Most of the opponents of US foreign policy continue to put forward the claim that had John F. Kennedy lived he would have ended the Cold War with the Soviet Union and withdrawn US forces from Vietnam. These same antiwar people insist that JFK was assassinated because of his desire for peace and blame pro-war and pro-empire elements in the foreign-policy establishment for the killing of the president.

Tonight on the second Unregistered Live Stream, we will correct the record on who Kennedy was, what he believed in, and what he intended for Vietnam, the world, and for the global empire of the United States.

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts: Nietzsche Fascism Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War Foucault Neoconservatism The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West The New Deal American Slavery The Cold War History of NATO Malcolm X The Religious Right World War II: The Great Blowback The JFK Assassination History of the CIA Great Books: Plato's Republic Great Books: Aristotle's Politics Great Books: The Bible Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert Book Club: The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at patreon.com/unregistered and get: Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Max Blumenthal, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Michael Tracey, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Ben Burgis, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

Thad explores the ideological roots of American Imperialism in the first ever Unregistered Live Stream presented by Unregistered Academy.

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts: Nietzsche Fascism Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War Foucault Neoconservatism The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West The New Deal American Slavery The Cold War History of NATO Malcolm X The Religious Right World War II: The Great Blowback The JFK Assassination History of the CIA Great Books: Plato's Republic Great Books: Aristotle's Politics Great Books: The Bible Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert Book Club: The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at patreon.com/unregistered and get: Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Max Blumenthal, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Michael Tracey, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Ben Burgis, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

Watch the Full Episode now at patreon.com/unregistered

Following a screening of The Exorcist at the Icarus Fringe and Film Festival, Anna Khachiyan and Jack Mason joined me to examine the radical nature of the film, the rise of the American counter-culture, and the meaning of religious faith in the era of neoliberalism.

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get: Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Max Blumenthal, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Michael Tracey, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Ben Burgis, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts: Nietzsche Fascism Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War Foucault Neoconservatism The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West The New Deal American Slavery The Cold War History of NATO Malcolm X The Religious Right World War II: The Great Blowback The JFK Assassination History of the CIA Great Books: Plato's Republic Great Books: Aristotle's Politics Great Books: The Bible Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert Book Club: The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Full episode available at patreon.com/unregistered

At the Icarus Fringe and Film Festival, I was joined by Michael Tracey and Max Blumenthal to discuss perhaps the biggest question of our time: is this the end of the American empire?

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts: Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War Foucault Neoconservatism The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West The New Deal American Slavery The Cold War History of NATO Malcolm X The Religious Right World War II: The Great Blowback The JFK Assassination History of the CIA Great Books: Plato's Republic Great Books: Aristotle's Politics Great Books: The Bible Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get: Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

Jenin Younes is Litigation Counsel for the New Civil Liberties Alliance and was one of the most important civil rights attorneys during the COVID era. She joined me to discuss the broad political coalition that opposed mandates and lockdowns but is now fracturing over the war in Gaza.

Tickets for ICARUS FEST 2024 on sale now:

https://www.icarusfest.com/

New courses at Unregistered Academy:

FASCISM with Thaddeus Russell, John Foot, and David Beito

https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/fascism

A RENEGADE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES with Thaddeus Russell

https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/renegade-history

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts:

• Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War

• Foucault

• Neoconservatism

• The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West

• The New Deal

• American Slavery

• The Cold War

• History of NATO

• Malcolm X

• The Religious Right

• World War II: The Great Blowback

• The JFK Assassination

• History of the CIA

• Great Books: Plato's Republic

• Great Books: Aristotle's Politics

• Great Books: The Bible

• Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

• Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham

• Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski

• Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get:

• Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered

• Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

I was joined by Munther Younes, a lecturer of linguistics at Cornell University, who was born and raised in the West Bank before, during, and after the Israeli occupation.

Tickets for ICARUS FEST 2024 on sale now:

https://www.icarusfest.com/

New courses at Unregistered Academy:

FASCISM with Thaddeus Russell, John Foot, and David Beito

https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/fascism

A RENEGADE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES with Thaddeus Russell

https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/renegade-history

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts:

• Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War

• Foucault

• Neoconservatism

• The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West

• The New Deal

• American Slavery

• The Cold War

• History of NATO

• Malcolm X

• The Religious Right

• World War II: The Great Blowback

• The JFK Assassination

• History of the CIA

• Great Books: Plato's Republic

• Great Books: Aristotle's Politics

• Great Books: The Bible

• Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

• Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham

• Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski

• Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get:

• Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered

• Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

One of few journalists to have reported from Russia and Israel during the wars, Michael Tracey joined me to discuss his dissatisfaction with major figures in "alt-media" who claim to be for peace but have taken the side of war.

Tickets for ICARUS FEST 2024 on sale now:

https://www.icarusfest.com/

New course at Unregistered Academy:

A RENEGADE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES with Thaddeus Russell

https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/renegade-history

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts:

• Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War

• Foucault

• Neoconservatism

• The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West

• The New Deal

• American Slavery

• The Cold War

• History of NATO

• Malcolm X

• The Religious Right

• World War II: The Great Blowback

• The JFK Assassination

• History of the CIA

• Great Books: Plato's Republic

• Great Books: Aristotle's Politics

• Great Books: The Bible

• Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

• Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham

• Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski

• Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get:

• Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered

• Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

I was joined by Daniel Bessner, former foreign policy advisor to the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign and professor of international relations at the University of Washington, to make the case that the "American Century" of US global dominance will not end anytime soon.

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts:

• Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War

• Foucault

• Neoconservatism

• The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West

• The New Deal

• American Slavery

• The Cold War

• History of NATO

• Malcolm X

• The Religious Right

• World War II: The Great Blowback

• The JFK Assassination

• History of the CIA

• Great Books: Plato's Republic

• Great Books: Aristotle's Politics

• Great Books: The Bible

• Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

• Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham

• Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski

• Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get:

• Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered

• Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

One of the leading realist scholars of international relations and author of The Ukraine World and the Eurasian World Order, Glenn Diesen joined me to discuss his thesis that the defeat of Ukraine on the battlefields represents the end of global American supremacy and the rise of a new world order.

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts:

• Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War

• Foucault

• Neoconservatism

• The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West

• The New Deal

• American Slavery

• The Cold War

• History of NATO

• Malcolm X

• The Religious Right

• World War II: The Great Blowback

• The JFK Assassination

• History of the CIA

• Great Books: Plato's Republic

• Great Books: Aristotle's Politics

• Great Books: The Bible

• Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

• Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham

• Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski

• Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get:

• Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered

• Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson

I was joined by two young Israelis—Einat Gerlitz, who spent 87 days in prison for refusing to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces, and Iddo Elam, a 17-year-old draft resister who will go to prison this summer after he graduates from high school.

Einat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/einat16395854

Iddo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/iddoelam

Mesarvot's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mesarvot_

Support Mesarvot: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZSVAHSBRJXGXC

BECOME A MEMBER OF UNREGISTERED ACADEMY at https://www.unregisteredacademy.com/ for access to the Foucault webinar and other live and video courses taught by Thaddeus Russell and invited experts:

• Israel and Palestine: Origins of the Gaza War

• Foucault

• Neoconservatism

• The Ukraine War: Russia vs. The West

• The New Deal

• American Slavery

• The Cold War

• History of NATO

• Malcolm X

• The Religious Right

• World War II: The Great Blowback

• The JFK Assassination

• History of the CIA

• Great Books: Plato's Republic

• Great Books: Aristotle's Politics

• Great Books: The Bible

• Book Club: Bronze Age Mindset by Bronze Age Pervert

• Book Club: The Permanent Revolution by James Burnham

• Book Club: The Unabomber Manifesto by Theodore Kaczynski

• Book Club: Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher

Become a PATRON OF UNREGISTERED at https://www.patreon.com/unregistered and get:

• Access to Unregistered Live, the weekly live Zoom meeting with Thad and patrons of Unregistered

• Bonus episodes featuring interviews with Curtis Yarvin, Ben Burgis, Michael Malice, Cody Wilson, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Hotep Jesus, and Buck Johnson