Abby and Robbie talk about USAID giving $54 million to the Venezuelan opposition, the latest videos coming out of Hong Kong, and then address all the updates with the military coup in Bolivia that outed Evo Morales: allegations of election fraud, breakdowns of the opposition, the violence being perpetrated by the fascist coup mongers, and the direct evidence of the … Read More
Abby and Robbie Martin go over the headlines from the last month, including the FBI infiltrating 8Chan to promote Russia Gate, Oakland decriminalizing psychedelics, the draconian border policies escalating migrant deaths, the narratives surrounding the Trump administration’s increasingly precarious Iran war build-up. Thanks for listening! If you enjoyed this podcast please consider donating to Media Roots Radio on Patreon.
On the eve of another US war for oil, Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela and uncovers how US sanctions are crimes against humanity with UN Investigator and Human Rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas. Keep Empire Files independent and ad-free. Transcript and Links: For the last few weeks the world’s focus has been on Venezuela, as Trump … Read More
Always an important topic on Media Roots, Empire Files and elsewhere, Abby Martin has had to step up her defense of Venezuela amid mounting pressure from the U.S. to intervene. Countering the narrative from MSM, the government, and U.S. corporations, Abby is fighting against the false narrative on Venezuela as the actions of the illegitimate coup attempt to wrest control … Read More
In this special episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie Martin interviews journalist and writer Whitney Webb about her recent ‘NewsGuard’ expose for Mint Press News. NewsGuard is the most recent iteration of the neocon/neoliberal/corporate agenda to soft-censor alternative news and status-quo challenging view points on the internet. First there was ‘Prop or Not’ then there was ‘Alliance for Securing Democracy’ … Read More
