Moderate Rebels

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Aaron Maté about the virtual Democratic National Convention (DNC), and how the Democratic Party welcomes neoconservative war criminals and right-wing Republicans while attacking the left.

We also talk about Joe Biden choosing hawkish neoliberal "top cop" Kamala Harris as his VP candidate. Then Aaron picks apart the new Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russia, and explains why the Russiagate conspiracy still won't go away, even after it has been debunked.

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(Episode recorded on August 19, 2020)

With a massive uprising in the US against systemic racism and the authoritarian police state, the government and corporate foundations have mobilized a counterinsurgency strategy to try to contain the Black liberation movement and co-opt it into a liberal direction that the Democratic Party can digest.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Professor Jared Ball about the co-option of the George Floyd uprising.

We also address how the corporate media weaponizes allegations of anti-Semitism against Black nationalist activists. Max and Jared talk about Black-Jewish relations and a provide larger, more nuanced context that is often left out of these conversations.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=A7WJMMB9jzM

SHOW NOTES: moderaterebels.com/counterinsurgency-black-liberation-anti-semitism-jared-ball

Follow Jared Ball on Twitter: @imixwhatilike

Jared's website: imixwhatilike.org

(Episode recorded on July 16, 2020)

Rich corporate oligarchs are plotting to destabilize and overthrow Mexico's first left-wing president in 40 years, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). We speak with prominent Mexican Professor John Ackerman about AMLO's many accomplishments, and how the corporate media attacks his progressive Fourth Transformation movement nonstop. We also discuss AMLO's historic visit to the US and his meeting with Trump, and what exactly this means politically.

LINKS and show notes: https://moderaterebels.com/amlo-mexico-trump-john-ackerman

Meet the far-right oligarchs working to topple Mexico's progressive President AMLO: https://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/25/frena-gilberto-lozano-mexico-coup-amlo

Leaked documents reveal right-wing oligarch plot to overthrow Mexico's AMLO: https://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/18/mexico-overthrow-president-amlo-boa

(Episode recorded July 9, 2020)

Max Blumenthal discusses joint US-Israeli police training and border militarization. Then Ben Norton and anti-war veteran Camilo Mejía talk about the hybrid war on Nicaragua's democratically elected socialist government and how US-backed right-wing opposition groups are using disinformation about coronavirus as a weapon against the Sandinistas. We conclude addressing the grave dangers of the upcoming economic crisis caused by Covid-19.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=dMLEkf8MGOw

LINKS and show notes: moderaterebels.com/us-israel-militarization-coronavirus-nicaragua

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(Episode recorded June 28, 2020)

The Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd, setting off a protest movement, Derek Chauvin, started his career as a military police officer at the notorious Fort Benning, a base named after a Confederate general that is home to the School of the Americas (now called WHINSEC), where the US Army has trained countless Latin American dictators, death squads, torturers, assassins, and coup-plotters.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with anti-war veteran Camilo Mejía, who was trained at Fort Benning, about the deep links between US imperialism, white supremacy, and police violence.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=htGiSE5kJuo

LINKS AND SHOW NOTES: moderaterebels.com/fort-benning-school-americas-camilo-mejia

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(Episode recorded June 28, 2020)

Brazilian independent journalist Nathália Urban discusses the surge of fascist militias and Evangelical extremists in Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro is putting the military in power.

We also address his refusal to do anything to stop the Covid-19 pandemic, and how Brazil has thus become the world's new epicenter.

"Basically the military is in power in every ministry; they are overseeing everything in Brazil right now," Nathália says.

Follow Nathália on Twitter: twitter.com/UrbanNathalia

Read Brasil Wire: brasilwire.com

(Recorded on May 26, 2020)

The Soviet Union played the leading role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, but the US government has tried to erase its unimaginable sacrifice. Historian Peter Kuznick discusses the real history of WWII, and how 80% of Nazis were killed on the Eastern Front with the USSR.

We also address the new cold war on Russia and China, and the possibility for peace, then and now.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=ctp5a21Mtvs

(Interview recorded on May 14, 2020)

Israeli journalist David Sheen tells the shocking story of how extremists suspected of murdering Palestinian American activist Alex Odeh in a terrorist attack in California in 1985 are living openly in Israel.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton also discuss the fascist Zionist movement Kahanism and its growing influence inside Netanyahu's government.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tJdfGury5Sc

Show notes: moderaterebels.com/israel-alex-odeh-murder-kahanism-david-sheen

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Part 1: "Netanyahu's coronavirus coalition consolidates apartheid: Inside Israel's extremism with David Sheen"

(Interview recorded on April 21, 2020)

LINKS

David Sheen's website: davidsheen.com

David's report "Alex Odeh was assassinated. Two suspects live openly in Israel"

David's report "Trump's Jerusalem plan rewards suspected killer of Alex Odeh"

David's lecture "Messiah Mode"

David's lecture "Israeli Politics Decoded"

David's video documenting the extremist fascist views of Baruch Ben Yosef / Andy Green

Israeli journalist David Sheen discusses how Netanyahu lost three elections and faced corruption charges but still managed to stay in power in his fifth term as prime minister.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton talk about King Bibi's coalition negotiations with rival Benny Gantz (who boasted of killing Palestinians), the decision to officially annex the occupied West Bank, apartheid in the time of Covid-19, and the growing racism and far-right extremism in Israel.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=COfIJOt3cmg

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(Interview recorded on April 22, 2020)

Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay for its wars, and even their own military occupation.

Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the economics of Washington's empire, the role of the IMF and World Bank, attempts to create alternative financial systems like BRICS, and the new cold war on China and Russia.

VIDEO: youtube.com/watch?v=paUgY6SGlgY

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Part 1 here: moderaterebels.com/transcript-us-coronavirus-bailout-michael-hudson

Michael Hudson's website: michael-hudson.com

PDF of his book Super Imperialism: michael-hudson.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/superimperialism.pdf

(Interview recorded on April 13, 2020)