The Michael Moore Podcast

Ep. 198: The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers (w/ Jon Schwarz)


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Michael is joined by The Intercept's Jon Schwarz to discuss the shockingly unshocking report this week that the Saudi operatives who murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi had received State Department-approved paramilitary training. They also discuss the recent foolish attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar, the meaning and background of the phrase "moral equivalence," the AP's cowardly firing of Emily Wilder over her college advocacy for Palestinian human rights, and lies we are being told about "worker shortages." Schwarz is a friend and former colleague of Mike’s, having worked on “Capitalism: A Love Story” and as the editor of MichaelMoore.com.


Saudi Operatives Who Killed Khashoggi Received Paramilitary Training in U.S.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/politics/khashoggi-saudi-kill-team-us-training.html


Read Jon's recent articles:

Ilhan Omar And “Moral Equivalence,” A Term Of Propaganda Invented In The 1980s
https://theintercept.com/2021/06/24/ilhan-omar-moral-equivalence-reagan/

Emily Wilder’s Firing Is No Surprise: AP Has Always Been Right-Wing
https://theintercept.com/2021/05/25/emily-wilder-firing-ap-right-wing/

The Business Class Has Been Fearmongering About Worker Shortages for Centuries
https://theintercept.com/2021/05/07/worker-shortage-slavery-capitalism/

The “For The People Act” Would Make The U.S. A Democracy
https://theintercept.com/2021/02/14/democracy-voting-campaign-finance-hr1/


The book Jon mentioned:

The Brass Check by Upton Sinclair
https://bookshop.org/a/1381/9789353866303

Free PDF
https://ia800203.us.archive.org/7/items/cu31924026364251/cu31924026364251.pdf


The Neftlix Doc Series Michael mentioned:

High On The Hog
https://www.netflix.com/title/81034518


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