As Obama issues an executive order granting him authority to sanction people engaged in civil society online and with the renewal of the Patriot Act on the horizon, the conversation about mass surveillance and privacy rights couldn’t be more vital. Co-founder of the news co-op the District Sentinel Sam Sacks joins Media Roots Radio to discuss all things spying.

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Director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs, Ali Al-Ahmed, talks about the oppressive monarchy of Saudi Arabia: the American backed war in Yemen and unyielding partnership between the two countries; the export of terrorism and spread of ultra orthodox Wahhabism, the political bribery on behalf of Gulf States to maintain a culture of silence.

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Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the case of hacker Matt DeHart, the bizarre circumstances surrounding the Bin Laden raid, the Tom Cotton letter to Iran attempting to undermine the diplomatic negotiations, Vice's interview with Obama and House of Cards Season Three's anti-Russian propaganda.

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Eugene Puryear, organizer with the ANSWER coalition and author of Shackled and Chained connects the war at home and abroad on a systems level while deconstructing the toxic neoliberal ideology that dominates global policy in the 21st century.

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Abby Martin speaks to Rania Khalek of the Electronic Intifada about what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's reelection victory means for occupied Palestine and the US political establishment.

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Mark Weisbrot of Just Foreign Policy and the Center for Economic Policy Research talks to Abby Martin about the bigger picture behind the US' absurd declaration that Venezuela is an "extraordinary threat" to national security.

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Abby and Robbie Martin talk BTS RIP, the Cold War resurrection & how reactionaries have splintered the left on Media Roots Radio:

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Charlie Hebdo & 9/11 Islamophobia Flashbacks by Abby & Robbie Martin

North Korea Hype, War on Terror Psy-Op, 'Liberal' Warmongers by Abby & Robbie Martin

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