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Could climate change kill sports? w/Madeleine Orr | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-05-21 | It's been six years since the IPCC released its 2018 report warning that mean global temperatures would rise past 1.5 Celsius unless drastic action was taken by 2030. While climate change is already impacting all aspects of our lives, there is one area where relatively rapid and meaningful steps could be taken, but have yet to materialize: sports. Rising temperatures, seas, and emissions all call into question the sustainability of current sports practices. Can athletes continue to compete outdoors under current game conditions in scorching climates? What happens to athletes from island nations threatened by rising sea levels? How can mega-events like the Olympics and the carbon footprints left behind by associated construction and tourism continue to be justified? Professor Madeleine Orr joins Edge of Sports to discuss these questions and other topics addressed in her book, Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing Sports.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The Apache stronghold defending sacred Oak Flat land from a copper mine The Real News Network 2024-05-21 | In the heart of the Arizona high desert lies a battle for the soul of the land. The ancient, sacred grounds of Apache Native territory are under threat from a looming giant — a massive copper mine that promises riches for the locals, and a pathway to the so-called green transition. But, as is often the case, it comes at a cost.The San Carlos Apache tribe calls it Chi’chil Bildagoteel; English speakers call it Oak Flat. It sits on a mountainous plateau within a 17.3-kilometer oasis in the Tonto National Forest. Rio Tinto and BHP, two of the world’s biggest mining companies, have staked their claim here through a joint venture called Resolution Copper. For over 10 years they’ve been lobbying governments for the right to build a colossal mine that would cover roughly 7,000 acres of surface area, and extend more than a mile into the ground.The only thing that stands in their way is the resistance of the Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit community organization of Natives and non-Natives uniting to counter ongoing colonization, defend holy sites and protect freedom of religion, which was created to protect Chi’chil Bildagoteel.A short film by Brandi Morin and Geordie Day for Ricochet Media. Support for this journalism provided by Cultural Survival.Read the full story at The Real News: therealnews.com/brandi-morin-the-apache-stronghold-standing-in-the-way-of-a-massive-copper-mineJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The American Indian Movement and Leonard Peltier w/Ward Churchill | Rattling the Bars The Real News Network 2024-05-20 | Despite now spending 47 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit, Leonard Peltier continues to be denied parole by the federal government of the United States. Why has the US so obstinately refused to free Peltier, despite decades of international outcry? The answer lies in the threat posed by what Peltier represents—the demands of the Indigenous liberation movement for sovereignty and justice after centuries of US settler colonialism. Historian Ward Churchill joins Rattling the Bars for a discussion on Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement, COINTELPRO, and more.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Sacrifice Zone: Corporations made South Baltimore a dumping ground The Real News Network 2024-05-16 | “South Baltimore is a sacrifice zone,” Michael Middleton and Dr. Sacoby Wilson wrote in a guest commentary published in Maryland Matters this February. “The six communities that make up South Baltimore—Cherry Hill, Westport, Mt. Winans, Lakeland, Brooklyn, and Curtis Bay—rank in the top 3% of the state for environmental burden using a Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) screening tool. Curtis Bay, the highest in the state, is Maryland’s poster child for environmental injustice. Industrial areas near Curtis Bay house oil tanks, a wastewater treatment plant, chemical plants, landfills, the country’s largest medical waste incinerator, and more. Heavy diesel trucks frequent residential streets. The Wagner’s Point and Fairfield communities that were once Curtis Bay’s neighbors to the east are gone. Those residents accepted buyouts to leave between the 1980s and 2011 after a series of chemical spills and accidents.” In this episode, we continue our “Sacrificed” series by focusing on communities in South Baltimore and a story that quite literally hits close to home, less than half an hour from where Max lives. We speak with a panel of residents of South Baltimore about how they have seen their communities change over the years, what it feels like to be “sacrificed” by industry and their government, how they and their neighbors are fighting for change, fighting for justice, and what others in Baltimore and beyond can do to help. Panelists include: David Jones, who has lived in Curtis Bay for over 35 years; Angela Smothers, a lifelong resident of Mt. Winans; Carlos Sanchez, a youth leader born and raised in Lakeland; and Tiffany Thompson, who was born and raised in Cherry Hill and has lived in Curtis Bay for the past three years.Additional links/info: therealnews.com/south-baltimore-residents-on-the-toxic-reality-of-living-in-a-sacrifice-zoneStudio Production: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Why the 1979 Nicaraguan Revolution is still important today | Under the Shadow, Ep. 10, Part 1 The Real News Network 2024-05-14 | The 1979 Nicaraguan revolution that overthrew a brutal U.S.-backed dictator ushered in a wave of hope in the Central American country. The new Sandinista government launched literacy and healthcare campaigns, carried out land reform and promised to improve the lives of all. But the United States, under President Ronald Reagan, feared the dominos would fall across Central America, and they unleashed assault on the country: paramilitary war, CIA attacks, economic blockade, and much more.In this episode, host Michael Fox walks back into the 1980s, to the overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza and the beginning of both the Sandinista government and the U.S. response. This is Part 1 of Episode 10. Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument, or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Guests: Alex AviñaWilliam Robinson Marvin Ortega RodriguezEline Van OmmenPeter KornbluhEdited by Heather Gies.Sound design by Gustavo Türck.Theme music by Monte Perdido and Michael Fox Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.Follow and support journalist Michael Fox or Under the Shadow at patreon.com/mfoxYou can also see pictures and listen to full clips of Michael Fox’s music for this episode.Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Sports betting is so much worse than you think w/Danny Funt | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-05-13 | Sports gambling's rapid takeover of the professional sports industry is arguably the most important development of our time in the world of athletics. The introduction of legal betting has created a powerful new source of temptation with corrosive effects on fans, players, owners, and ultimately the games themselves. Sports journalist Danny Funt joins Edge of Sports to discuss the phenomenon and his upcoming book on the subject.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Vote Uncommitted’s plan to push Biden on Gaza ceasefire | The Marc Steiner Show The Real News Network 2024-05-09 | Across the country, Democrats are organizing campaigns to vote uncommitted in the primary elections. Yet the aims of this movement are to do more than simply register dissent against Biden's support for Israel's genocide in Gaza. The Uncommitted Campaign will pick up delegates in every state and congressional district where more than 15% of voters cast an uncommitted primary ballot—creating the possibility of leverage within the party at the upcoming DNC. Vote Uncommitted organizers from the state of Maryland join The Marc Steiner Show to discuss the campaign and its implications for the election.Studio / Post-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-stSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-stLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#gaza #uncommitted
FreeHer! Bidens broken promises to incarcerated women | Rattling the Bars The Real News Network 2024-05-08 | On April 24, activists from around the country converged on Washington for the 10th anniversary march of the FreeHer campaign, a national movement against the prison industrial complex, focused on the release of incarcerated women and girls. Despite campaign promises to free 100 women in his first 100 days in office, the Biden administration's record on clemency is among the worst in US history, granting clemency only 29 times in nearly four years—with 16 of these given on the day of the FreeHer march alone. Activists also called attention to the epidemic of sexual violence and abuse against prisoners by correctional staff. Rattling the Bars reports from the streets in DC, speaking directly with organizers and movement activists about their demands for Biden and their broader vision for liberation.Videographer: Cameron GranadinoPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-rtbSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-rtbLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Inside the most destructive West Bank IDF raid in decades The Real News Network 2024-05-07 | While speaking to residents of Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank, TRNN reporters found themselves in the middle of the most destructive IDF raid since the Second Intifada. In this raid, Israeli troops killed 14 Palestinians and destroyed a neighborhood, including a local school. This video was co-produced with Shadowgraph Productions.A message from the filmmakers:Everything about this is normal.This film and its matching gallery present both a historic and an ordinary event. Historic, because we inadvertently captured Israel’s largest military operation in the West Bank since the Second Intifada. And ordinary, because Palestinians are faced with operations of this kind, varying in their intensity, almost daily. In this sense, everything captured here is normal. All of it. The raids, the indiscriminate killings, the destruction of property and any infrastructure sustaining life, the collective punishment. This level of violence and pain, incomprehensible in our minds and intransmissible through our screens, is a lethal normality in the West Bank. But what you are about to view is normal in another sense: it is this violence that sustains our own privileged western normalcy. For every smart appliance, workplace perk or fancy bar drink that we enjoy, there is a gun cocked and pointed at a Palestinian by a settler at this western outpost. This is why, through these stories, we wish to pay homage to the humanity, strength and courage of the Palestinian people that we encountered at the 1948 refugee camps of Tulkarm and Nur Shams in the spring of 2024. As the courageous student protests sweeping western universities chant: “Palestine is everywhere”. This is true, of course. But Israel is also everywhere: it is a grotesque exemplar of, but not an exception to, the carnage caused by the insatiable western thirst for power and privilege. Freedom, then, to Palestine. And freedom to all of us.-Antonis Vradis and Ross DomoneyProduced by Ross Domoney, Antonis Vradis, and Waleed SamerFilmed and edited by Ross Domoney (Instagram: @ross_domoney, Twitter: @rossdomoney)Photos by Antonis Vradis (Twitter: @da_slow)Shadowgraph (Instagram: @shadowgraph_media, Twitter: @shadowgraph_m)Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#westbank #palestine #freepalestine
Help us to get better: Life after prison | Rattling the Bars The Real News Network 2024-05-06 | Critics of the prison-industrial complex have long noted the system's failure to properly rehabilitate those who are locked away in its bowels. Christina Merryman and Ameena Deramous return to Rattling the Bars for the second part of a two-part interview on the reality facing prisoners in Maryland's only women's correctional facility.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-rtbSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-rtbLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Student Intifada livestream: Stanford, University of Michigan, Indiana University, & more The Real News Network 2024-05-03 | Seven months into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, a student-led grassroots movement is spreading across the US and beyond, hearkening back to the student protests of the ‘60s that played a pivotal role in ending the US war in Vietnam. In what is being called the “student intifada,” with over 100 encampments going up at different college and university campuses, students, faculty, grad students, and other campus community members are exercising civil disobedience, occupying space on campuses, defying brutal repression from administrators and police, combatting skewed and wildly lopsided narratives in corporate media, and pressuring their universities to “disclose and divest” their investments in companies and financial institutions connected to Israel. In this TRNN livestream, which will take place on Thurs, May 2, at noon ET, we will be speaking directly with encampment organizers/participants from the University of Michigan, the Indiana University, and Stanford University, and we will be getting updates from encampments from New York to California.Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Former As Bruce Maxwell calls out Oakland As owner John Fisher for Vegas move | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-05-02 | After more than 50 years, the Oakland A's announced their departure from the city last year, leaving Oakland bereft of its sports teams after the flight of the Warriors in 2019 and the Raiders in 2020. To the dismay of fans, the A's plan to temporarily relocate to a minor league stadium in Sacramento before permanently moving to Las Vegas in the 2028 season. Former A's catcher Bruce Maxwell joins Edge of Sports to discuss the move, its impact on the local community and workers, and the trajectory of his own career and the place of the A's in his life storyStudio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch all episodes of Edge of Sports here: therealnews.com/edge-of-sports-with-dave-zirinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-eosSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-eosLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork
Forget Labor Day, May Day is the true workers holiday The Real News Network 2024-05-01 | From all of us at TRNN to all of you: Happy International Workers Day! To commemorate this sacred holiday, we are reposting this special crossover podcast on the radical history of May Day, hosted by the @SrslyWrong podcast, originally published on May 1, 2021. In this wide-ranging discussion, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joins a panel to discuss the spirit and political roots of May Day, it's relevance to working-class struggles today, and how the US holiday of Labor Day was deliberately established over a century ago as a way to celebrate workers and the accomplishments of the labor movement without invoking the revolutionary spirit of May Day. Studio Production / Post-Production: Aaron Moritz, Shawn VulliezJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The university fears us: Inside University of Michigans Gaza student encampment The Real News Network 2024-05-01 | At this very moment, a student-led grassroots movement is spreading throughout the country, with over 100 encampments going up at different college and university campuses around the country and around the world in protest of Israel’s US-funded genocidal war on Gaza and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. In what is being called the “student intifada,” students, faculty, grad students, and other campus community members are exercising civil disobedience, occupying space on campuses, defying brutal repression from administrators and police, combatting skewed and wildly lopsided narratives in corporate media, and pressuring their universities to “disclose and divest” their investments in companies and financial institutions connected to Israel.In this urgent podcast, we take you to the frontlines of struggle and speak directly with student and grad student organizers of the Gaza encampment at the University of Michigan’s flagship campus in Ann Arbor. As the Michigan Daily, the student newspaper, reports, “The encampment was organized by the TAHRIR Coalition, a student-led coalition of more than 80 organizations including the U-M chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace and Students Allied for Freedom and Equality. The encampment follows six months of student protests for the University’s divestment, which began with a sit-in at the President’s house in October. Since then, students have continuously organized protests across campus demanding the University divest from Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.” TRNN’s Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez (who is an alumnus of the University of Michigan), speaks with Salma Hamamy, an undergraduate at UM and president of Students Allied For Freedom and Equality (SAFE), and Ember McCoy, a graduate student worker and department organizer in the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO).Editor's Note (5/1/24): This episode was recorded on Mon. April 29, before the stunning and violent police raid of the Columbia University encampment on the night of April 30. SAFE Umich Instagram: instagram.com/safeumichGraduate Employees Organization (GEO) website: geo3550.orgTAHRIR Coalition website: tahrirumich.orgPalestine Is Everywhere encampment map: palestineiseverywhere.comStudio Production: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: David HebdenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The surgeons who remotely assisted Gazas doctors | The Marc Steiner Show The Real News Network 2024-04-30 | Seven months of brutal Israeli genocide in Gaza have obliterated the local healthcare system, as the IDF has repeatedly targeted and destroyed hospitals and clinics in its military operations. When healthcare infrastructure was still standing, Gaza's healthcare workers faced the challenge of treating grave injuries requiring specialist care. To get around this issue, surgeons around the world have remotely coached their colleagues in Gaza, using messaging services like Whatsapp to lend their expertise in the treatment of particularly severe injuries. Surgeons Osaid Alser and Simon Fitzgerald join The Marc Steiner Show to discuss their experience offering this remote support to their colleagues at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis—where shortly after this recording, mass graves containing hundreds of bodies of Palestinians executed by the IDF were found.Studio Production: Cameron GranadinoPost-Production: Alina NehlichJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-stSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-stLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Nicaragua. Sandino | Under the Shadow, Episode 9 The Real News Network 2024-04-29 | In 1912, the United States invaded Nicaragua and began what would become the longest US occupation in Latin American history. The occupation would birth both a dictatorship and one of Latin America’s most important revolutionary heroes: Augusto Sandino.Sandino would wage a six-year-long guerrilla insurgency to rid Nicaragua of the US Marines. And he would win. The United States finally pulled out in 1933, the year before Sandino was assassinated by the forces of the man who would take power and rule for decades.In this episode, host Michael Fox takes us on the trail of Augusto Sandino. We visit his hometown and then speak with University of Pittsburgh historian Michel Gobat about Sandino’s life, the US occupation, and how it set the scene for everything that would come decades later, including the 1979 Sandinista Revolution.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present.In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument, or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Episode page: therealnews.com/nicaragua-sandino-under-the-shadow-episode-9Guests: Michel GobatEdited by Heather Gies.Sound design by Gustavo Türck.Theme music by Monte Perdido and Michael FoxOther music from Blue Dot Sessions.Follow and support journalist Michael Fox or Under the Shadow at patreon.com/mfoxFor background, see Michel Gobat’s book Confronting the American Dream: Nicaragua under U.S. Imperial Rule (2005, Duke University Press).Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Can YouTube change policing? Ask cop watchers JamesFreeman, LackLuster, TomZebra, LauraShark, & more The Real News Network 2024-04-26 | It has been 5 years of PAR! That's why Taya Graham and Stephen Janis are celebrating with this special special livestream panel that will bring together cop watchers James Freeman, LackLuster, The Battousai, Tom Zebra, Laura Shark, and Otto The Watchdog for a timely discussion about the possibility of police reform, the importance and impact of cop watching, and why it's vital that we all find ways to keep fighting for change. Please join us for an interactive discussion where you can ask our guests questions in the live chat during the premiere!Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Her bosses said the job was safe. Then her hair fell out and coworkers started dying of cancer The Real News Network 2024-04-26 | “Vina Colley was Erin Brockovich before Erin Brockovich,” Kevin Williams wrote in a 2020 Belt Magazine article titled, “The Poisonous Legacy of Portsmouth’s Gaseous Diffusion Plant.” Williams continues,“Colley has become an unlikely citizen-scientist, spending a lifetime researching and documenting PORTS and its sins… Colley was hired as an electrician at the facility in 1980 and worked there for three years. ‘I was exposed to everything. We were cleaning off radioactive equipment that we did not know was radioactive. They never told us,’ Colley told me. Then, she said, her hair started falling out, she developed rashes, and ‘I got really sick and went to the hospital, not knowing that it was my job causing me all these problems. I had big tumors.’ In the four decades since, she’s faced a range of health problems, including chronic bronchitis, tumors, and pulmonary edema.”In this episode, we sit down with Colley herself to talk about growing up in Ohio during America’s Cold War atomic age, her experience working as an electrician at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, and her decades-long fight to hold the plant and the government accountable for what they’ve done to her, her coworkers, and her community, and to get them the compensation they deserve.Click here for show notes and additional links: therealnews.com/before-east-palestine-there-was-portsmouthFeatured Music: Jules Taylor, “Working People” Theme SongStudio Production: Steve Zeltzer, Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Industrially poisoned East Palestine residents demand fully-funded healthcare The Real News Network 2024-04-25 | On March 23, 2024, a coalition of around 80 people convened at the East Palestine Country Club at the first gathering called by the newly formed Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers Coalition. Those in attendance included: East Palestine residents; railroad workers; residents of other “sacrifice zones” in Ohio, Maryland, California, and West Virginia; concerned citizens living near other rail lines; labor activists and labor union representatives; representatives of environmental justice organizations; (striking) journalists; socialists, Trump voters, non-voters, etc.; and more. As journalist Steve Mellon reported, “The newly formed coalition, dubbed Justice for East Palestine Residents & Workers, determined they will travel to Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8 to further their demand that the federal government step in and make sure those affected by the derailment are provided with fully funded health care.”In this extended episode, you will hear a compilation of speakers from the March 23 conference in East Palestine. Speakers include: Lauri Harmon, East Palestine resident; Chris Albright, East Palestine resident; Jami Rae Wallace, East Palestine resident, president of East Palestine Unity Council; Christina Siceloff, East Palestine resident; Rob Two-Hawks, East Palestine resident; Daren Gamble, East Palestine resident; John Palmer, longtime organizer and officer with the Teamsters, but not speaking on behalf of the Teamsters; Andrew Sandberg, International Association of Machinists IAM; George Waksmunski, United Electrical Workers UE; Chris Silvera, Teamsters Local 808 executive secretary; Steve Mellon, journalist for the Pittsburgh Union Progress, on strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for 18 months; Vina Colley, Portsmouth-Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety & Security; Steve Zeltzer, WorkWeek; David Pfister, Food & Water Watch; Nicole Fabricant, activist, academic, and author of Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore; Hilary Flint, Clean Air Action; Penny Logsdon, Lee County, Iowa, Labor Chapter; Jeff Kurtz, Lee County, Iowa, Labor Chapter; Carrie Duncan, Lee County, Iowa, Labor Chapter; Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network; Mike Stout, musician.Editor's Note (4/25/24): This episode of Working People was published on TRNN's podcast feed on April 18, 2024, before the Labor Notes conference in Chicago. Studio Production: Steve Zeltzer, Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Yemen defies Americas failure to stop blockade of Red Sea The Real News Network 2024-04-23 | Since Oct. 2023, the government of Yemen, led by the organization Ansarallah, or the "Houthis," has maintained a humanitarian blockade of the Red Sea in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Despite attempts by the US and UK to force Yemen to abandon its mission, the blockade has only intensified, escalating to include all US and Israeli shipping, and even the targeting of US warships. The Real News reports from Yemen, where defiance against outside pressure and solidarity with the Palestinian cause remain unshaken.Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
FreeHer movement descends on Washington to demand freedom for women prisoners The Real News Network 2024-04-23 | On Wednesday, April 24, women from across the US will gather in Washington DC to protest mass incarceration and the treatment of women prisoners. Mansa Musa of Rattling the Bars reports from DC.Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The Womens Cut—Marylands only womens prison | Rattling the Bars The Real News Network 2024-04-22 | For decades, prisoners' rights advocates have called on the State of Maryland to address its flagrant discrimination against prisoners housed in the state's sole women's prison. As The Real News has previously reported, conditions in the Maryland Correctional Institute for Women are akin to "torture," and the lack of resources and services dedicated to incarcerated women amounts to state-sanctioned, gender-based discrimination. Christina Merryman and Ameena Deramous, both former inmates in the MCIW—or the "Women's Cut"—join Rattling the Bars, explaining the conditions faced by incarcerated women in Maryland, and what advocates inside and outside the prison walls are doing to fight for justice, in the first half of this two-part panel.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Technocapitalism: Bitcoin, Mars, and dystopia w/Loretta Napoleoni | The Chris Hedges Report The Real News Network 2024-04-19 | We are living through an incipient technological revolution. AI, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, commercial space travel, and other innovations are rapidly transforming everything from the workplace to the financial architecture of the global economy. While many of these technologies hold vast potential to benefit the social good, the multinational corporations and financial oligarchy that drive innovation and own its products are solely motivated by private profit. The consequences are unfolding all around us. As technology and the power of the oligarchy advances, the misery and disenfranchisement of the majority grows. We are now in an age of "Space Barons and Techtitans", and the future they are leading us to is one of even greater exploitation, inequality, and ecological crisis. Loretta Napoleoni, author of Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barrons and the Fight for the Common Good, joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the technocapitalist present and future described in her book.Studio Production: David Hebden, Adam Coley, Cameron GranadinoPost-Production: Adam ColeyJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: therealnews.com/chris-hedges-reportListen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: chrishedges.substack.comThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Chris Hedges Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-chrSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-chrLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#chrishedges #therealnewsnetwork
EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian survivor of Israeli torture speaks from Rafah The Real News Network 2024-04-18 | Israeli forces detained Hassan, who is from Gaza, for over 50 days. Hassan was subjected to cruel torture and is now seeking support to evacuate his family from Gaza. To help the Aburaida family evacuate from Gaza, donate here: gofundme.com/f/help-the-aburaida-family-evacuate-from-gazaJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#gaza #ceasefire #palestine
The OJ Simpson trial: 30 years later | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-04-18 | On April 10, OJ Simpson passed away at the age of 76. Although initially catapulted to fame by his career in the NFL and Hollywood, OJ's early success was ultimately eclipsed by his alleged murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her lover, Ron Goldman. The double-homicide, subsequent trial, and acquittal rocked the nation—sparking a media frenzy and a culture war that revolved around questions of racism, police corruption, domestic violence, and celebrity impunity. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joins Dave Zirin on 'Edge of Sports TV' for a retrospective on the OJ trial and its consequences.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch all episodes of Edge of Sports here: therealnews.com/edge-of-sports-with-dave-zirinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-eosSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-eosLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork
Noboa vs. AMLO: The embassy raid and Ecuadors deeper crisis w/Guillaume Long The Real News Network 2024-04-17 | Ecuador has been thrust into the international spotlight following a flagrantly illegal raid on the Mexican embassy on April 5. President Daniel Noboa ordered the raid to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum on the embassy grounds since Dec. 2023. Mexico has responded by severing diplomatic ties with Ecuador and filing a complaint with the ICJ, specifically requesting that the court expel Ecuador from the UN until an apology is given. Governments across the Americas and the world have joined the chorus of denunciations, noting the violation of diplomatic immunity as a severe breach of international law.Ecuador once stood out in the region for its relatively low crime rate and steadily improving social progress, yet its fortunes have radically reversed in the past decade. The fall of the left-wing Correistas unleashed a tide of neoliberalism and narco-trafficking in the country, sending poverty and crime soaring. Noboa, who is the son of Ecuador's wealthiest man, came to power on promises to address the security crisis—but so far, has only managed to haul the country into a three-month long state of emergency. To understand recent events and place them in the proper context of Ecuador's contemporary politics, The Real News speaks with Guillaume Long, Ecuador's former Foreign Minister.Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
What the media wont tell you about Cubas protests w/Manolo de los Santos & Liz Oliva Fernandez The Real News Network 2024-04-17 | Protests against shortages of food and fuel in Cuba's eastern provinces on March 18 brought the corporate media spotlight back to the island, which is currently experiencing a major economic crisis. True to form, much US reporting on the protests attempted to construct a familiar narrative of Cuba as a failed state on the brink of collapse, with no mention of the 62-year US blockade. This is particularly striking given how Cuba's current crisis is a direct outcome of the intensification of the blockade under Trump—which President Biden has upheld throughout his term despite promises to relieve the strangulation of Cuba.So what's really going on in Cuba today? How severe is the crisis, and where did it come from? What sort of future do the Cuban people envision for themselves, and what role does the US have to play in it? To address these questions and more, The Real News speaks with Manolo de los Santos of The People's Forum, and Liz Oliva Fernandez of Belly of the Beast.Studio Production: Ju-Hyun ParkPost-Production: Alina Nehlich, Cameron GranadinoAdditional links:Support the Let Cuba Live: Bread for Our Neighbors campaign to send flour to the people of Cuba: secure.givelively.org/donate/peoples-forum-inc/let-cuba-live-bread-for-our-neighborsFind screenings near you for two new documentaries from Belly of the Beast: bellyofthebeastcuba.com/events-1Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
FIFA must speak out on Gaza now | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-04-15 | More than six months into Israel's genocide in Gaza, FIFA has yet to speak out in defense of Palestinian life. The wild success of the Palestinian team at this year's Asian Cup did nothing to move FIFA to action. Not even Israel's killings of Palestinian soccer legends Hani Al-Masdar and Mohammed Barakat, who livestreamed his final moments to the world, have convinced FIFA to break its shameful silence. Dave Zirin takes aim at FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, in this edition of 'Choice Words.'Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch all episodes of Edge of Sports here: therealnews.com/edge-of-sports-with-dave-zirinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-eosSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-eosLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork
The Gringo who tried to rule Central America The Real News Network 2024-04-12 | William Walker was a journalist, lawyer and physician from Nashville, Tennessee, who in 1855 invaded Nicaragua with a few dozen troops and conquered the country. At the time, he was one of thousands of private U.S. citizens who had their sights set on taking over foreign nations, all in the name of Manifest Destiny. In this episode, host Michael Fox follows in the footsteps of William Walker as he recounts one of the most twisted stories of U.S. imperialism in Central America — a story that still has lasting repercussions for Latin America, the United States and across the world.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument, or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Guests:Michel GobatDavid DíazMany thanks to Victor AcuñaEdited by Heather Gies.Sound design by Gustavo Türck.Theme music by Monte PerdidoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
If We Burn: The limits of mass protest w/Vincent Bevins | The Chris Hedges Report The Real News Network 2024-04-12 | The 2010s were a decade of revolt. From Athens to Atlanta, Santiago to Seoul, a global wave of protest brought masses of people into confrontation with the status quo, demanding an end to neoliberalism, racism, climate change, and more. Yet despite this upswell of grassroots political activity, little lasting, positive change followed. What sparked the past decade of mass protest? Why didn't it result in political transformation? Vincent Bevins, author of 'If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution', joins The Chris Hedges Report for a retrospective on the decade that set the world on fire, and how to adapt its lessons for the challenges ahead.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Adam ColeyJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: therealnews.com/chris-hedges-reportListen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: chrishedges.substack.comThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Chris Hedges Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-chrSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-chrLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#chrishedges #therealnewsnetwork
LIVE: Baltimore Mayoral Transportation Forum The Real News Network 2024-04-12 | Submit questions for the candidates here: bikemore-forum.herokuapp.com/questionsConfirmed Candidates: Sheila Dixon, Brandon Scott, Thiru Vignarajah, Bob WallaceNow is the time for a serious discussion about the path forward for transportation planning in Baltimore: Infrastructure. Reliability. Access to Jobs. Economic Development. Traffic Injuries and Fatalities. The Climate Crisis. Public Health. What will our candidates for mayor do in the face of these challenges? How will they build a more livable city for people--all people?Join sponsor Bikemore in Action at the Real News Network with co-hosts BaltPOP, Baltimore Transit Equity Coalition, The Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, and Transit Choices to hear from candidates on these significant challenges and opportunities.Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Venture capital and the Sports Illustrated debacle | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-04-10 | Layoffs, lawsuits, license revocations. The tragicomic spectacle unraveling at Sports Illustrated bears all the signs of a familiar tale: how hedge funds can take a functional, beloved brand and transform it into an anemic husk of its former self by mercilessly draining it for profit. Washington Post National Sports Culture and Politics Reporter Michael Lee joins Edge of Sports for a frank talk on the putrid effects of venture capital and hedge funds on sports media, Black Lives Matter in sports, and more.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch all episodes of Edge of Sports here: therealnews.com/edge-of-sports-with-dave-zirinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-eosSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-eosLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork
Activists dirsupt illegal sale of Palestinian land w/Eleanor Goldfield | The Marc Steiner Show The Real News Network 2024-04-09 | Six months into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, there is little use denying that what is taking place before our eyes is an intended land grab. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have called for Gaza to be “resettled” and for the Palestinian population to be expelled. And in the US, the likes of Ben Gvir and Smotrich have their allies and accomplices who hope to profit from the theft of Palestinian land. Across the US, real estate events advertising the sale of land parcels in Gaza, the West Bank, and Jerusalem have begun to appear. Activist, journalist, and filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield joins The Marc Steiner Show to discuss the recent protests against one such real estate event in Baltimore.Studio Production: Cameron GranadinoPost-production: Alina NehlichJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Leonard Peltier and the history of the American Indian Movement w/Rachel Thunder | Rattling the Bars The Real News Network 2024-04-08 | In 1977, American Indian Movement member Leonard Peltier was convicted of the murder of two FBI agents, and has remained a political prisoner of the US ever since. Peltier's conviction has long been contested by activists and legal experts. Despite the recantation of three key witnesses, his case has never been brought back to trial. Peltier has been eligible for parole since 1992, and the federal government has ignored calls to free him for more than 30 years. Rachel Dionne Thunder joins Rattling the Bars to discuss Peltier's case and the radical vision of the American Indian Movement which the federal government has sought to repress through Peltier's incarceration.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-rtbSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-rtbLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran: How US empire creates its own enemies w/Eljiah Magnier & Matteo Capasso The Real News Network 2024-04-07 | Editor's note: This podcast was recorded on March 19, 2024.Each day brings fresh horrors from the ground in Gaza as Israel's brutal genocide continues with the full backing of the US. Yet Israel is not operating with complete impunity.From the Houthis' humanitarian blockade of the Red Sea to Hezbollah's missile strikes against Israel itself, the unofficial alliance of states and armed organizations known as the Resistance Axis is imposing consequences on Israel and the US. The result is a low-grade regional war, that for months has featured Israel and the US conducting increasingly brazen air strikes from Yemen to Lebanon and Syria.Most recently, Israel bombed the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1, killing seven military advisors, including Brigadier Generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi, and his deputy Mohamad Hadi Haji Rahimi. Iran has vowed to retaliate. As the spiral of escalation and deterrence continues, the question arises of just how much longer the two sides can trade blows until a full-blown regional war erupts.Veteran war journalist Elijah Magnier and Middle East Critique Editor Matteo Capasso join The Real News for a timely discussion on the historical roots of the Resistance Axis, and how the confrontation taking place could reshape regional and global politics. Corporate media has flooded the US public with a one-dimensional narrative of the Resistance Axis, leaving out a crucial detail—how decades of US and Israeli intervention and destruction birthed the Resistance Axis. Drawing on their deep expertise, Magnier and Capasso reframe the current confrontation in light of the region's history, and its future.This interview is the second part of a two-part series on the Resistance Axis. Click here to read or listen to the first part of the conversation with Rania Khalek and Nima Shirazi about the media narratives about the Resistance Axis used to justify US intervention in the region: therealnews.com/demystifying-iran-and-the-resistance-axisClick here for this episode's transcript: therealnews.com/in-the-middle-east-americas-chickens-are-coming-home-to-roostJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Everything we know about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse The Real News Network 2024-04-05 | One week has gone by since a massive container ship struck a critical support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, sending the structure and a group of construction workers who were fixing potholes on the bridge into the water of the Patapsco River. Of the 8 men who were working on the bridge that night, six have been pronounced dead since last Tuesday. As more details have emerged about the accident, and the city and port authority's plans for clean-up and reconstruction, The Real News convened a panel of journalists working all sides of this story to get a sense of what we know, what key questions still need to be answered, and what happens next.Joining this timely discussion are Marc Steiner, host of the Marc Steiner Show on The Real News Network; Real News Network Editor-in-Chief Max Alvarez; Dharna Noor, who leads "Big Oil Uncovered," a Guardian series focused on the fossil fuel industry's attempts to thwart climate science, discourse, and policy; and Clara Longo de Freitas, a neighborhood reporter covering East Baltimore communities for the Baltimore Banner.Studio Production: Adam ColeyPost-Production: David HebdenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Billionaires are pillaging America. How do we fight back? | The Chris Hedges Report The Real News Network 2024-04-05 | The resurgence of the labor movement in 2023 galvanized and emboldened unions around the country—and sent capitalists scrambling to squash the nascent militancy of their workers. Among the attempts of the billionaire class to retaliate is a major legal challenge to the National Labor Relations Board, the government body that has protected the right of workers to collective bargaining for 89 years. This latest attack on the rights of workers is the culmination of a decades-long assault on the working class in the US, which has been caught between an economic system hemorrhaging jobs and a political system that refuses to address their problems. Les Leopold, executive director of the Labor Institute and author of Wall Street's War on Workers, joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the full-spectrum assault on worker power taking place before our eyes.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Adam ColeyJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: therealnews.com/chris-hedges-reportListen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: chrishedges.substack.comThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Chris Hedges Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-chrSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-chrLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#chrishedges #therealnewsnetwork
Before Caitlin Clark: The hidden history of womens basketball w/Diane Williams | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-04-05 | When Iowa's Caitlin Clark broke Kelsey Plum's NCAA women's points record, she was inaccurately named the highest scoring player in the history of women's collegiate basketball. But another player, Kansas legend Lynette Woodard, had actually scored more points in her career as part of the pre-NCAA Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). Clark has now also broken Woodard's record, but the confusion owes itself to the hidden early history of women's collegiate basketball. Professor Diane Williams of McDaniel College joins Edge of Sports to discuss this little-known early chapter of the sport.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch all episodes of Edge of Sports here: therealnews.com/edge-of-sports-with-dave-zirinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-eosSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-eosLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork
Cops tased him for turning down a one way street but that was just the beginning | PAR The Real News Network 2024-04-05 | A Wisconsin man making Doordash deliveries in the vicinity of Lake Superior had his world suddenly turned upside-down by a traffic stop gone terribly wrong. Body camera footage of the stop shows police officers barking contradictory orders at the driver, who does his best to comply, before mercilessly using a taser on him. The man, who was later charged with resisting arrest and driving the wrong way up a one-way street, says he was not informed about the reason for the stop before police brutalized him. Police Accountability Report examines the facts, and what it tells us about law enforcement's broad powers to deploy force against civilians.Production: Stephen Janis, Taya GrahamPost-Production, Stephen Janis, Adam ColeyJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Police Accountability Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-parSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-parLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#copwatchers #firstamendment #policeaccountabilityreport
We are human: Baltimores Latino/e community speaks out, & helps out, after Key Bridge disaster The Real News Network 2024-04-04 | When the iconic Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed around 1:30am on Tuesday, March 26, eight men who were working on the bridge at the time were plunged into the cold waters of the Patapsco River. Two of those men were recovered alive, six were not. As TRNN previously reported, all existing evidence points to the fact that these workers—who were working for a non-union contractor, Brawner Builders, filling potholes on the bridge—did not receive any warning from emergency dispatch that the shipping vessel Dali was about to plow into the bridge. As Baltimore reels from the shock of the bridge collapse, as investigations begin into the root causes of the accident, and as we begin to take stock of the seismic economic and potential environmental impacts that this catastrophic accident will have, the families of the six workers who died are mourning an incalculable loss. As Clara Longo de Frietas writes at The Baltimore Banner, “All of the men confirmed or presumed to be dead had emigrated from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador or Mexico. They were Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35; Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26; Miguel Luna, 49; Maynor Yassir Suazo Sandoval, 38; Jose Mynor Lopez, 35; and one as-yet-unnamed man… All of them came to Baltimore for a better life.” Amidst this tragedy, volunteers, community organizers, immigrant and Latino/Latine justice organizations, businesses, and more have responded with tireless efforts to support the families of the deceased workers, and to provide support for Baltimore’s Latino/Latine and immigrant communities in general. In this special bilingual podcast, recorded in Spanish and English at El Taquito Mexicano restaurant in Fells Point, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez sits down with a panel of community and immigrant justice organizers and members of Baltimore’s Latino/Latine community to discuss those efforts, what we know about the men who were working on that bridge, and what this tragedy tells us about the plight of immigrant workers in Baltimore and around the US. Panelists include: Ricardo Ortiz, vice president of the Centro de Apoyo Para la Superación del Inmigrante (CAPSI); Susana Barrios, vice president of the Latino Racial Justice Circle; Carlos Crespo, who volunteers at CAPSI; Lucia Islas, president of Comité Latino de Baltimore; Norma Martinez, a high-school student in Baltimore, born in Honduras (and Max’s foster daughter); Claudia, co-owner of El Taquito Mexicano; Victor, co-owner of El Taquito Mexicano. Baltimore Immigrant Community Fund Key Bridge Emergency Response: secure.qgiv.com/for/265-mima-keybridgeemergencyresponseStudio Production: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Alina NehlichRead the transcript of this podcast here: therealnews.com/baltimores-latino-community-responds-to-key-bridge-crisisJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The Key Bridge disaster was caused by the oppression of workers The Real News Network 2024-04-03 | 24 hours after Max returned to Baltimore from East Palestine, Ohio, the shipping vessel Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, collapsing it into the Patapsco River. The catastrophic collision and collapse of the bridge claimed the lives of six immigrant, non-union construction workers who were working the night shift at the time, filling potholes on the bridge. In this interview on The Valley Labor Report, Alabama's only weekly union talk show, hosts Jacob Morrison and Adam Keller speak with Max about The Real News Network's coverage of the bridge collapse, the connections between Baltimore and East Palestine, and about the conspiracists and "anti-woke" grifters who are trying to capitalize on this tragedy for their own gain.Additional links/info: workingpeople.libsyn.com/from-baltimore-to-east-palestine-this-is-unacceptable-w-the-valley-labor-report-maximillian-alvarezFeatured Music...Jules Taylor, "Working People" Theme SongJules Taylor, "TVLR Theme Song / Florence Reece Remix"Studio Production: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Jules TaylorJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks Highs historic wins | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-04-02 | The study of the role played by sports in social change often focuses on the professional sphere, or on high-profile events like the Olympics. But in 1950s Indiana, the all-Black Crispus Attucks High School basketball team struck a pioneering blow for the end of racial segregation after winning two state championship victories shortly after the state integrated its sports. Veteran Sports Illustrated journalist Jack McCallum joins Edge of Sports to discuss the Crispus Attucks team's historic wins, which is the subject of his book, The Real Hoosiers.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch all episodes of Edge of Sports here: therealnews.com/edge-of-sports-with-dave-zirinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-eosSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-eosLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork
Haitis real crisis isnt gangs—its foreign occupation w/Jafrik Ayiti The Real News Network 2024-04-01 | The drumbeat of intervention is rolling once again for Haiti. Since last year, plans have been laid for a US-sponsored intervention in Haiti, nominally led by Kenya, ostensibly in the name of fighting "gang violence" in the Caribbean nation. While corporate media has breathlessly pushed the narrative of a lawless Haiti overrun by criminal organizations, such framing deliberately excludes the role of the US and its allies in the so-called Core Group in destabilizing Haiti over the past 20 years in particular—not to mention the past two centuries since Haiti's independence. Quebec-based activist Jafrik Ayiti joins The Real News to help set the record straight on Haiti's history, and how the social disorder splattered across the front pages of Western media outlets has been manufactured by the very governments now calling for intervention.Studio Production: Maximillian AlvarezPost-Production: Alina NehlichJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Handouts for property developers are worsening the housing crisis The Real News Network 2024-04-01 | Years of meticulous investigation by The Real News reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis have shown how the city of Baltimore siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds to corporate developers over a period of decades. With their findings now available in a full documentary, Taya and Stephen's investigative reporting has also spawned calls for an investigation from the State of Maryland, something which major unions in the state have also backed. Building on her previous coverage of the housing crisis engulfing the country, TRNN reporter Mel Buer speaks with Taya and Stephen on the relevance of their findings to understanding the role of property developers and municipal corruption in exacerbating the housing crisis.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Alina NehlichJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Hamas: How Israel created its own nemesis w/Paola Caridi | The Chris Hedges Report The Real News Network 2024-03-29 | Hamas, like all resistance groups, from the African National Congress to The Irish Republic Army, are as demonized as they are misunderstood. Hamas is a religious, nationalist political movement. It is not, despite what Israel and Washington say, a terrorist organization—although, like most resistance groups (including the Jewish militias that created the state of Israel), it has used terrorism as a tactic. Because those on the outside do not understand what went into making Hamas—the steady drip of humiliation, violence, and impoverishment that define Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinians—Hamas and its ideology appears incomprehensible. But from the Palestinian perspective, Israel has left the Palestinians with no other choice. Journalist and historian Paola Caridi, author of "Hamas: From Resistance to Regime," joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the roots and nature of Hamas, and what we miss when we unthinkingly cast Hamas as nothing more than a terrorist organization. Link to Paola Caridi's book "Hamas: From Resistance to Regime": sevenstories.com/books/3150-hamasJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: therealnews.com/chris-hedges-reportListen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: chrishedges.substack.comThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Chris Hedges Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-chrSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-chrLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#chrishedges #therealnewsnetwork
Under the Shadow, Update 3 | Honduras. Narcodictator. Convicted. The Real News Network 2024-03-28 | A New York court has found former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández guilty of drug trafficking and weapons possession. It’s a huge verdict that will likely see the former president imprisoned for life.In the last episode of Under The Shadow, host Michael Fox looked deeply at Hernández’s time as president from 2014 to 2022, which many came to call a narco-dictatorship. He won office in a fraudulent election, consolidated unprecedented power, pushed a neoliberal sell-off, and carried out widespread human rights abuses. In this Update 3, Fox looks at the New York trial that convicted him. What went down, what it meant, and what it means going forward for Honduras. And most important, what was missing — namely the role of the United States and Canada in propping up the Hernández regime.For this update, we speak with Karen Spring, the co-coordinator of the Honduras Solidarity Network and host of the Honduras Now podcast. She was in the New York courtroom throughout Hernandez’s trial.Under the Shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, to tell the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. In each episode, host Michael Fox takes us to a location where something historic happened — a landmark of revolutionary struggle or foreign intervention. Today, it might look like a random street corner, a church, a mall, a monument or a museum. But every place he takes us was once the site of history-making events that shook countries, impacted lives, and left deep marks on the world.Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.Recorded in San Salvador, El SalvadorThis podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA.Guests: Karen SpringTheme music by Monte Perdido. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions.Follow and support journalist Michael Fox or Under the Shadow at patreon.com/mfoxThe Real News NetworkDonate: therealnews.com/uts-pod-donateSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/uts-pod-subscribeLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnewsJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges discuss Israel, Gaza, Oct. 7 at Princeton The Real News Network 2024-03-28 | Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinWatch The Chris Hedges Report live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Friday at 12PM ET: therealnews.com/chris-hedges-reportListen to episode podcasts and find bonus content at The Chris Hedges Report Substack: chrishedges.substack.comThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing The Chris Hedges Report by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: therealnews.com/donate-yt-chrSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-chrLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews#chrishedges #therealnewsnetwork
Key Bridge Collapse: Workers werent warned of mayday call The Real News Network 2024-03-27 | On the morning of March 26, the city of Baltimore woke to find the Francis Scott Key Bridge in ruins. The iconic bridge collapsed after being struck by the shipping container vessel Dali, which lost power as it was leaving the Port of Baltimore. Six construction workers who were filling potholes on the bridge at the time of its collapse are still missing, presumed dead. According to Jesus Campos, a coworker of the missing men, the crew on site at the Key Bridge was not informed of the mayday call before the bridge went down. The Real News reports from the scene in Baltimore.Fundraiser for families of the Key Bridge collapse: secure.qgiv.com/for/265-mima-keybridgeemergencyresponseStudio: Kayla Rivara, Jocelyn DombroskiPost-Production: Cameron Granadino, David HebdenTranslation: Vince QuilesJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Angel Reese, Brittney Griner, and the politics of race and gender | Edge of Sports The Real News Network 2024-03-27 | Sports has long been a battlefield for the wider politics of race and gender in US society. Since 2020, the US has been rocked by upheavals at home and abroad, from the George Floyd uprisings to the war in Ukraine. And the media narratives surrounding two very different Black women athletes, Angel Reese and Brittney Griner, offer insights into the shifting and hotly contested politics of contemporary race and gender. University of Louisville Assistant Professor Dr. Ajhanai Keaton joins Edge of Sports to discuss the cultural flashpoints around Reese and Griner, and what they tell us about the state of the US today.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Taylor HebdenAudio Post-Production: David HebdenOpening Sequence: Cameron GranadinoMusic by: Eze Jackson & Carlos GuillenJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us expand our in-depth analysis and coverage from Baltimore to Bangladesh by subscribing and becoming a member today!Donate: therealnews.com/donate-ytSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-ytLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
Justice for survivors of sexual assault in juvenile detention | Rattling the Bars The Real News Network 2024-03-25 | The prevalence of sexual violence in the US prison system is so widespread and accepted that it's often made the butt of jokes in popular culture. Yet the reality is that countless survivors of the prison system carry the scars and traumas of sexual abuse—and for many, the perpetrators of these crimes were the very prison staff charged with their protection. Juvenile victims of the prison system are no exception. In Maryland, several adult survivors of sexual abuse as juveniles in state custody have filed a class action lawsuit demanding justice. Lawyer and former DC Council Member LaRuby May joins Rattling the Bars to discuss the class action suit, and the systematic nature of sexual violence in prisons as a form of racial oppression.Studio Production: David HebdenPost-Production: Cameron GranadinoJoin this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCrmm_7RDZJeQzq2-wvmjueg/joinThe Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and making a small donation: Donate: therealnews.com/donate-yt-rtbSign up for our newsletter: therealnews.com/nl-yt-rtbLike us on Facebook: facebook.com/therealnewsFollow us on Twitter: twitter.com/therealnews
