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Greek political prisoner is at death’s door
Since 2002, Greek revolutionary and activist Dimitris Koufontinas has been in prison for his role in the Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N). Labelled a “terrorist”…
Amazon workers demand to be treated like human beings
At this very moment, one of the most historic union drives of our era is taking place at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama….
Award-winning ‘Nomadland’ documents poverty and survival in America
When capitalism chews us up and spits us out, where do we go? How do we carry on? And can we find ways of living…
Nomadland captures the contradictory heart of the American dream
When capitalism chews us up and spits us out, where do we go? How do we carry on? And can we find ways of living…
Big Pharma slows vaccine rollout to protect corporate profits
This week, President Biden announced that, by utilizing the Defense Production Act, the federal government has created an historic agreement between drugmakers Johnson & Johnson…
Police hijack helicopter ambulance for aerial surveillance
Documents obtained by PAR reveal how an air ambulance (medevac) service has been used repeatedly to fly surveillance missions over the city of Baltimore, raising…
Biden should force Big Pharma to share taxpayer-subsidized COVID-19 vaccines
This week, President Biden announced that, by utilizing the Defense Production Act, the federal government has created an historic agreement between drugmakers Johnson & Johnson…
Hammer and Hope: Danny Glover on the Amazon union drive in Bessemer, Alabama
One of the most historic union votes of our era is underway right now: 5,800 workers at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, are…
Dr. Beverly Tatum: The ABCs of representation in education
Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum joins Dr. West and Professor Rose on “The Tight Rope” to talk about the critical importance of having curriculums, educators, and…
Faith without workers is dead
In this episode, we talk to Rev. Lindsey Joyce of the United Church of Rogers Park in Chicago and the Institute for Christian Socialism. We…
‘Zionist’ is not hate speech, activists say
A Saturday Night Live joke about Israel’s vaccine apartheid sparked outrage from some ardent supporters of the Israeli government, but the controversy speaks to larger…
‘We’ve made this kind of war invisible’
From Afghanistan to Niger, the “new normal” of American warfare shows no signs of changing course under President Biden and his hawkish national security team….
Black mass incarceration in the so-called Free State
Transcript Eddie Conway: In recent years, the issue of mass incarceration had reached the United States popular conscience, from Black artists speaking out at the…
Biden’s team won’t end the forever wars
From Afghanistan to Niger, the “new normal” of American warfare shows no signs of changing course under President Biden and his hawkish national security team….
Battleground Baltimore: Maryland shows solidarity with unionizing Amazon workers
One reason why The Real News Network calls Baltimore home is because we know that the struggles the people in this majority-minority city face (unequitable…
Filming the police is legal, but that doesn’t stop them from arresting people for it
Transcript Taya Graham: Hello. My name is Taya Graham, and welcome to the Police Accountability Report. As I always make clear, this show has a…
Mayim Bialik: ‘S*** got deep with me and Cornel West’
In this episode of “The Tight Rope,” the professors welcome acclaimed actor Mayim Bialik to join them in conversation. Together they engage in a nuanced…
Dr. Cornel West vs. Harvard University
In a special edition of “The Tight Rope,” Dr. Cornel West speaks freely about his “ridiculous situation at Harvard” with respect to his being denied…
Amazon faces a day of reckoning for its treatment of workers
Amazon is intensifying the anti-union campaign at its Bessemer, Alabama, plant, where workers are currently voting to unionize. On Feb. 20, Amazon workers and their…
How do you market sex work?
We’re back with Part II of our special mini-series on work and politics in the sex industry, guest-hosted by friend of the show Jessie Sage….
The pandemics of racism and COVID-19 are a deadly mix
The U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic highlights deep racial inequities in wages, health, and vaccination rates—but it’s a century of racist public policy that…
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