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Video: UK's Royal Mail Privatized and Sold to Investors
John Weeks: The privatization of the Royal Mail will enrich investors but leave workers worse off Continue reading
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Video: UK’s Royal Mail Privatized and Sold to Investors
John Weeks: The privatization of the Royal Mail will enrich investors but leave workers worse off Continue reading
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Video: What's Putin's Interest In Syria?
Aleksandr Buzgalin: Putin’s aims in Syria through a domestic lens Continue reading
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Video: South Africa's Largest Union on the Verge of Major Split
Patrick Bond: South Africa trade unions become magnets for capital as an ideological confict masked as a sex scandal threatens to fracture union behind the one-year-old massacre (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Instead of Recovery British Economy Shows Signs of Stagnation
John Weeks: “British Press tries to vindicate austerity and budget cuts as “signs of economic recovery.” Continue reading
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Video: Bradley Manning, the Nuremberg Charter and Refusing to Collaborate with War Crimes – Pt 3 of 4
In this segment of Reality Asserts Itself, Paul Jay and Vijay Prashad discuss the Bradley Manning case in light of the 68th anniversary of signing the Nuremberg Charter which states it is illegal to follow orders to commit a war crime (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Vijay Prashad: Marx and Tolstoy Helped Me See the Limits of Liberalism
On the second episode of Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, Vijay Prashad talks about growing up in India and coming to the realization that liberalism could never eliminate poverty Continue reading
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Video: Manning Conviction Serious Blow To Govt Whistleblowers
Michael Ratner: Bradley Manning’s conviction demonstrates Obama administration’s ‘War on Whistleblowers’ in full effect Continue reading
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Video: U.S. Allies Violate Int. Law Pursuing Snowden
Mark Weisbrot: Forced landing of Bolivia president’s plane and other tactics show that Snowden needs to speak directly to the public to get political asylum (inc transcript) Continue reading
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US Claims of Chemical Weapons Use By Syria A Pretext for Arming Rebels
Pt 1. Omar Dahi: Despite escalating humanitarian catastrophe, G8 summit failed to advance diplomatic settlement Continue reading
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Video: Edward Snowden: War on Whistleblowers “Only Builds Better Whistleblowers”
18 June 2013 — The Real News Network Larry Wilkerson: Snowden’s expertise allowed him to understand the threat of the NSA’s surveillance programs on civil liberties – government power exercised in secret will be abused (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Obama Defends “Big Brother” Powers
Larry Wilkerson: The NSA’s illegal gathering of almost all means of communication sacrifices privacy without improving national security Continue reading
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Video: Global Protest in 300 Cities Will Take Aim on Monsanto
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to challenge Monsanto’s bullying of small farmers, influence on public policy, and aggressive promotion of GMOs. Continue reading
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Video: Justice Department Redefines Terrorism by Putting Assata Shakur on FBI List
10 May 2013 — The Real News Network Michael Ratner: Upping the reward and renewing interest in Assata Shakur, is aimed at labeling any use of violence with a political character as terrorism – even if the target is not a civilian. Continue reading
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Video: How Class Works – Richard Wolff Examines Class
Richard Wolff is an economist who has studied class issues for more than 40 years. In this animation and audio presentation, Wolff explains what class is all about and applies that understanding to the foreclosure crisis of 2007–2011. He argues that class concerns the “way our society splits up the output [and] leaves those who… Continue reading
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Video: Privatizing Europe
Nick Buxton: A massive European fire sale is one way finance is using the crisis to entrench neo-liberalism (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Video: Study Debunking Austerity Research Sparks Wide Reaction
Bob Pollin (Co-Author of Does High Public Debt Consistently Stifle Economic Growth? A Critique of Reinhart and Rogoff): Deficit Hawks still defend conclusions of a study that contained spreadsheet errors and weighted selected countries in an inappropriate way; led to incorrect theory about public debt and growth (Inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Growing Voices Among Palestinians Calling for a Single Democratic Secular State
With negotiations for a two state solution going nowhere, more Palestinians are calling for a single state solution Continue reading
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