Abby Martin introduces the first installment of a new Empire Files series about the CIA explaining why the agency was created, and how it became the most nefarious criminal organization in the world, with CIA expert Douglas Valentine.

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CIA Stories: The CIA is Born

As the US Empire makes its major military retreat from Afghanistan, learn about the CIA forces that will be staying behind—and their disturbing 20-year track record of war crimes. 

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CIA Stories: Death Squads in Afghanistan

Abby and Robbie Martin discuss the unhealthy paranoia and obsession people have towards China and how the propaganda is piped down through"populist" DC think-tanks. Later they discuss the erasure of Big Pharma's role in the opioid epidemic and Apple's announcement to digitally scan your iCloud for potential child pornography.

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China Derangement Syndrome, Big Pharma Opioid Erasure & Apple Fed Pedo Hunters

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

Scott Horton is the editor of Antiwar.com and the author of Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. Scott speaks to Abby and Robbie Martin about the missing context behind the end to the US occupation of Afghanistan as well as the larger War on Terror, including Yemen, China and more.

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Time to End the War on Terrorism & Panic Over a Multipolar World  w/ Scott Horton

On today's episode we discuss the military-industrial complex in  the wake of the nuclear submarine deal between the United States and  Australia, which sparked a diplomatic crisis with France. A new alliance  between the US, Australia  and the UK trashed a submarine deal France had with Australia worth  tens of billions of dollars, awarding the sale instead to the United  States. How does the war economy help keep U.S. capitalism afloat?

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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Addicted to War: The ABC's of U.S. Military Spending

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

On today's episode we discuss the frantic effort by pharmaceutical corporations to keep prescription drug prices -- and their profits -- sky high. As part of the proposed social spending budget, Congress is considering a measure to negotiate hundreds of billions of dollars of savings on prescriptions covered by Medicare. This would fund major expansions to Medicaid and Medicare services, but right-wing Democrats backed by big pharma are doing everything they can to block it.

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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Seize Big Pharma: Nationalize and Internationalize All Medicine!

On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the battle in Congress over the fate of major social programs to address the needs of the people and the planet continues after the House progressive caucus blocked passage of a physical infrastructure bill to counter efforts by right wing Democrats to kill the much larger budget and social infrastructure bill. Also, they discuss the latest on the pandemic as the U.S. death toll hits 700,000, efforts by the right wing to cement its political power through redistricting, and more.

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Wall Street Stooges in Congress

Today's episode is the second in a multi-part series on Lenin's theory of imperialism and how his ideas apply to the modern day struggle  against war and empire. Brian Becker and Walter Smolarek discuss how nearly the entire globe was divided up by the imperialist powers by the end of the 19th century as part of the expand-or-die nature of the capitalist system. The imperialists then turned to catastrophic world war as the only available means to grow their empire. But by the middle of the 20th century, it became clear that  this had led to the rise of a bloc of socialist states that threatened the existence of capitalism itself. Inter-imperialist competition took a backseat as a new era of global class war began.  These concepts are covered in detail in the book "Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin's Theory a Century Later" published by  Liberation Media.

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Lenin on Imperialism (Part 2): The Era of Global Class War

Abby Martin talks to Alan MacLeod of MintPress News about how the Pentagon has written and edited scripts for hundreds of movies and TV shows over the last 20 years.

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How The Pentagon Runs Hollywood

News and views about the world for those who want to change it, with Brian Becker

China Moves Left Under Xi Jinping: Part 2

The Socialist Program with Brian Becker