Moderate Rebels

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue reporting in Honduras with Gerardo Torres of the opposition Libre Party, who explains how the 2009 US-backed right-wing military coup that ousted elected President Manuel Zelaya, overseen by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, unleashed an immigration crisis that has fueled Trump and the far-right. We also address the hypocrisy of the "war on drugs" and foreign imperialist intervention in Central America.

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We report from inside Honduras on the 10th anniversary of the US-backed military coup that overthrew its independent left-wing democracy. Gerardo Torres of the opposition Libre Party discusses how Washington maintains a chokehold on Honduran politics and society to advance its economic and military interests.

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To discuss the overthrow of Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton are joined by journalist Ahmed Kaballo and former political prisoner Sidgi Kaballo, a leader of the Sudanese Communist Party who has been imprisoned three times. We discuss the uprising, the origins of the protests, the history of Sudan, the economics and IMF debt, and the larger geopolitics of the situation, analyzing the roles of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, China, Russia, the US, and EU.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss India's 2019 general election results with journalist Prabir Purkayastha, addressing the landslide victory of far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu-nationalist party BJP, the collapse of Congress, the global rise of right-wing ultranationalist hate politics, the crisis of neoliberalism, and geopolitics.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton interview US presidential candidate Mike Gravel, who is running an anti-war campaign promising to "end the American empire." We discuss the military-industrial complex, imperialism, Trump, Bernie Sanders, Biden, Venezuela, Iran, the Green New Deal, AOC, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Buttigieg, Beto, Chelsea Manning, Assange, and more.

Moderate Rebels LIVE - Max Blumenthal discusses his new book "The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump" with Ben Norton. We address US wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria; blowback from CIA covert operations; and the failure of Russiagate.

Ecuador sold out WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, letting Britain arrest him for potential extradition to the US. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with former Foreign Minister Guillaume Long about this historic betrayal, discussing Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno's embrace of right-wing neoliberalism, collaboration with US imperialism, and repression of Rafael Correa and the leftist opposition.

Russiagate has collapsed, with Robert Mueller's investigation finding no proof of collusion. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with journalist Aaron Maté, who documented from the beginning how the Trump-Russia conspiracy was not based on evidence — and hacked the brains of US political and media elites.

Live in Caracas, Venezuela, we continue interviewing journalist Diego Sequera of Misión Verdad. We discuss the history of the Chavista movement, the victories and losses of Hugo Chávez, the enormous difficulties faced by President Nicolás Maduro, and the US-backed opposition's campaign of right-wing terror, violence, and sabotage — which is utterly ignored by the corporate media.

We report live from Caracas, Venezuela with journalist Diego Sequera of Misión Verdad. We discuss the US-led coup attempt, the Trump administration's "humanitarian aid" stunt on the border, and the history of Chavismo and Bolivarianism.