has been … Read More
Summer is here and the stench of war is all around. Or, as Bob Marley put it, ‘everywhere is war’. Start with the commemorations over a five-week span of Memorial Day, Flag Day and Independence Day, all presented varyingly as celebrations of our war dead, symbols of our greatness, the freedoms we love so dearly and seek to export to … Read More
Robbie and Abby Martin talk about Ukraine’s uprising, the hubris of America advocating regime change abroad and the establishment ramping up another Cold War on Media Roots Radio. *** The above timeline is interactive. Scroll through it to find out more about the show’s music and to resources mentioned during the broadcast. If you would like to directly download the podcast … Read More
Robbie and Abby Martin discuss the unbelievable nature of the post 9/11 anthrax attacks. They also talk about Obama’s pathetic NSA retort revealing a chink in the establishment’s armor, inverted totalitarianism, Guantanamo Bay, and the antidote to defeatism *** The above timeline is interactive. Scroll through it to find out more about the show’s music and to resources mentioned during … Read More
Now that the nation has celebrated MLK’s heroic agitation for civil rights, there’s another facet of Martin Luther King Jr. often ignored in the media that deserves reflection. What do MLK, JFK and RFK share in common? Indeed, all three of them had undeniable charisma which directly and emphatically threatened the powers that be. Each demanded a presence with their sheer … Read More
