Author: Abby Martin

Marxism 101: How Capitalism is Killing Itself with Dr. Richard Wolff – Abby Martin’s Empire Files

Marxism 101: How Capitalism is Killing Itself with Dr. Richard Wolff – Abby Martin’s Empire Files

Posted by | Mar 23, 2016 | , |

From The Empire Files: Despite a concerted effort by the U.S. Empire to snuff out the ideology, a 2016 poll found young Americans have a much more favorable view of socialism than capitalism. Though he died 133 years ago, the analysis put forward by one of the world’s most influential thinkers, Karl Marx, remains extremely relevant today. The Empire’s recent rigged presidential election has been disrupted by the support of an avowed socialist, Bernie Sanders, by millions of voters. To find out why Marx’s popularity has stood the test of time, Abby Martin interviews renowned Marxist economist Richard Wolff,...

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The MOVE Bombing – When Police Plotted to Exterminate a Family – Abby Martin’s Empire Files

The MOVE Bombing – When Police Plotted to Exterminate a Family – Abby Martin’s Empire Files

Posted by | Mar 3, 2016 | , |

On May 13, 1985, one of the most shameful, horrific attacks by U.S. police ever took place in West Philadelphia. 11 people—including five children—were killed in a deliberate massacre. A racist and political attack on a radical community group known as the MOVE Organization, city and police officials were revealed to have intentionally set their home ablaze, let the fire rage, and violently kept escaping men, women and children trapped inside. Featuring a harrowing first-hand account with the only adult survivor of the atrocity, Ramona Africa, Abby Martin documents an indispensable—but largely unheard of—moment in American history. From MOVE’s...

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Hidden Camera of Mass Deportation Trial and Protest – ‘Operation Streamline’ – Abby Martin’s Empire Files

Hidden Camera of Mass Deportation Trial and Protest – ‘Operation Streamline’ – Abby Martin’s Empire Files

Posted by | Feb 19, 2016 | , |

EXCLUSIVE: The Empire Files obtained footage of rarely-seen mass deportation trials, which send hundreds of refugees to private prisons in less than an hour. Filmed on Dec. 14, 2015 in Tucson, AZ, this rare footage of Operation Streamline was at a trial disrupted in an act of civil disobedience by local clergy...

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