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Media Roots Radio: Draconian Police State Overreach Against Left Activist, Starving Yemen, Criminalizing the Poor

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Abby and Robbie Martin go over headlines in the first part of the show, including Biden’s increasing the already massive Pentagon budget, criminalization of the poor and the protesters going on hunger strike to call attention to the US-backed starvation of Yemen. At 45 minutes, they are joined by leftist activist Ryan Wentz to discuss the real story behind his … Read More

Media Roots Radio: Black Lives Don’t Matter to Corporations, ‘Cancellations’ & the History of Policing with Eugene Puryear

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While Abby is still on break, Robbie Martin brings onto the podcast activist and journalist Eugene Puryear to discuss the many contradictions intertwined in the ongoing debate about race solidarity and the Black Lives Matter movement. Eugene separates the cynical corporate ‘solidarity’ from its revolutionary core and examines how elites have seized on the concept of ‘cancel culture’ to play victim. In the … Read More

Media Roots Radio: Pandemic Xenophobia, the Decline of US Empire & Normalcy of the Extremist Right

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Danny Haiphong of Black Agenda Report joins Robbie Martin for an in-depth discussion about COVID-19 showing the US empire in decline, revealing an ugly undercurrent of anti-Chinese xenophobia that has exploded exponentially. In the second half, Danny talks about how Black Lives Matter could merge with other leftist issues movements like anti-imperialism and the class struggle, and how leftists can effectively … Read More

Media Roots Radio: Peace Porn, Defunding the Police & the Return of Black Lives Matter w/ Leslie Lee

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Media Roots Radio welcomes to the podcast (again!) Leslie Lee, the co-host of the Struggle Session podcast. While Abby is on break, Robbie Martin and Leslie discuss the intricacies of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter protests, the merits of putting fear into the hearts of the elites and how the mainstream media is seemingly acquiescent to the protests … Read More

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