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The Elliott Abrams hearing and the Trump administration’s threats toward Venezuela have put neoconservatives back in the news. Robbie Martin (@FluorescentGrey) of Media Roots Radio breaks down the history of the neocons; who they are, where they came from, what they believe, and why we’ve been unable to get rid of them.

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They are invisible to western Media.  They are silent to the Western Audience, however, 60% of Venezuela identifies themselves as Afro-Venezuelan.  Venezuela is one of the few majority black countries in the hemisphere.  Today, Jeanette Charles from Venezuela Analysis joins us to trace the history of the Afro-Venezuelans from the 1700s. We learn about the shared culture and heritage with Haiti, we talk about 19 and 20th-century imperialism and finally their empowerment after the Bolivarian revolution in 1998.  In the end, we also look at their world and see what the Americans can learn and implement!

 

 

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Since the 2016 presidential election, we’ve seen the rise of a new McCarthyism, fueled by former and current US government officials, and boosted by media outlets (Russia rigged the 2016 election! Russia hacked the power grid! Russia created Black Lives Matter and the NoDAPL protests!) However, the groundwork for this campaign was laid in 2012, by an oft-referenced but little understood bill called the Magnitsky Act.

The true story of the Magnitsky Act is one of the financial crimes, international power politics, and score-settling cloaked in concern for human rights. Russian director and filmmaker Andrei Nekrasov is here to tell us this story.

You can watch his film Behind the Magnitsky Act here: http://magnitskyact.com

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Today, Doug Henwood, acclaimed editor of Left Business observer, and the host of Behind the News joins us to discuss the inception of Neoliberalism and how it was a reaction against Social Democracy.    

We start off discussing the difference between American Neoliberalism vs European Neoliberalism, followed by the notorious Montpelerin Conference.  We finally look at how Neoliberalism infiltrated our institutions and eroded our Democracy.   

We close off with sharing stories about how both of us are Russian Bots and discuss his latest book is My Turn.

 

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You've probably heard this being repeated over and over on Fox news:"If you like socialism, look at Venezuela."  One thing we know is that none of these commentators ever looked at Venezuela.  Today, Mike Prysner, from Empire Files, joins us to talk about the history of Venezuela under neoliberalism, the Bolivarian Revolution under Chavez, and the current situation in Venezuela. 

 

He manages to debunk most myths you've learned about Venezuela while giving us a nice glimpse of perhaps the pitfalls of electing a socialist in America. 

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Recently, the Ukrainian parliament proclaimed January 1 as Stephen Bandera day. Misinformation and confusion are staples of any discussion of Ukraine in the American Media.

In this episode, Moss Robeson joins us to discuss: who is Stepan Bandera, his ties with the Nazi government, CIA's operation and funding of the group, private corporate donations to Bandera and finally we finish off with an analysis of the entire situation with current day Ukraine.

You can find Moss Robeson on twitter (mossRobeson__)

    Ep 19: Ukranian Nazis and Their CIA Collaborators by historic_ly is licensed under a  Creative Commons License.

 

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This week, Elizabeth Warren has announced that she will run for President. She has yet to contact the Cherokee nation about the DNA debacle. Furthermore, many think pieces are being written without the input of anyone from the Cherokee nation.

Today, Rebecca Nagle Joins us to explain what is tribal sovereignty, how did the Cherokee nation come to be, and what it means legally.

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From 1950s until the 1980s Guatemala was under the reign of terror of an American backed fascist government, like much of South America.  The genocide of the country’s Mayan population is still routinely denied and has had lasting effects on Guatemala, as well as its neighbors.  Over 20,000 people were murdered,and another 40,000 disappeared under the despots Lucas Garcia, General Benedicto Lucas and Ríos Montt. Today we are speaking with Rosanne Constantino about this Silent Holocaust.

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As an idea, austerity’s power lies in its simplicity; a balanced budget leads to economic growth. On an intuitive level it makes sense; unless you’re wealthy, you’ve undoubtedly worried about your household budget. There’s just one problem: austerity doesn’t work. In fact, it makes everything worse.

 

In order to understand why, Professor Mark Blyth from Brown University joins us to explain the origins of austerity, the danger it represents, and why politicians across the globe continue to try to implement it regardless of its harmful effects. Professor Blyth is the author of “Austerity: the History of a Dangerous Idea.”

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President Trump has routinely spread rumors and disinformation regarding the migrant caravan that reached the US/ Mexico border in late November of 2018.  Many people have been given the false impression that the caravan is smuggling in Daesh or drugs. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of the refugees are women and children from Honduras. The more important fact: The only reason they need to leave their homes is because the US. government has supported violent death squads, introduced drugs, weapons and money all under the guise of "foreign policy."  In order words, we are the arsonist. What is our obligation?

 

 

In todays episode of Historic.Ly we will discuss this and more with Ken Klippenstein, who is an investigative journalist with The Young Turks.

 

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