UNLOCKED

Robbie & Abby do a deep dive on the only DC foreign policy think tank that has managed to slide its tentacles into the so-called 'anti establishment' world of the 'populist right. They go back to the origins of the think-tank starting with founder Herman Kahn the inventor of the nuclear war MAD strategy all the way to their most effective salesman, Saagar Enjeti of the The Hill Rising who attended an Israeli counter terrorism school and wrote for Kim Kagan's Institute for the Study of War right out of 4-year college.

Note: Saagar Enjeti was no longer officially working for the Hudson Institute by January 2021. This podcast was originally released exclusively to Media Roots Patreon subsribers on May 2021.

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UNLOCKED: Neocon Tentacles into Populism, the Hudson Institute, the Doomsday Machine & Kahn !!!

We discuss the art of the gorilla suit performer. Who is the best? What does it take? Why do we love them so much? It all gets tackled in discussions of the career of Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Bob Burns and many others!

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#267 - Guys in Gorilla Suits

Two US veterans, Matthew Hoh and Daniel Sjursen, explain how the war in Afghanistan was lost, Afghans suffered, and military contractors profited -- all while the American public was kept in the dark.

Guests:

Danny Sjursen. Retired US Army officer, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. He served combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and later taught history at West Point. His latest book is "A True History of the United States." 

Matthew Hoh. Former Marine and State Department official who resigned in protest from his post in Afghanistan over U.S. policy in September 2009. Now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. 

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Anti-war veterans explain how US lost Afghanistan while leaders lied, profited

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker and Esther Iverem discuss how George W. Bush was directly confronted at a Los Angeles speaking event by anti-war organizers including an Iraq war veteran who said that Bush was personally responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. They also discuss how there are 126,000 fewer childcare workers today than at the start of the pandemic, and the end of the Nabisco workers strike with the approval of a new union contract.

Brian and Esther are joined by Mike Prysner and Marissa Sanchez, ANSWER Coalition organizers who protested George W. Bush in Los Angeles. Mike Prysner is an Iraq war veteran.

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War Criminal George W. Bush Confronted

We continue our discussion of the major changes in Chinese politics and society ushered in by President Xi Jinping. We cover the emerging "common prosperity" economic policy aimed at redistributing China's wealth, the country's key geopolitical strategy known as the Belt and Road Initiative, and how this all fits in with the Communist Party's perspective on building socialism.

Brian is joined by Kenneth Hammond, a Professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University and an activist with the organization Pivot to Peace.

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China Moves Left Under Xi Jinping: Part 2

In this September 2021 patrons-only seminar, Brian and the crew discuss the how socialism can be achieved in the United States and how  revolutions happen, how to organize against imperialist war including from within the ranks of the military, and the internal contradictions of the U.S. government that are preventing Congress from addressing the dire needs of the people. Check out the preview now and subscribe at patreon.com/thesocialistprogram to hear the rest!

Brian Becker Seminar #9: Socialism is Possible in the US, Resisting Imperialism, & More (Preview)

On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the massive scale of the eviction crisis and the urgent need for struggle in the face of this threat. While billionaires saw their wealth dramatically expand over the course of the pandemic and the government moved swiftly to bail out the rich, working class tenants accumulated crushing levels of rent debt. Now landlords are preparing to kick millions out of their homes as the pandemic continues to rage. Brian and Prof. Wolff also discuss examples from history of tenants organizing to stand up for their right to housing -- and bring down the system that prioritizes profits over people's lives. 

Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can check out his work at rdwolff.com.

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Government and Landlords Declare Class War Against Tenants: Who Will Win?

As the U.S. government makes a series of aggressive moves, could moves by the Taiwanese government towards a declaration of independence spark a war with China? Brian and Prof. Ken Hammond also discuss the essential historical background left out by the corporate media, explaining how Taiwan was carved away from the rest of China at the conclusion of the civil war in 1949 with the sponsorship of U.S. imperialism.

Brian is joined by Kenneth Hammond, a Professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University and an activist with the organization Pivot to Peace.

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Why Taiwan could Trigger A War with China

Robbie Martin returns for another Amerithrax deep dive episode while the 20th Anniversary of the attacks continues. This time the focus is on which parts of the anthrax murders that were omitted from the FBI investigation in order to create the appearance that Bruce Ivins was guilty (who committed suicide in 2008 before the FBI could bring charges to him). Most of the epiode focuses on key omisssions from the DOJ executive Amerithrax summary from 2010 like the AMI building crime scene in Florida, the murder of photo-editor Robert Stevens and the still completely mysterious case of the only NY anthrax fatality, Manhattan hospital worker Kathy Nguyen. These omisssions along with the St Petersburg 'hoax' letters' give the false appearance that a single person using only anthrax laced letters as a murder weapon comitted the crime when the evidence (and FBI statements from 2003 and before) actually shows that the attacks were likely conducted by at least two people, using more than just letters to infect and kill their victims.  

Note: Please make sure to look at the newly provided Media Roots Radio 'Anthrax Cache' compiled by gumby4christ & Robbie Martin, a Google Drive link containing over 1 Gigabytes of raw files from the Anthrax and 9/11 investigations as well as 50+ original txt searchable newspaper and tabloid scans to help add context as you listen to this episode, 

the 'Anthrax Cache':
https://bit.ly/3x3lUaR

Kathy Nguyen Clinical Details & Story Archive:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/detect/antdetect_case22.html

Censored Vanity Fair Article by Don Foster
https://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/messageanthrax.html

Kathy Nguyen's Last Words
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/kathynguyensmystery.html

FBI Smears of Kathy Nguyen as Bioterrorist
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/newyorkanthraxvictim.html

UCLA Dept of Epidemiologoy Anthrax Detectives Resource: 
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/detect/antdetect_intro.html

Raw Photo of Howard Troxler Hoax Anthrax Envelope: 
https://imgur.com/ktTJO7c

Real VS Hoax Handwriting Comparison by Robbie Martin: 
https://imgur.com/a/Y2pjhCz

Anthrax Timeline Including St Petersburg Letters:
https://anthraxmuseum.tripod.com/theanthraxmysterymuseumtm/id47.html

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Kathy Nguyen the Anthrax Victim FBI Called a Terrorist & Swabbing Hijacker Remains in Shanksville

After a month long vacation, Abby Martin is back to catch up with Robbie. They talk about everything from their sadness over the death of their favorite comedian Norm Macdonald to their disdain towards the recently deceased Colin Powell, the man who became a human symbol for bipartisan militarism and was a vehicle for liberal acceptance of neoconservative foreign policy and endless war in the Clinton, Bush and Obama eras. 

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Colin Powell a Symbol for Bipartisan Militarism, RIP Norm Macdonald

(Patreon-only Rose McGowan interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/rose-mcgowan-57953217)
Labor journalists Alex Press (https://twitter.com/alexnpress) & Jonah Furman (https://twitter.com/JonahFurman) discuss the labor movement, strikes, John Deere and what it has to do with Alec Baldwin's deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

Alex Press is a writer and editor at Jacobin Magazine, whose latest article is "Halyna Hutchins’s Death on the Set of Rust Was 'Not a Freak Accident'."Jonah Furman is a labor movement organizer and writer for Labor Notes (https://twitter.com/labornotes), the media and organizing project that since 1979 has amplified the voice of workers and labor militants. He is also a frequent contributor to The Intercept.

Alec Baldwin Shooting 'NOT a Freak Accident' With Alex Press & Jonah Furman

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Brian Becker Seminar #9: Socialism is Possible in the US, Resisting Imperialism, & More (Preview)

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