Abby and Robbie Martin talk to Anoa Changa, a progressive Black activist, attorney and host of “The Way with Anoa”, about the NPR hit piece insinuating she is a Russian stooge, simply because she promoted her views on socialist radio shows hosted by Sputnik. They discuss Bernie Sanders, the Russiagate hysteria leading to the demonization of the left, and why the Alt Right need to be marginalized as much as possible in order to build social change.

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If you’re in need of information to help make your decision for election day, or if you just need a detox from the corporate media circus, here is a list of all election coverage on The Empire Files.

Help combat the US Empire’s election propaganda with a dose of reality with Abby Martin.

– Interview with socialist presidential candidate Gloria La Riva

– Interview with Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein

– Documentary on Hillary Clinton and her rise to wealth and power

– Documentary on John Podesta and the Wikileaks revelations

– Noam Chomsky explains how both parties have moved far to the right of the political spectrum

– Ralph Nader discusses how the U.S. elections are rigged for banks and corporations

– Kshama Sawant talks about strategies for advancing a progressive program

– Voices protesting outside the first Clinton-Trump debate: Interview compilation and teleSUR snapshot

– Abby Martin’s live response to the second presidential debate

– Progressive panel discussion following the first Democratic primary debate

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With the Wikileaks release of thousands of emails belonging to John Podesta, very little is known about Podesta himself. 

While he is treated as just a well-meaning Clinton supporter who has had his privacy unjustly exposed, he is actually one of the most powerful people in Washington, who has operating mostly behind-the-scenes.

He’s the chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, and was the man advising the last two Democratic presidents, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. 

With his brother Tony at the Podesta Group, John is also one of the most powerful corporate lobbyists in the world. Although John officially resigned from the lobbying firm, the Podesta family weaves their business through John’s DC think tank Center for American Progress, where policies are made for their corporate sponsors. 

Podesta’s emails show that the so-called “progressive” wing of the establishment is really just a neoliberal insiders club of the rich and powerful. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin exposes political operative John Podesta’s political rise and network of shady corporations, brutal dictatorships and media collaborators. 

Abby Martin Exposes John Podesta

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Watch the prelude to this exposé, where Abby exposes Hillary Clinton’s business of corporate shilling and war making.

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Last month, the University of San Francisco made an alarming discovery, that 93% of Americans tested had traces of a chemical called glyphosate in their urine. Last year, the World Health Organization deemed glyphosate a “possible carcinogen”.

Glyphosate is the main ingredient in biotech giant Monsanto’s flagship product: Roundup, an herbicide sprayed all over almost every acre of food grown. Not only has Roundup been dumped around the world more than any other weed killer in history, but the US is its largest customer. According to the US Geological Survey, a record 280 million pounds were used in 2010 alone, nearly a pound of poison for every American.

Monsanto has already proven it cannot be trusted to care about anything but money, especially when lives are at stake. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin issues a scathing exposé on the corporate polluter, chronicling its rise to power, the collusion of its crimes with the US government, and the serious danger it poses today.

Monsanto, America’s Monster

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Robbie follows up with a solo Media Roots Radio podcast about Super Tuesday: neocon panic and desperate GOP hysterics over Trump.

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