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Abby Martin interviews journalist Séamus Malekafzali to get an in-depth look at what is missing from Western media reporting on Iran: the debates within the Iranian political system, changing views of the US in Iranian society, their new approach to the Iran Nuclear Deal, their upcoming election, lasting impact of the Solemani assassination and much more.

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Abby Martin speaks to Eugene Puryear to discuss the big picture of US imperialism in Africa: From the Berlin Conference to the subversion of liberation movements to neocolonial puppets and the current sprawl of AFRICOM "counterterrorism." [EXTENDED INTERVIEW + BONUS CONTENT ONLY ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles​ ]

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Abby Martin's Empire Update wraps up the last week in US imperialism: Biden breaks major campaign promise to punish Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi murder; US & France extend war in Africa; Bolivia and Venezuela defy US Empire; major bloodshed on the horizon in Afghanistan.

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Biden's Feb. 26 strike in Syria was a crime, and risks major war with three countries. Abby Martin explains.

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Abby Martin responds to the outcry against Michael Che's joke on last night's episode of Saturday Night Live about medical apartheid in Israel.

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Amidst mass protests against their US-backed dictator, Abby Martin covers how the American Empire has determined the destiny of the Haitian people for generations.

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Abby Martin covers Biden's first arms deals to major human rights abusers Chile & Egypt; another US military base in Okinawa, opposed by majority of residents, threatens unique biodiversity; militia puts US at crossroads of a new Iraq war; Ecuador's presidential election defies US imperialism.

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Abby Martin explains what President Biden really means by the duplicitous language in his major Feb. 4 foreign policy speech on ending the Yemen war.

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The Empire Update: Startling new data reveals the true size of the US-led occupation of Afghanistan; Biden's first foreign policy speech threatens war with Russia; new administration begins with major aggression towards China; and more.

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