Terrorism, the Ukraine-Russia War & Victoria Nuland’s ‘Nasty Surprises’
A massive terrorist attack targeting civilians in Moscow killed more than 140 people and wounded hundreds more. Meanwhile, the Biden administration and the Pentagon are demanding billions for more war against Russia in the asymmetric, proxy war being waged in Ukraine. Brian Becker is joined by Eugene Puryear, the author of the article “Should We […]
Starving Gaza, Feeding the War-Mongers: Follow the Money to See Biden’s Real Priorities
President Biden just introduced his budget for fiscal year 2025, and the $7.3 trillion proposal is a mirror-image of his lofty 2024 budget that was swiftly rejected by Congress. BreakThrough News Editor-In-Chief Ben Becker argues that Biden is proposing a plan that he knows will fail to generate enthusiasm for his 2024 re-election – a […]
Empire in Overdrive: Get Rich or Die Tryin’, with Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad joins the show to discuss a new publication from the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Global South Insight. “Hyper-Imperialism: A Dangerous Decadent New Stage,” argues that the era of the U.S. Empire’s total economic and political reign over the world order has entered a new stage; one marked by Western decline, emergent […]
Why the US Wants to Block Free and Fair Elections in Palestine w/ Dr. Mustafa Barghouti
Israel continues to starve, bombard, and ethnically cleanse Palestine with the full backing of the US government. The death toll stands at over 31,000 people, and more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people are facing imminent famine. And while the world has its eyes on Gaza, Israel has intensified its slaughter and […]
U.S. & Israel Are Using Mass Starvation As a Negotiation Tactic in Gaza
Over 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by the genocidal US-Israeli war. Israel is plunging Gaza deeper into an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, refusing to let aid trucks into the besieged territory and driving thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation. As Israel vows to invade Rafah at any moment, the Biden administration continues […]
U.S. Gov’t Wants to Ban TikTok and Control Everything We See and Think
In a rare show of bipartisan consensus, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a law that makes TikTok one step closer to a total ban in the US. The bill claims that as long as TikTok is owned by Bytedance, a Chinese company, this represents a national security threat from a “foreign […]
How Prisoners Are Planning to ‘Shut Down’ the US’s Hidden Slave Labor System
Formerly and currently incarcerated organizers are fighting back against Alabama’s rigged carceral system, an institution upholding a system of modern-day slavery in the southern state. Organizers imprisoned at the St. Clair Correctional Facility have organized a “shutdown” of the prison to protest the shockingly inhumane conditions of state facilities and the draconian policies of the […]
Google’s Dirty Tactics: YouTube Music Workers Won’t be Muted
Last week, Google laid off its entire YouTube Music team while the workers were testifying before the Austin City Council on a resolution to require Google to bargain with their union in good faith. Google has publicly refused to negotiate with YouTube Music workers since they unanimously voted in favor of unionizing with the Alphabet […]