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Eli Clifton is an investigative journalist and writer who has had articles appear in the Nation, the Intercept and most prolifically in Lobelog, he has been tracking the activities of far-right policy wonks and neoconservatives in the Washington DC orbit for over a decade and more specifically has spent a lot of time exposing the activities of the Iran regime change centric think tank known as the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

"When Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, hired Foundation for Defense of Democracy senior adviser Richard Goldberg as his assistant in January 2019, the perception of FDD’s heavy influence was confirmed”

https://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/foundation_for_defense_of_democracies/

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The ongoing US coup attempt in Venezuela came to a head recently after

US officials raided the Venezuela embassy in Washington DC in a

flagrant violation of international law. Five activists were arrested

inside that made up the Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective,

guarding the building from seizure by opposition goons. Abby and

Robbie Martin talk to Anya Parampil, the journalist who was embedded

inside the embassy for ten days, about the diplomatic war being waged

as the latest front of US war in Venezuela.

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Abby and Robbie discuss the 20+ Democratic Party contenders running against Trump and scrutinize Joe Biden's track record, rolled out as the DNC's top pick. In the second half of the episode, they discuss the theory that John Bolton is leading Trump into war, and go in depth about the latest war escalations against Iran. Concluding the episode Robbie breaks down William Barr's latest fake threats to fully investigate the origins of the Russiagate probe.

SPOILER warning: @ 11:14 - 16:00 Abby & Robbie discuss the season finale and details of Veep's last season

BUY // Tickets for Gaza Fights for Freedom in LA June 20: http://bit.ly/2Jn6ecy

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On this week's show, we have a crossover between the "Unauthorized Disclosure" weekly podcast and "Media Roots" radio. In the first part of the show, Rania Khalek highlights a recent project for "In The Now," Kevin Gosztola shares some of the work he is doing to cover Julian Assange's case, Abby discusses her documentary being made about Gaza and Robbie talks about his latest work on neocons. Later they talk about Russiagate era censorship of alternative media, the ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to force regime change in Venezuela and the right-wing attacks backed by law enforcement against the Venezuela embassy in Washington, D.C.

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Abby and Robbie Martin speak to 2020 presidential candidate Mike Gravel about his campaign to end US empire and implement direct democracy as well as his positions on Wikileaks, Palestine and the Democratic Party.

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In this episode of Media Roots Radio, Robbie Martin, along with guests Michael Buchanan and Mat Dryhurst explore the potential ethical and existential dilemmas posed by the normalization and subsequent closure of Red Bull Music Academy. The podcast starts with a reading of an article about RBMA Robbie wrote for German magazine Melodie Und Rhythmus : http://www.melodieundrhythmus.com/mr-3-2017/monopol-auf-subkultur/. In the first hour Robbie chats with friend and electronic musician Michael Buchanan about the transition from 'raves to clubs' and why they think RBMA was an inherently problematic institution. In the second hour lecturer & electronic musician Mat Dryhurst is interviewed. Mat explains why he feels that RBMA actually provided a positive archival service for culture and how the music economy at large with streaming services like Spotify are much worse problems that need to be confronted.

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RIP William Henry Blum

March 6, 1933 – December 9, 2018

An interview conducted by Abby & Robbie Martin with historian and writer William Blum. The recording was believed to be lost in a hard drive crash shortly after, In a bittersweet turn of events Robbie later recovered the recording after William's passing. This episode from the Media Roots archive is a discussion with William Blum on the history of the CIA secret wars and lesser known US atrocities committed largely under the cover of darkness.

Episode recorded: May 8th, 2015

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Abby and Robbie discuss the arrest of Julian Assange, the profound importance of Wikileaks and the grave implications for press freedom to criminalize publishers for exposing war crimes.

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Abby and Robbie talk about the incessant right-wing attacks against Ilhan Omar––including Trump's latest incitement of violence against her--the MAGA sword attack in San Francisco that got overshadowed first by a mistake SF Chronicle headline and later by right-wing media spin. The discussion then moves to Trump's tweet getting pulled for using copyrighted Hans Zimmer music from Batman The Dark Knight Rises, and the ongoing blackouts in Venezuela.

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Robbie Martin of Media Roots Radio guides the listener through the history of the infamous 'Israeli Art Student' spy ring that was identified by the DEA in an official leaked document from 2000 and how this spy ring crosses over with the illicit global MDMA/Ecstasy trade, the 9/11 hijackers in Florida and possibly dozens of Mossad cut-out operations operating inside the United States.

In the episode we provide an exclusive report from Dancesafe.org co-founder Emanuel Sferios about his own encounter with the Israeli spy ring in 1999.

Additional documentation, video clips and pointers were provided by researchers Jon Gold and DJ Thermal Detonator

*Opening track is 'Alien Disco' by Cosmosis from 1996

*Robbie incorrectly says the Dancesafe.org office was in San Francisco, CA, it was actually located in Oakland, CA

*Robbie incorrectly refers to Urban Moving as 'Urban Moving Systems' several times before realizing his error