On this week’s episode of On Contact, Chris Hedges is joined by journalists Abby Martin and Ben Norton to discuss the declassified U.S. intelligence report on Russia’s alleged “influence campaign” on the U.S. presidential election. They explore the allegations and why a large portion of the report is dedicated to RT America’s...
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If you were to accidentally kill someone with your car or in some kind of horrific accident, police would treat it as a criminal investigation just to be safe. But when American workers are killed on the job, authorities rarely get involved and the worker’s death gets written off as a tragic accident. There’s no incentive for employers to make the workplace safer for their workers, so maybe it’s time we start treating these deaths as homicides? Transcription of the above video: Farron: David, I think what’s very interesting about worker-related deaths or work-related deaths, I should say, is...
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But one of the most popular diabetes drugs on the market has been found to have some deadly side effects. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins and attorney David Haynes discuss those side effects. Transcription of the above video: Farron: David, Invokana, a blockbuster diabetes type two drug, we’re finding out now it has a lot of negative side effects, as often happens with some of these blockbuster drugs. Before we get into those, real quick, just give us an overview of what Invokana is specifically used for as far as the diagnosis and things of that nature. David: This...
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We know a lot about the torture policies of the US government during the Iraq War, but there’s still a lot that we don’t know. Luckily, a new book by a former NSA expert shines an even brighter spotlight on just how bad the torture was during those years. The issue of torture has also been covered extensively by The Intercept, and Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins talks to Cora Currier from The Intercept about it. Transcription of the above video: Farron: Cora, you’ve got a fantastic new article out on the Intercept.com, “The Secret NSA Diary of an...
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Climate scientist Michael Mann was given a huge Christmas gift last week when a Court of Appeals ruled that he could move forward with a defamation suit against two conservative writers for the Competitive Enterprise Institute who published lies about Mann and his research on climate change. The Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. Transcription of the above video: Last week climate scientist Michael Mann, one of the most world-renown climate scientists there is today, won a huge victory in a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., when a court ruled that man can absolutely sue two writers...
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