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The US says it has carried out airstrikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to drone attacks on its forces in Iraq. A Pentagon spokesman said the strikes targeted “operational and weapons storage facilities” at three locations. Two days after the sentencing of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd …
Rescue effort are still underway in Surfside, Florida after the collapse of a residential condo building. 159 people remain unaccounted for as rescuers continue to comb through the rubble. RT’s Nicholas Sanchez O’Donovan is on the scene with the details. Then, Mollye Barrows joins for a discussion on potential legal implications and liability. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced today in the death of George Floyd …
Israel’s latest operation targeting people in occupied Palestine has aroused a global movement of resistance. In response, the Israeli government has sparked a propaganda campaign to convince the world the real problem is antisemitism rather than the violence from its forces. Lee Camp examines the propaganda being used to persuade people to forget about Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people. …
Activism, justice and accountability led to a guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder trial. Troops may be leaving Afghanistan but the bombs will continue to drop. Illinois becomes the first US state to extend health insurance for postpartum mothers. Gen Z is rejecting Hollywood movies and television in favor of interactive entertainment. …
In the wake of the George Floyd murder trial, politicians, police unions, and others trip over themselves trying to twist the verdict to their own ends. Businesses in Georgia are coming under fire for not pushing back against oppressive voting laws. Covid-19 vaccination cards are being bootlegged and sold on the black market. …
Did Derek Chauvin kill George Floyd, or is heart disease and fentanyl abuse to blame? As the prosecution and defense spar in Chauvin’s high-profile ongoing trial, The National Guard is heading back to Minnesota, which has exploded into protest yet again following the “accidental” and fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Dante Wright at a traffic sto …
As the George Floyd murder trials continues into its 2nd week, how is the city of Minneapolis handling the media attention and militarized streets. Boston Dynamics’ new robot threatens the future of human jobs. Chicago police are under fire for their role in the cover-up and killing of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. …
Lee Camp opens the show this week with a recent report released publicly by the intelligence community to prove how little they are willing to tolerate free speech. Their list of “domestic violence extremists” includes a wide array of groups to be targeted. The real crime of most of these groups is standing in the way of, or simply being opposed to, global capitalist power. …
We speak to Hawk Newsome, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Greater New York. He discusses the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer accused of killing George Floyd, how the trial is a test for a “racist and biased” judicial system, the racist history of the police in the US, the connection between drug use and poverty that …
