Nov 16, 2023
“War Is the Basis of Accumulation” - Ali Kadri on Genocide, Waste, Imperialism, and the Commodification of Death
Interview
Ali Kadri explains how war, genocide, and the waste of human life are central to capitalist accumulation, with the struggle in Palestine serving as a critical front in this global system of class cannibalism.
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Through interviews and on-the-ground footage, the episode captures the devastating impact of the 1982 Israeli invasion and the 1987 siege of Bourj al-Barajneh on Palestinian civilians in Lebanon.
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Rashid Khalidi delivers a lecture framing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a hundred-year colonial war against the Palestinians, sanctioned by great powers and executed through proxies.
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Israel has total license to use unbridled power to kill and destroy and maim and get away with it.
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Osama Hamdan dismisses accusations that Hamas killed babies or used human shields, stating the October 7th attack was a preemptive response to Israeli plans for war on Gaza.
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Susan Abulhawa reveals how Israel has become the world's top arms exporter per capita, profiting from genocide and repression by supplying weapons, surveillance, and military training to brutal regimes and police forces globally.
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Ilan Pappé historicizes the Zionist movement, details the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and critiques the failed peace process, arguing that only acknowledgment, accountability, and equal rights can resolve the conflict.
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Nov 6, 2023
Interview
Indigenous scholars Nick Estes, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Uahikea Maile discuss the shared struggles of Native peoples and Palestinians and the urgent need for solidarity against settler colonialism and genocide.
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Historian Ilan Pappé analyzes Zionism as a settler-colonial project and advocates for decolonization and a one-state solution in historic Palestine.
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A deep dive into Palestinian resistance, the Zionist project, and the global solidarity movement in the wake of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation.
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Salman Abu Sitta uses maps and demographic data to show that the return of Palestinian refugees is not only a sacred right but logistically possible, with most refugee villages lying on largely empty land.
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Until we deal with what happened in the Palestinian Nakba, the expulsions, the massacres, the ethnic cleansing and so on, we will not be able to live here in peace, never.
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Three guests—Ramzy Baroud, Eva Bartlett, and Bill Dienst—discuss Israeli ethnic cleansing, media disinformation, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Hazem Jamjoum traces the history of Zionism and the Palestinian Nakba, arguing that the ongoing displacement and occupation are rooted in a colonial ideology that seeks maximum land under exclusive Jewish control with minimal Palestinians.
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This documentary reveals how American media systematically hide the Israeli occupation and frame Palestinian resistance as terrorism, shaping public perception in favor of Israel.
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Max Ajl critiques Eurocentric Marxist ecology, emphasizing anti-imperialist analysis and soliditary with national liberation movements in addressing the ecological crisis.
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Archival documentary featuring Filipino underground media, satire, and cultural resistance against dictatorship and US imperialism, from Marcos to Aquino.
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I just know that I have permission to narrate. I've got that from my father.
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Former CIA official John Stockwell and journalist Louis Wolf expose how new legislation and executive orders are creating an American official secrets act while detailing the CIA's global covert operations.
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A documentary exposing the fraudulent intelligence and political manipulation that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Former interrogator Eric Fair and soldier Ethan McCord offer harrowing firsthand accounts of U.S. torture and civilian casualties in Iraq.
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A compilation of speeches, interviews, and news clips documenting the life, case, and ongoing struggle for justice for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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U.S. veterans recount the war crimes they participated in and witnessed during the Iraq War, exposing the brutal reality of the occupation and its dehumanizing effects on both Iraqis and soldiers.
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Gennady Vasiliev discusses the Soviet desire for peace, the dangers of nuclear escalation, and the need for mutual understanding between the US and USSR.
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Aug 28, 2023
Documentary
A documentary exploring the history and consequences of anti-communism in the United States through propaganda clips and conference footage, critiquing its role in foreign policy and civil liberties.
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We look at the fascinating and alarming ideas and activities of the religious right, right now on Alternative Views.
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Senji Yamaguchi, a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing, recounts his harrowing experience just a mile from the hypocenter, as part of a powerful documentary on the consequences of nuclear war.
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Incarcerated women recount their journeys through abuse, survival, and resistance, from those who killed their abusers to Puerto Rican political prisoners demanding independence.
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This episode investigates TV Martí, a U.S. propaganda broadcast aimed at Cuba that violates international telecommunications conventions and Cuban sovereignty.
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Max Ajl discusses his eco-socialist manifesto for a people's Green New Deal, emphasizing international solidarity and agroecological transformation.
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Dr. Patricia Rodney delivers a personal and powerful lecture on the 1968 banning of Walter Rodney from Jamaica and the subsequent state-organized assassination, framing the enduring trauma as a case for reparative justice.
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This archival documentary episode uncovers how the US and West Germany covertly enabled apartheid South Africa's nuclear weapons program and its secret biological and chemical warfare unit, Project Coast.
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A multifaceted mixtape honoring political prisoner Sundiata Acoli through his own words, family memories, and legal advocacy, tracing his life, imprisonment, and the ongoing fight for his release.
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A deep dive into the lives and cases of U.S. political prisoners, including Leonard Peltier, Geronimo Pratt, and Mumia Abu Jamal, while examining state repression and the prison-industrial complex.
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The Black Liberation Army was born from the repression of the Black Panther Party, symbolizing a legacy of armed resistance that continues today.
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A compilation of documentary films exploring apartheid-era violence, women's labor struggles, and a healthcare workers' strike in South Africa.
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Jun 10, 2023
Interview
Gabriel Rockhill discusses how French theorists wrongfully credited with the 1968 uprisings were actually anti-68 figures, and how their global promotion served imperial interests to undermine Marxism.
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A compilation of interviews with Fidel Castro over four decades, offering his personal accounts of the Cuban Revolution, the Missile Crisis, US-Cuba tensions, and his enduring socialist ideals.
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A documentary traces the evolution of activists Mario Savio, Stokely Carmichael, and David Harris from civil rights protests to broader political resistance against war and racism.
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Amiri Baraka reflects on his life as a poet and revolutionary, from his awakening in 1960s Cuba to his views on black-brown unity and the election of Barack Obama.
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Archival recordings trace Amiri Baraka's evolution from Beat poet to Black Arts Movement leader, featuring his incisive poetry and revolutionary political vision.
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Journalist Seymour Hersh details his investigation of the My Lai massacre and the military's subsequent cover-up in this 1969 Pacifica Radio interview.
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Archival recordings of Julius Nyerere discussing his vision of Ujamaa socialism, African unity, and the struggle against colonialism and apartheid.
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A compilation of Walter Rodney's speeches and interviews exploring African and Caribbean liberation, underdevelopment, class struggle, and resistance against neo-colonialism.
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A compilation of interviews with Robert Mugabe on Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, land reform, and post-colonial governance.
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Feb 28, 2023
Lecture
Historian Gerald Horne argues that the American Revolution was a counter-revolution driven by a 'Black Scare' and the desire to preserve slavery against British abolitionism and alliances with enslaved Africans.
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A compilation of Leila Khaled's English-language interviews and speeches, covering Palestinian liberation, armed struggle, BDS, and international solidarity.
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A compelling audio collage revisits the decades-long fight to free Native American activist Leonard Peltier, weaving together courtroom battles, prison poetry, and urgent pleas for presidential clemency.
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A documentary critiquing the U.S. invasion of Iraq as an imperialist war for oil, while examining media propaganda and anti-war resistance.
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Experts expose how Canadian charities are used to fund Israeli settler violence and military operations, urging the revocation of charitable status and action against the Canada Revenue Agency.
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