Via TheRealNews: Abby Martin and Paul Jay discuss and debate the idea of a Bernie Sanders third party presidential run, and how a Bernie endorsement of Hillary Clinton would play...
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Few corporations in the world are as loathed—and as sinister—as Monsanto. But the threat it poses to people and planet could be reaching new heights, as the World Health Organization has recently upgraded Monsanto’s main product as carcinogenic to humans. With protests against the agrochemical giant held in over 40 countries in May, learn why the global movement against Monsanto is of critical importance to our future. In this episode of The Empire Files, Abby Martin issues a scathing expose on the corporate polluter, chronicling it’s rise to power, the collusion of its crimes by the US government, and...
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From The Empire Files: More than 250,000 US service members are potential victims of Gulf War syndrome, but the government denies 80% of claims from vets seeking health benefits for it. One major contribution is the US military recklessly exposing 200,000 of its own soldiers to sarin...
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Abby Martin documents the disturbing 30 year history of the US government testing nuclear bombs on hundreds of thousands of unwitting soldiers and civilians on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands and the Arizona desert. The diabolical program caused widespread nuclear fallout and radiation poisoning, killing countless innocent...
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As the flailing Hillary Clinton camp steps-up its attacks on Bernie Sanders, her poll numbers continue to drop—and for the first time, have her losing to Donald Trump in a general election. On the cusp of the Democratic Party Convention, millions of Sanders’ supporters are wondering what to do other than vote for a ‘lesser of two evils.’ To gain some insight, Abby Martin interviews Kshama Sawant, an open socialist who just won re-election to Seattle’s city council—who also ran an insurgent campaign against the party establishment—about her advice to the Sanders’ movement, and how struggles like the Fight...
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