Empire Files

The epic story of how African Americans fought for the right to be armed to fight the Confederacy and then, as soldiers, led a revolution to defeat slavery.

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Abby Martin is joined by longtime anti-war organizer Brian Becker to cover everything you need to know about the war in Ukraine, what it means for the future and how we can fight for peace.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introducing Brian Becker

02:15 - US unipolar authority & capitalist takeover of Russia

12:30 - NATO expansion and wars since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's red line & failed negotiations

21:52 - Russia intervention in Syria to defend Assad from US war

28:00 - Explanation of 2014 coup

33:26 - US role in regime change, origin of struggle in east Ukraine, Crimea

40:57 - Civil war in Donetsk & Luhansk, US trains and arms insurgency against Russians

40:50 - "Denazifying Ukraine" Truth about nazi influence in Ukraine

45:30 - Why US fueled conflict in East Ukraine

47:00 - Cancelling the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty & Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

51:08 - Abby’s views as an anti-war activist

54:17 - Putin's anti-communist speech

1:05:07 - Putin justification for the invasion

1:07:03 - Western media hypocrisy & eurocentrism

1:10:29 - Russia invasion for regime change in Ukraine

1:15:23 - Costs/benefits of war for Russia

1:18:00 - Why US is waging war with Russia

1:23:48 - Tectonic shift in global politics & risks of war in a multipolar world

1:29:53 - Why disbanding NATO is important anti-war demand

1:35:42 - Minsk agreement explanation

1:37:26 - Obama vs Trump policy, Biden cabinet instrumental in coup

1:46:01 - Impact of sanctions on Russia &countries dependent on Russia

1:49:13 - How anti-war activists can prepare for what's next

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After Abby's major legal victory getting Georgia's anti-BDS law ruled unenforceable, Israel has hit back by getting the State Legislature to keep this brazenly unconstitutional law officially on the books.

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Watch the original press conference filing the lawsuit: https://youtu.be/KEMGvl0TfH0

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Empire Files is joined by geneticist & bioethicist Fatima Tokhmafshan and physician Dr. Shuvo Ghosh to answer the most popular questions about Covid, the vaccine and public health mandates.

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Western media spent months giving one-sided coverage of the civil war in Ethiopia. To learn more about the complexities of the conflict and why the corporate media has taken the side of the Tigray insurgency, Empire Files is joined by two journalists from BreakThrough News who travelled to the conflict zone, Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear.

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Under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, Native Hawaiians surprised the gates of the US Navy Command with a civil disobedience action over the #RedHill fuel leak. Empire Files producer Mike Prysner was on the ground.

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The US Navy's Red Hill disaster has left thousands of homes uninhabitable; but only military families are receiving help. Countless forgotten civilians are living with dangerous water, with no acknowledgment from the military or their landlords. Empire Files producer Mike Prysner sat down with Native Hawaiian Aedyn-Rhys King and his family to discuss.

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The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in O'ahu, Hawaii. Nobody knows how long residents have been drinking toxic water, how big the chemical leak is, or how many it will impact. But instead of urgent action to save lives, the Navy is engaging in a cover up.

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#SHUTDOWNREDHILL

Continuing our coverage of the Red Hill disaster we are joined by Wayne Tanaka, head of Hawaii Sierra Club and leading legal actions against the Navy facility, to give the urgent updates about this unfolding catastrophe.

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The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in O'ahu, Hawaii. Nobody knows how long residents have been drinking toxic water, how big the chemical leak is, or how many it will impact. But instead of urgent action to save lives, the Navy is engaging in a cover up. Abby Martin and Mike Prysner are joined by Lori Freshwater, journalist and survivor of the Camp Lejeune Navy disaster, to discuss this urgent story.

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