Russell chats to Aaron Maté, an investigative journalist from The Grayzone about the expansion of NATO in Finland, the convenient framing of US politics with Donald Trump and the shutdown of dissenting voices, whether it's the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia or the US wanting to extradite Julian Assange from Belmarsh Prison in the UK.

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Read Aaron's articles: mate.substack.com

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