Moderate Rebels
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Moderate Rebels
Moderate Rebels was a political podcast and video show hosted by journalists Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton. It ended in January 2022.
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Is failed Kazakhstan coup attempt end of US 'color revolution' era?
Geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar discusses the violent coup attempt in Kazakhstan, and its crucial importance as an ally of Russia and the center of...
US-Russia talks fail. Is war on horizon? Impact on Ukraine and Europe?
Pepe Escobar discusses the failure of the US-Russia talks in Geneva, NATO's refusal to make any diplomatic concessions, and if war could be on the hor...
What's causing the inflation crisis? Economist Michael Hudson explains
Economist Michael Hudson discusses the global inflation crisis and how the US Federal Reserve has given trillions of dollars to large banks.
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Far-right Pinochet supporter loses Chile's election. Will the neoliberal system change?
In Chile's presidential election, far-right Pinochet dictatorship supporter José Antonio Kast, the son of a German Nazi, was defeated by young center-...
Is Russia really planning a war in Ukraine - or is Washington?
The US government claims Russia is planning to invade Ukraine, but is this true? Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with analyst and former UN weapon...
Nicaragua recognizes China, breaks ties with Taiwan. Is a Panama Canal alternative coming soon?
Nicaragua's Sandinista government has broken diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognized the People's Republic of China. We discuss the historic decisi...
Venezuela's socialists win elections in landslide - so US tries to discredit them
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won the November 21 mega-elections in a landslide, getting more votes in 20 of 23 states and the capita...
Nicaragua explains why it’s leaving OAS, responds to US attacks on its elections
Nicaraguan diplomat Michael Campbell Hooker speaks with Ben Norton about why they are leaving the Organization of American States (OAS), which he says...
New US war on Nicaragua's Sandinistas: OAS rejects elections, Biden imposes sanctions
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss Washington's new hybrid war on Nicaragua's Sandinista government, the US/EU/OAS refusing to recognize the electi...
Julian Assange's fiancée Stella Moris discusses CIA threats and US extradition dangers
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with Stella Moris, the fiancée of imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, about CIA threats, the appeal he...
US govt-backed social media companies blatantly meddle in Nicaragua's elections
Remember Russiagate claims of "Kremlin meddling"? Well, the US government is blatantly interfering in Nicaragua's elections.
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How US-imposed austerity and privatization schemes are crushing Puerto Rico
Ben Norton speaks with Ángel Rodríguez Rivera, president of the Puerto Rican Association of University Professors, about the devastating neoliberal ec...
Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire with Michael Hudson
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with economist Michael Hudson about his book "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire."
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Are US spies behind the Pandora Papers? Why are no American politicians included?
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the Pandora Papers, how zero US politicians or oligarchs were implicated, and the CIA's growing use of "hack-and...
Shady Facebook 'whistleblower' wants more censorship and crackdown on US adversaries
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss shady Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen and how her testimony only helps US spy agencies, justifying furth...
CIA plotted to kidnap and kill WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the CIA's plot to assassinate or kidnap WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange, which was first reported by The Gra...
Debunking 'Havana Syndrome' propaganda: CIA mass hysteria plus crickets
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the absurd media propaganda about "Havana Syndrome," claiming without any evidence that Cuba, Russia, China, Vie...
Biden's UN speech shows further US commitment to war and meddling, not 'diplomacy'
Ben Norton analyzes the lies and misleading claims in US President Joe Biden's speech at the United Nations, and shows how the corporate media coverag...
Is Bolsonaro's Brazil planning a far-right military coup?
Ben Norton speaks with journalist Brian Mier of independent news website Brasil Wire about the fascistic Jair Bolsonaro government in Brazil, the far-...
20 years after 9/11, millions of victims of 'War on Terror': Reflection with Prof. Asad AbuKhalil
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks with Professor Asad Abukhalil, and the millions of victim...
US hybrid warfare in Latin America, the new phase of imperialism: Behind Nicaragua coup attempt
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk on US hybrid warfare in Latin America. He analyzes how imperialism has evolved in the 21st century, and looks...
How elite US groups created Afghanistan's neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169 million
Ben Norton discusses his The Grayzone investigation "How elite US institutions created Afghanistan’s neoliberal President Ashraf Ghani, who stole $169...
Exposing deceptive defectors and dissidents, from North Korea to Iraq, China to Syria
On Foreign Agents, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton expose the biggest frauds recruited as defectors and dissidents to lie about Official Enemies by the...
How US meddling in Ethiopia & Eritrea is destabilizing strategic Horn of Africa
We discuss how the US government is destabilizing the strategic Horn of Africa with Eritrean journalist Elias Amare. We talk about the conflict in Eth...
Afghanistan: Pipelines, minerals, and CIA opium ratline
We continue our discussion with geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar of the end of the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan, the opium ratline the CIA used...
Historic US defeat in Afghanistan: Is it 'most important geopolitical event of 21st century'?
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the end to the 20-year US/NATO war in Afghanistan with journalist Pepe Escobar, who has extensive experience rep...
Meet US govt-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp, mastermind of soft coups
Max Blumenthal discusses US government-backed regime-change guru Gene Sharp with scholar Marcie Smith Parenti. They talk about Sharp's NED-funded Albe...
US-funded cultural counter-revolution in Cuba: How CIA cutouts use musicians to stir unrest
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss how the US government laid the groundwork for unrest in Cuba, the Biden administration's escalation of the econo...
US eviction catastrophe and cynical Democrat photo ops
Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting at the US Capitol on the protests demanding an eviction moratorium, the huge impending economic crisis, the opp...
US govt, celebrities, bots fuel astroturfed Cuba protests to push regime change
We briefly discuss how the US government and corporate media are heavily amplifying small protests in Cuba to destabilize the country. While Washingto...
Inside Haiti crisis: Who killed president, and what is role of Colombian mercenaries?
We discuss the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse with Haitian journalist Nazaire St. Fort and scholar Jeb Sprague. We talk about the "interim"...
Judge throws out millionaire's frivolous lawsuit aimed at bankrupting us
We recount the insane story of how a pampered heiress and journalistic wannabe, enriched by millions of dollars seized from Iran by the US government,...
Mexico's anti-neoliberal movement grows despite US meddling and media smears
We discuss Mexico's progressive President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and the left-wing Morena party alliance victory in the June 2021 election...
Inside Syria, OPCW cover-up, and Israeli aggression, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi
Journalist Aaron Mate and Professor Mohammad Marandi continue talking about the trip they took to Syria, after a decade of Western proxy war. We also...
Report back from Syria after 10 years of Western dirty war, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi
We speak with journalist Aaron Mate and Professor Mohammad Marandi, who just took a trip to Syria to see the real-life impact on average people caused...
Roger Waters and Gabor Maté on Israel/Palestine, Gaza war, music, and more
We were joined by musician Roger Waters and author Gabor Maté to discuss Israel's war on Gaza, the Palestinian resistance struggle, the psychology of...
Gaza under attack: Behind apartheid Israel's latest war with Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek
Israel is bombing Gaza, while extremists ethnically cleanse Palestinians. We are joined by Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek, as well as Aaron Maté and An...
Biden admin's intersectional imperialism, 'woke' CIA, wars on Syria and China
Following his talk on the cultural cold war and the fake left, Ben Norton takes questions and discusses the "woke" CIA ads, the Biden administration's...
How the CIA cultivates a fake left: From the cultural cold war to intersectional imperialism
Ben Norton was invited to give this talk about the fake left and imperialism. He discusses how the CIA's "woke" recruitment ad is not new; it is roote...
Economist Michael Hudson on new cold war, Super Imperialism, Biden, China & Russia, dedollarization
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss with world-renowned economist Michael Hudson his concept of US "Super Imperialism," the new cold war on China an...