Fourteen years In Guantanamo without charge, debt forgiveness through history

Naomi Karavani brings you a very special interview this week. She spoke to former-Guantanamo detainee and author Mansoor Adayfi about his experience of being held in the US’s most notorious illegal detention center, Guantanamo, for 14 years without charge. … Read More >Fourteen years In Guantanamo without charge, debt forgiveness through history

Pentagon fails more audits, feds sick of their well-earned reputations, Israel’s smear campaigns

The Pentagon has a long history of budgetary waste and fraud. They’ve failed every financial audit they’ve ever had by mind-blowingly large margins. Fortunately for the war hawks, the corporate media has helped the Pentagon cover up their actions. Lee Camp hates to repeat himself but this story requires it because the Pentagon keeps on pouring trillions into military violence, so he shines his spotlight back on the military industrial complex to open this episode … Read More >Pentagon fails more audits, feds sick of their well-earned reputations, Israel’s smear campaigns

Hawaiians Stand Against US Navy, Cryptoland, Chicago Teachers Take Action

The Red Hill US naval base in Hawaii is facing the anger of its neighbors and many of the soldiers who live there, after a jet-fuel leak poisoned the water supply of O’ahu Island. The locals only found out they’d been poisoned after thousands of people ended up in hospital because of a cover-up. Naomi Karavani got in touch with Kawena’ulaokala Kapahua of the O’ahu Water Protectors to learn more about the environmental disaster impacting his community. … Read More >Hawaiians Stand Against US Navy, Cryptoland, Chicago Teachers Take Action

The capitalist death-drive. Afghan sanctions, attack on Medicare

Lee Camp looks at how the capitalist system sits at the heart of the worst problems facing society. In this history lesson, Camp takes you back to the feudal system, to the creation of corporations and currency, to the modern system that’s destroying the lives of the poor today. … Read More >The capitalist death-drive. Afghan sanctions, attack on Medicare

China today, welfare as punishment, the assassination of Biggie

Naomi Karavani interviews journalist Danny Haiphong and takes a look at modern China, the propaganda being deployed against it by the US empire, and the reality that contrasts with that propaganda. Haiphong’s journalism is published on his ‘Chronicles of Haiphong’ Substack. … Read More >China today, welfare as punishment, the assassination of Biggie

Assange: Journalism on trial, Sweden’s Meidner Plan

Naomi Karavani interviews UK-based freelance journalist Mohamed Elmaazi this week on VIP. He’s published with numerous outlets, including The Dissenter, Jacobin, The Canary and The Electronic Intifada. They go into the case that the US is presenting against Julian Assange, its implications for the future of journalism, and more. … Read More >Assange: Journalism on trial, Sweden’s Meidner Plan

The Pentagon’s oddities kill, CIA whining about surveillance, Julian Assange betrayed

Naomi Karavani opens the show on waste at the Pentagon. The snow tank is a great example of strange military gear made at the expense of the ability of regular Americans to eat and pay rent, and it’s just one among hundreds of odd ways weapon companies turn tax dollars into technology for killing poor people around the world. … Read More >The Pentagon’s oddities kill, CIA whining about surveillance, Julian Assange betrayed

Haiti’s long fight for freedom with Pascal Robert, EU Denying Africans Asylum

Naomi Karavani is joined by Pascal Robert. He’s a contributor to the Black Agenda Report and the host of the ‘This Is Revolution’ podcast. They start the conversation on new reporting revealing that the assassins of Haitian President Jovenel Moise were searching for a list of drug kingpins when they raided his home. … Read More >Haiti’s long fight for freedom with Pascal Robert, EU Denying Africans Asylum