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We're back for a short but (mostly) sweet episode starting off with a hearty congrats to Honduras for bucking US imperialism!

Next up, we take a look at vaccine apartheid and how it's pushing even the likes of the IMF & World Bank into suggesting that poor people are people too.

PLUS an awards ceremony for the frontlines, and how to side step the police state without waiting for defunding or abolition.

*Note: we're taking a break from the show for a bit but we'll be back soon! In the meantime, please check out radindiemedia.com for radical, independent news!

With the largest prison population in the world, it's high time to free some...birds?

Meanwhile an innocent man, Julius Jones, is saved from death row at the 11th hour, but still facing a life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.

PLUS Nicaragua bucks US imperialism once again and we dive into the shadowy history of evolution.

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The number of people in ICE detention had already doubled in June compared to Trump's presidency. But hey, at least it's a Democrat caging children!

The John Deere strike has ended - and the IATSE strike never began. Here's what the power of workers organizing can do - and how union bosses can play the villain even better than corporate bosses.

St. Jude's, like so many other charities, has a real good elevator pitch. But look behind the lip service and they're lower than low.

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On this week's LIVE recording, Lee and Eleanor dig into the predictable failure of Dems in VA, and the power of labor organizing vis a vis cabbies in New York, and coal miners.

PLUS the terrorist mindset of the prison industrial complex, mutual aid for a new future and MORE!

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COP26 is in full swing, so here's a look at what the COP(out) really means in terms of necessary action, not least of all on the conference hot topic subject of deforestation.

ProPublica has done what the EPA won't: actually look at air pollution in every neighborhood in the U.S. Spoiler alert: the outlook is smoggy and grim.

PLUS The Washington Post is down for torturing puppies...no, really.

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Phew, it's been a helluva week. We're starting on a fun note bc there ain't much fun to report.

Our justice system which is criminal (aka criminal justice system) takes aim at Assange and Donziger in the same week.

And as Canada proves once again it could give a shit about reconciliation, the US reconciliation bill proves it could give a shit about the people.

PLUS Line 3 gets a makeover, and Joe Rogan makes you dumber.

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Another one bites the dust! Colin Powell is dead - and yes, it's not only OK to speak ill of the dead in this case, it's necessary.

In other Imperial news, the Mercenaries who assassinated the President of Haiti had also planned to kill the President of Bolivia.

Let's please stop saying we need to "be more like Sweden." Here are several reasons why.

PLUS from the crowns to the underground: forever chemicals, forest defense and more!

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In this week's livestream hang, Lee and Eleanor dive into actions around Indigenous People's Day and take NY Times to task over their pro-cop reporting that links defunding police to a rise in crime rates. (spoiler alert - there is no link bc there's been no defunding).

PLUS a new military weapon that has perfect implications for combating free speech, the dumbshittery and overt corruption of political agencies and more!

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You may have heard that the so-called Build Back Better Bill would cost trillions...over 10 years. Per year, it'd cost much less than the Pentagon budget. And this is why it matters how we talk about spending.

Speaking of which, Build Back Better would be worse for the environment. Here's why.

Our water woes might be behind us - if we can overcome these obstacles.

PLUS the fight against Line 3 is NOT over, the bullshittiest headline of the week & more!

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A bit more banter with no less of the censored news!

New evidence shows new and nefarious ways in which the Empire has had it out for Assange for years.

As climate chaos batters societies from California to Istanbul, Biden opens up 78 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil drilling - saying that the most recent IPCC report doesn't show strong enough evidence to cancel oil leases...no, really.

PLUS updates from Line 3, dumbshittery from AOC and more!

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