System Update with Glenn Greenwald

This week on System Update, Glenn reports on Dept of Agriculture documents obtained via FOIA that reveal how factory farm industry groups surveil and malign industry critics.

Glenn also talks to Crystal Heath, a bay-area veterinarian who has been the target of a vicious persecution campaign waged by the industrial agriculture lobby for having spoken out about mistreatment and abuse of animals.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro Sequence

00:00:10 Glenn's Monologue

00:25:23 Conversation with Crystal Heath

00:49:53 End Credits

This week on System Update, Glenn Greenwald talks to Shant Mesrobian, formerly with the Obama 2008 campaign and current co-host of ‘The Backchannel’, about the disdain establishment liberals and mainstream journalists express for Joe Rogan, and how his platform has been growing in importance despite this.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro Sequence

00:00:10 Glenn's Monologue

00:12:30 Conversation with Shant Mesrobian

01:09:28 End Credits

This week on System Update, Glenn Greenwald hosts an in-depth exploration of the 2019 military coup that toppled Bolivia's democratically elected President Evo Morales, the ongoing repression there, and what it reveals about US propaganda.

We speak with Bolivia-based activist Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, about the situation on the ground, and from Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic & Policy Research, about the role of the OAS in legitimizing the coup.

Watch Glenn Greenwald's Interview with Evo Morales: https://youtu.be/-hEwE64-kUQ

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Center for Economic & Policy Research: https://cepr.net/

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In Memoriam: Michael Brooks

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:10 Glenn’s monologue

38:46 Interview with Kathryn Ledebur

01:20:51 Interview with Mark Weisbrot

01:52:09 End credits

*At 18:28, we incorrectly identify Anya Parampil as a Venezuelan journalist with Telesur. She is an American journalist, and works for The Grayzone. We apologize for the error.*

In this week's episode of System Update, host Glenn Greenwald explores a debate that has been dividing the left in recent weeks: how should leftists engage right-wing populists?

Glenn talks to Nathan J. Robinson, Editor at Current Affairs, and Krystal Ball, co-host of The Hill TV’s Rising, two people who have been arguing from different sides of this discussion.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:10 Glenn's Monologue

28:56 Interview with Nathan J. Robinson

1:20:27 Interview with Krystal Ball

In this week's episode of System Update, host Glenn Greenwald explores the looming prospect of permanent annexation of significant parts of the West Bank by Israel. We speak to guest Omar Barghouti, a Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the BDS movement.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:10 Glenn's Monologue

22:25 Interview with Omar Barghouti

55:24 End Credits

In this week's episode of System Update, host Glenn Greenwald examines the sudden, radical change in the advice given by health experts regarding the coronavirus in the wake of the George Floyd protests, and how the perception that this change is politically motivated carries the risk of eroding public trust in health authorities in the middle of a pandemic. We speak to guest Adam Gaffney, a public health researcher at Harvard Medical School, about these matters.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:10 Glenn's Monologue

1:08:47 Interview with Adam Gaffney

1:42:04 End Credits

On this week's episode of System Update, Glenn Greenwald does an in-depth exploration of the prosecution of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, untangling the corrupt practices the agencies involved in the Russiagate investigation, and providing a clear overview of why this prosecution should concern everyone - even those whose sympathies don't lie with Flynn.

On this week’s episode of System Update, host Glenn Greenwald explores the issues surrounding the wave of protests against police violence that are happening around the United States.

Glenn talks to writer and founder of Theory of Enchantment Chloe Valdary and progressive activist and journalist Benjamin Dixon about what the best tactics are for the movement.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:10 Glenn's Monologue

16:27 Interview with Chloe Valdary

38:40 Interview with Ben Dixon

58:11 End Credits

On this week’s episode of System Update, host Glenn Greenwald explores The Intercept’s recently published investigation revealing the widespread use of a cruel, inhumane extermination method in Iowa Select’s pig farms in Iowa. Glenn talks to Matt Johnson, who lead the investigation by animal rights group DxE, and we also hear exclusive testimonial from the Iowa Select whistleblower who came forward with crucial transparency about an industry that works to conceal its practices from the public.

Read the report: https://interc.pt/2XcUIG7