Western media spent months giving one-sided coverage of the civil war in Ethiopia. To learn more about the complexities of the conflict and why the corporate media has taken the side of the Tigray insurgency, Empire Files is joined by two journalists from BreakThrough News who travelled to the conflict zone, Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear.

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Eyewitness Ethiopia: US Media Lies About Tigray War w/ Rania Khalek & Eugene Puryear

Empire Files is joined by geneticist & bioethicist Fatima Tokhmafshan and physician Dr. Shuvo Ghosh to answer the most popular questions about Covid, the vaccine and public health mandates. 

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“Died FROM or WITH Covid?” and Other Answers From Experts

[ UNLOCKED Patreon exclusive episode ] 

Part 4 of the Media Roots Radio Smallpox Bioterror Hoax miniseries starts just 4 months before the launch of the Iraq war. In this episode Robbie lays out a litany of exclusively pulled TV archive clips, official US documents and official statements in late 2002 and early 2003 which make a strong case for the ‘pre-event’ Smallpox vaccination program playing a crucial (but memory-holed) role in the propaganda talking points deployed by the Bush administration for the war. Colin Powell mentions smallpox in his infamous UN speech about Iraq’s alleged ‘mobile biological weapons labs' and the fear became so intense domestically that 40% of Americans polled at the time believed that a smallpox bioterrorism attack was ‘likely’. If you’d like to hear the entire miniseries (Parts 1-6) become a Media Roots Radio subscriber @ https://www.patreon.com/mediarootsradio for as little as $5 to gain access.

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Smallpox News Clips Video 1999 - 2006
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the Smallpox Cache
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2002 CDC Smallpox Vaccination Plan
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Part 1: the Wheel of Winter's Darkness & Smallpox Bioterror Scares [UNLOCKED]
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Part 2: the Smallpox Doomsday Failsafe Scenario, 100s of Tons of Virus 'Missing' [UNLOCKED].  

Part 3: the Smallpox Vaccination Rollout Begins, J. Hauer's Biodefense Ploy, Iraq 'May Have the Virus' [UNLOCKED].   

Part 4: W Fakes Taking the Smallpox Vax & Project Bioshield on the Eve of War [UNLOCKED].  

Part 5: Did NBC Reporter David Bloom Die From the Smallpox Vax? Scooter’s Japanese Spank Bank [Patreon exclusive].  

Part 6: 'Failure’ of the Smallpox Program, USAMRIID’s Monkey Mad Scientist Retracts Amerithrax Silicon Claim [Patreon exclusive]. 

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UNLOCKED: W Bush Fakes Taking the Smallpox Vax & Bioshield on the Eve of War Pt 4

The epic story of how African Americans fought for the right to be armed to fight the Confederacy and then, as soldiers, led a revolution to defeat slavery.

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LIKE MEN OF WAR: How Black Soldiers Whipped the Confederacy

We were gonna welch on the bonus episode this week thanks to the two hour free episode but as a very sincere thank you for the extraordinary amount of money you donated to our flood relief fundraiser, here is a third hour of the podcast Boonta Vista (too much, honestly).
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UNLOCKED BONUS EPISODE: Cattle To The Mattle

Bonus Episodes

This episode was originally going to be called something like not everything is the Holocaust. We were going to talk about how the Nazi attempt to kill all of Europe’s Jews during World War II wasn’t much like being told to get a vaccine or wear a mask. But events have overtaken us. Mask mandates are falling and the war in Ukraine is all I can think about nowadays - I don’t know about you. When Vladimir Putin ordered his invasion, he claimed he was going to de-Nazify Ukraine’s government. That was bullshit, but like a lot of bullshit, there’s a germ of truth. Today we’re going to talk about what it means to de-Nazify a government with a Jew at it’s head and an ambivalent history. Joining me today is Edna Friedberg, a historian at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, who hosts, among other things their Facebook live show. You can listen to Angry Planet on<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/war-college/id1023774600?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> iTunes</a>,<a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/jason-fields/war-college" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Stitcher</a>,<a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ioueaqtuifyfrxlbf6e6ec6difm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Google Play</a> or follow our<a href="http://rss.acast.com/warcollege" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> RSS directly</a>. Our website is <a href="http://angryplanetpod.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">angryplanetpod.com</a>. You can reach us on our Facebook page:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/angryplanetpodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.facebook.com/angryplanetpodcast/</a>; and on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/angryplanetpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@angryplanetpod</a>.Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege">http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege</a>. <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

What's Behind Putin's Nazi Bullshit

Abby Martin talks to Mnar Adley, founder of Mint Press News, about the forgotten war in Yemen––how it started, what is fueling the conflict, Yemen's geopolitical use by the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia and how the war coalition has dramatically escalated their attacks.

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Don't Forget About Yemen

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The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate speak live with ex-UN weapons inspector and military expert Scott Ritter about the Russia-Ukraine war. Ritter provides a detailed analysis of the battlefield that stands in stark contrast to the rose-colored perspective of most Western analysts, and offers his perspective on the political follies that drove the conflict.

Guest: Scott Ritter. Former UN Weapons Inspector and Marine Corps Intelligence Officer.

The battle for Ukraine, with ex-UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter

We wanted to hear the perspective of our Russian friends who have been critics of NATO and US intervention in Ukraine, but also oppose Putin's invasion and occupation. 

Evgenia Kovda and Yasha Levine give their view of the war, the coverage, and the opinions swirling around the crisis. 

FULL EPISODE here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/russian-anti-war-65293552

Check out their Substack and podcast The Russians here: https://yasha.substack.com/p/the-russians?s=r

A Russian Anti-War Perspective on Ukraine [PREVIEW]

Economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the US dollar, the sanctions war on Russia, his concept of "free-trade imperialism," and financial parasitism.

We talk about these concepts explored in his new book "The Destiny of Civilization: Finance Capitalism, Industrial Capitalism or Socialism."

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qlUSqQ8U8T8

Economist Michael Hudson on decline of dollar, sanctions war, imperialism, financial parasitism

Direct link to this broadcast's Patreon with Eugene Puryear and William Whiteman: https://www.patreon.com/posts/eugene-puryear-72095852

Historian Gerald Horne discusses the relationship between the British Crown and empire, how historians should look at the legacy of the Queen and the how countries are severing ties with The British monarchy. 
Then British-born Iraqi journalist Ahmed Twaij and Mish Rahman, an elected member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) for the Labour Party discuss join us from across the pond to talk about the legacy of the Queen Elizabeth and whether the monarchy should be finished.

Gerald Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at The University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of race in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights and war. He is the author of over forty books. 

Ahmed Twaij is a journalist and filmmaker, whose bylines include The Independent, The Guardian, Foreign Policy and more. His latest piece is "There are lots of reasons to end the British monarchy. King Charles III is the best." (https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/queen-elizabeth-king-charles-iii-end-monarchy-rcna47104)

Mish Rahman is an elected member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) for the Labour Party and also elected Vice Chair of Momentum, which is the largest left wing campaign group in the UK, set up to support Jeremy Corbyn during his time as leader. He's a socialist and trade unionist as well as being an anti racist campaigner.

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Gerald Horne, Queen Elizabeth & Empire

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