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Aaron Maté
Aaron Maté (The Grayzone, Real Clear Investigations) discusses the news of the week and takes your calls.
And other news of the week.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
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Joe Biden seeks re-election, and Bernie Sanders and the Squad are already endorsing him.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
In Congressional testimony, former CIA deputy director Mike Morel testifies that a call from the Biden campaign sparked the claim from former intel officials that Hunter Biden’s laptop was “a Russian information operation.”Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
NATO website Bellingcat teams up with the NYT to catch a leaker.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Pentagon documents on the Ukraine war appear on the internet. Are they significant?Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
On Marvin Gaye’s birthday, what’s going on?Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
US forces face a deadly attack in Syria, underscoring the dangers of their overlooked military occupation.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
As Chinese President Xi prepares to visit Moscow, the US declares its opposition to China’s call for a Ukraine ceasefire.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Congress votes to keep US troops in Syria and holds a wild hearing on the Twitter Files. Plus, the US finally drops its Nord Stream cover story.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
The House votes overwhelmingly in support of US sanctions on earthquake-hit Syria.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Volodymyr Zelensky was elected on a peace mandate that was sabotaged by the US government and Ukraine's far-right. Now an aide tells the New York Times that Zelensky "has a clear understanding what Ukraine should do. There is no ambiguity: There is no peace with Russia, and Ukraine must arm itself to the teeth."Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
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Seymour Hersh reports what many suspected: the US blew up Nord Stream 2.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
The US destroys a Chinese balloon, while the Ukraine war rages.Aaron’s latest article: “In Douma cover-up, OPCW’s new smoking gun backfires”https://mate.substack.com/p/in-douma-cover-up-opcws-new-smokingDownload the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
“We are fighting a war against Russia," the German Foreign Minister says, as the US and Germany authorize tank shipments, and new dangers, in the Ukraine proxy war.Plus: the OPCW doubles down on the Douma fraud.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Germany, so far, resists US-led pressure to send tanks to Ukraine.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
"By continuing to drip-feed just enough for Ukraine not to lose, what the West is doing is just prolonging the war,” Edward Stringer, ex-head of operations for the UK Defense Staff, says.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Biden’s classified documents problem, and MSM’s six-years-too-late realization that Russian bots didn’t swing the 2016 election.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Rebel House Republicans win concessions by leveraging their vote for Kevin McCarthy, vindicating progressives who urged the Squad to use the same strategy with Nancy Pelosi — which the Squad refused to do. Plus, a Ukraine proxy war update.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
In a special Saturday edition or AM Live, let’s look back at 2022.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Congress throws a bipartisan proxy war party, with Zelensky as the guest of honor.Jack Murphy article: https://jackmurphywrites.com/169/the-cias-sabotage-campaign-inside-russia/`Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
In an interview with the Economist, top Ukrainian commander General Valery Zaluzhny gives a bleak assessment of the war. “The incremental arsenal he is seeking is bigger than the total armoured forces of most European armies,” The Economist says.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
“It is a terrible war in Ukraine. It is also a war that can become a full-fledged war that spreads into a major war between NATO and Russia,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said this week. “[T]here is no doubt that a full-fledged war is a possibility.”Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
After Matt Taibbi obtains internal emails detailing the censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story, a meltdown ensues.Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com
Let’s talk about what we’re thankful for, and anything else on your mind. Also, the latest in the Ukraine proxy war.
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A World War III scare in Poland doesn’t dampen Washington’s proxy war fever.
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A series of leaks, including a call for diplomacy from Gen. Mark Milley, show that some US officials are ready for a settlement in Ukraine.
https://mate.substack.com/p/urging-peace-with-russia-top-us-general
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The Washington Post reports that US officials are encouraging Ukraine to publicly accept diplomacy. Cynical ploy, or progress?
Plus: Max Blumenthal and I get cancelled by Ukraine’s First Lady at a conference in Portugal. And the Democratic Party’s progressives cave to the neocons.
Diplomacy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/05/ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations/
My new article on Democrats: https://mate.substack.com/p/pro-war-hawks-have-progressives-on
Me and Max cancelled:
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/11/03/ukrainian-zelenska-grayzones-web-summit/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40998296.html
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Congressional Progressives politely ask Biden for diplomacy with Russia, and then retract one day later.
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The Ukraine proxy war unites the Democratic caucus including all “progressives”, the GOP leadership, Trump admin neocons like Pompeo, DC think tanks, and corporate media.
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“Privately, U.S. officials say neither Russia nor Ukraine is capable of winning the war outright, but they have ruled out the idea of pushing or even nudging Ukraine to the negotiating table.” -Washington Post
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According to Antony Blinken, the Nord Stream pipeline bombing "offers tremendous strategic opportunity for the years to come."
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As the US and Russia trade nuclear threats, who is pushing for peace?
https://mate.substack.com/p/russia-says-us-wrecked-ukraine-talks
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“As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them,” the New York Times reports today, in a never-ending series on how Russia is responsible for everything that can possibly upset coastal liberals.
Plus: the latest on the Ukraine proxy war, where the “U.S. plans for an open-ended campaign with no prospect for a negotiated end in sight,” according to the Washington Post.
Episode links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/us/womens-march-russia-trump.html
https://mate.substack.com/p/as-durham-closes-in-fbis-trump-russia
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Russia suffers a major defeat in Ukraine’s northeast.
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“I will not stand by and watch the will of the American people be overturned by wild conspiracy theories and baseless, evidence-free claims of fraud,” President Joe Biden declared in his Philadelphia speech on the “Battle for the Soul of the Nation.”
Unfortunately, he wasn’t talking about Russiagate.
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Violent attacks on US troops this week force the Biden administration to answer a question it otherwise avoids.
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Investigating Trump for an Espionage Act violation, the FBI must have him over a barrel, we are told. Does anyone remember Russiagate?
Also: nuclear fears in the Ukraine proxy war.
https://mate.substack.com/p/in-fbi-vs-trump-the-people-lose
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Are the walls finally closing in? (No.)
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Proxy war enthusiasts are outraged by an Amnesty International report that documents how Ukraine is placing its military forces in civilian areas.
Meanwhile, CBS News publishes a documentary on how US weapons aren’t being tracked once they cross the border into Ukraine.
And US officials and politicians continue to make their agenda clear. On a trip to Africa, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has warned states not to trade with Russia or face the US wrath. "We caution [African] countries not to break those sanctions... they stand the chance of having actions taken against them.”
Meanwhile, Lindsay Graham has acknowledged what proxy war critics have noted from the start: the US is fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian.
"Four months into this thing, I like the structural path we’re on here," Graham told a July 28 news conference. "As long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and the economic support, they will fight to the last person."
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In St. Louis and Florida, members of the African People's Socialist Party had their homes raided by combat-clad FBI agents using flash grenades and drones. FBI told them they're under suspicion of conspiring with Russia.
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Let’s discuss.
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In using Ukraine to "fight Russia over there", as Adam Schiff put it in January 2020, the US has not only sacrificed countless Ukrainian lives. Four months into Russia's invasion, the Biden administration is openly sacrificing the planet.
Plus: Bolton admits to plotting coups.
https://mate.substack.com/p/in-ukraine-a-proxy-war-on-the-planet
Useful Idiots episode with Chris Ryan:
https://usefulidiots.substack.com/p/how-sex-drugs-and-ancient-humans?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
Max Blumenthal and Aaron at the Collision conference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcGlc3mw8lk
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“In the nearly five months since Russia invaded Ukraine,” the Washington Post reports. “Secretary of State Antony Blinken has maintained the same posture toward Moscow: Do not engage.”
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On CNN this week, Biden aide Brian Deese was asked to respond to “those families that say, 'listen, we can't afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years?’"
Deese responded: "This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm."
But not everyone is on board. Speaking to the Washington Post, Rep. Ro Khanna — who was voted for every pro-proxy war measure so far — says that the Ukraine conflict is "wreaking havoc on the American economy and the global economy." He also calls for a "plan on the diplomatic front."
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The CIA has been operating in Ukraine throughout the Russian invasion, the NYT reports. Sounds like a proxy war!
“Guns, Drugs, and the CIA” (1988) https://youtu.be/XkKwLRB1-1g
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The persecution of Julian Assange worsens.
Plus: according to the Washington Post, the Biden administration "is willing to countenance even a global recession and mounting hunger" to deny Russia a victory in Ukraine. Will anyone ask those who will endure this countenanced recession and hunger what they think?
Meanwhile The Guardian has just called me "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" on Syria. The Guardian failed to:
-contact me -offer an example of my alleged "disinformation" -disclose that its “source”, a think tank called the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) is funded by US, UK & allied states.
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UK journalist Paul Mason is caught trying to collaborate with UK intel to undermine the UK anti-war left and independent journalism outlet The Grayzone. Meanwhile, a University of Calgary “study” claims that myself and other journalists are “Russian-influenced.” Is smearing and sabotaging dissenting voices the new normal?
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What Michael Sussmann’s acquittal means for the investigation of the Russia investigation.
Plus, Bernie Sanders foreign policy adviser Matt Duss urges progressives to support the Ukraine proxy war, and smears those who don’t.
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DNC/Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann is found not guilty in the first Durham case to go to trial.
Guest: Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke https://twitter.com/HansMahncke
Article links:
As Durham closes in, FBI's Trump-Russia origin story is harder to believe https://mate.substack.com/p/as-durham-closes-in-fbis-trump-russia?s=w
Five Trump-Russia 'collusion' corrections we need from the media now -- just for starters https://mate.substack.com/p/five-trump-russia-collusion-corrections?s=w
Indicted Clinton lawyer hired CrowdStrike, firm behind dubious Russian hacking claim https://mate.substack.com/p/indicted-clinton-lawyer-hired-crowdstrike?s=w
Hidden Over 2 Years: Dem Cyber-Firm's Sworn Testimony It Had No Proof of Russian Hack of DNC https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2020/05/13/hidden_over_2_years_dem_cyber-firms_sworn_testimony_it_had_no_proof_of_russian_hack_of_dnc_123596.html
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From Henry Kissinger to the NYT editorial board, the realities of the Ukraine war concealed from the public are starting to sink in.
Links:
“The Panama Deception” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo6yVNWcGCo
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The trial of Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann confirms that Hillary Clinton personally approved a plan to leak false Trump-Russia claims to the US media. Meanwhile, Biden has signed into law a $40 billion measure to escalate the Ukraine proxy war.
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With two recent votes — the Lend-Lease act and a new $40 billion aid package, most of it for weapons — the entire Congressional Progressive Caucus, including the “Squad”, have shown that they are 100% on board with the Ukraine proxy war. What happened to being anti-war?
https://mate.substack.com/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us?r=nrwh&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
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US officials and their media stenographers aren’t hiding it anymore: in Ukraine, the US is engaged in a “full proxy war with Russia.”
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As the Biden administration escalates the US role in the Ukraine proxy war, it appoints a new “disinformation” czar with a record of promoting Russiagate disinformation and targeting those who challenge it.
Links:
'Al Qaeda is on our side': How Obama-Biden team empowered terrorists in Syria https://mate.substack.com/p/al-qaeda-is-on-our-side-how-obama?s=w
Financial Times, August 2016: “Ukraine’s leaders campaign against ‘pro-Putin’ Trump” https://www.ft.com/content/c98078d0-6ae7-11e6-a0b1-d87a9fea034f
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Ukraine is the Obama-Biden team's second major proxy war against Russia. The first was Syria, where US support for the insurgency helped create an Al Qaeda safe haven. And as in Syria, the U.S. is flooding a chaotic war zone with weapons in a dangerous proxy conflict against Russia, raising the threat of military confrontation between the world's top nuclear powers.
We discuss the Syria playbook in Ukraine, plus the latest news including Blinken and Austin’s reported visit to Kiev.
Links: 'Al Qaeda is on our side': How Obama-Biden team empowered terrorists in Syria https://mate.substack.com/p/al-qaeda-is-on-our-side-how-obama?s=w
“What happens to weapons sent to Ukraine? The US doesn't really know” https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/19/politics/us-weapons-ukraine-intelligence/index.html
US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to ‘weaken Russia’: fmr. NATO adviser https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/15/us-eu-sacrificing-ukraine-to-weaken-russia-fmr-nato-adviser/
“The Military Situation In The Ukraine” by Jacques Baud https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/
“The self-invention of Maajid Nawaz: Fact and fiction in the life of the counter-terror celebrity” https://thegrayzone.com/2016/02/05/maajid-nawaz-life-counter-terror/
Putin’s 2007 Munich speech http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/24034
NYT reports the Nuland call https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1518378981988483072?s=21&t=KaQukFX8v3JkEYWjjOGXTg
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In my latest article, I write about how the US sabotaged Zelensky’s historic 2019 peace mandate by siding with Ukraine’s far-right. But as Zelensky’s media fame grows in proportion to his acquiescence to US proxy war aims, it’s worth asking: is Zelensky really for peace?
Links:
“Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's historic mandate for peace” https://mate.substack.com/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us?s=w
“US, EU sacrificing Ukraine to ‘weaken Russia’: fmr. NATO adviser” (interview with Jacques Baud) https://thegrayzone.com/2022/04/15/us-eu-sacrificing-ukraine-to-weaken-russia-fmr-nato-adviser/
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The dangers of the Ukraine-Russia crisis escalate.
Episode links:
Stephen F. Cohen clip: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1513158738961707012
“Siding with Ukraine's far-right, US sabotaged Zelensky's historic mandate for peace” https://mate.substack.com/p/siding-with-ukraines-far-right-us
“The Ukraine crisis, sponsored by US hegemony and war profiteers” https://mate.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-crisis-sponsored-by-us
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New reporting from the WSJ shows that days before the Russian invasion, Zelensky rejected a German proposal of Ukrainian neutrality in exchange for US-Russia security guarantees. Is Zelensky now prepared to accept what he shunned?
Show links:
WP: “Russia has killed civilians in Ukraine. Kyiv’s defense tactics add to the danger” https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/28/ukraine-kyiv-russia-civilians/
Newsweek: “Putin's Bombers Could Devastate Ukraine But He's Holding Back. Here's Why” https://www.newsweek.com/putins-bombers-could-devastate-ukraine-hes-holding-back-heres-why-1690494
Thread on Russia’s targets: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1497737651922903045
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Joe Biden calls for regime change in Moscow, giving away the game in Ukraine.
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As the Russian military advances and negotiations intensify, is an end to the Ukraine war near?
Episode links:
Former top Pentagon advisor Col. Doug Macgregor on Russia-Ukraine war https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/18/pentagon-doug-macgregor-russia-ukraine-war/
Max Blumenthal: Was bombing of Mariupol theater staged by Ukrainian Azov extremists to trigger NATO intervention? https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/18/bombing-mariupol-theater-ukrainian-azov-nato-intervention/
Charles Glass article on Syria https://harpers.org/archive/2019/02/american-involvement-in-syria/
Douma-OPCW https://thegrayzone.com/category/opcw-douma/ https://www.thenation.com/article/world/opcw-leaks-syria/
GZ: “How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia” https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/04/nazis-ukrainian-war-russia/
Interview with CIA analyst on Syria https://thegrayzone.com/2021/11/09/fmr-cia-analyst-on-the-hidden-realities-of-syrias-war-and-new-novel-damascus-station/
Caitlin Johnstone: “It's Not Okay For Grown Adults To Think This Way About Ukraine” https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/its-not-okay-for-grown-adults-to?s=r
“Ukraine on Fire” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxau6qeWZ4w
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16 - US, Russia trade dangerous allegations in Ukraine
Episode links:
Scott Horton: “The History Behind the Russia-Ukraine War” https://original.antiwar.com/scott/2022/03/02/the-history-behind-the-russia-ukraine-war/
Aaron’s article on Zelensky’s “welcome gift” to Biden https://mate.substack.com/p/stoking-war-with-russia-us-media?s=w
The Intercept: Putin made last minute decision to invade https://theintercept.com/2022/03/11/russia-putin-ukraine-invasion-us-intelligence/
Ben Aris interview on Pushback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTLXe8qId5A
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6pm ET / 3pm ET / 11 pm GMT: Join Aaron to discuss the latest in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Articles referenced:
The Grayzone: How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia https://thegrayzone.com/2022/03/04/nazis-ukrainian-war-russia/
Aaron: By using Ukraine to fight Russia, the US provoked Putin's war https://mate.substack.com/p/by-using-ukraine-to-fight-russia?s=w
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w/ Michael Tracey
Let’s discuss where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is at, what Putin’s nuclear alert decision means, and whether the announced peace talks on the Belarus border can end this insanity.
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Contrary to many predictions — including from me — Russia has invaded Ukraine. What are the roots of this crisis, and what happens next?
SHOW LINKS:
Background reading by me:
https://mate.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-crisis-sponsored-by-us?utm_source=url https://mate.substack.com/p/stoking-war-with-russia-us-media?utm_source=url
An article by Branko Marcetic I found very useful: https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
Col. Douglas Macgregor interview: https://thegrayzone.com/2022/01/06/us-war-lobby-fuels-conflict-in-russia-ukraine-and-syria-ex-pentagon-advisor/
Yahoo News on CIA program to train an Afghan insurgency: https://news.yahoo.com/cia-trained-ukrainian-paramilitaries-may-take-central-role-if-russia-invades-185258008.html
AP poll: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-02-23/ap-norc-poll-most-in-us-oppose-major-role-in-russia-strife
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Michael Tracey joins me to discuss the latest in the Ukraine crisis.
Guest: Michael Tracey. @mtracey https://mtracey.substack.com/
https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1492005793377497119
Episode reading material:
Michael’s interview with a Ukrainian MP:
https://mtracey.substack.com/p/crazy-us-media-coverage-is-a-bigger?r=nrwh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
Aaron’s latest:
https://mate.substack.com/p/stoking-war-with-russia-us-media?utm_source=url
US intel finds no ties between Russia and global far-right
Declassified US intel report: https://www.scribd.com/document/558091662/ODNI-Report-Russian-Federation-Support-of-Racially-and-Ethnically-Motivated-Violent-Extremists#download&from_embed
Yahoo News report: https://news.yahoo.com/us-intelligence-report-details-indirect-russian-government-support-for-western-neo-fascist-groups-233831082.html
Aaron’s take: https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1492005789690703887
Background on 2014 Ukraine coup: “A US-Backed, Far Right–Led Revolution in Ukraine Helped Bring Us to the Brink of War” https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
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Jacobin’s Branko Marcetic joins me to discuss the latest in the Ukraine crisis, Congressional progressives’ slow response, and much more.
Guest: Branko Marcetic. Jacobin staff writer and author of “Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden.”
https://twitter.com/bmarchetich https://jacobinmag.com/author/branko-marcetic
Discussed in this segment:
Branko’s article on the roots of the Ukraine crisis: https://jacobinmag.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
Aaron’s article on US media stenography over Ukraine-Russia: https://mate.substack.com/p/stoking-war-with-russia-us-media
Ivan Katchanovski’s research on the Maidan massacre: https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-hidden-origin-of-the-escalating-ukraine-russia-conflict
Time article disclosing Zelensky’s “welcome gift” to Biden: https://time.com/6144109/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-viktor-medvedchuk/
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10 - False flags and dirty wars, from Ukraine to Syria w/ Scott Horton
In the Syrian province of Idlib, the US has killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a raid that also left multiple civilians dead. Omitted from most media coverage is the key US role in sparking ISIS’s rise in Iraq and leveraging it to force regime change in Syria — just as it used Al Qaeda for the same purpose. Al Qaeda now controls Idlib, where al-Qurayshi had found refuge. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is accusing Russia of plotting a false flag in Ukraine, but refuses to provide any evidence.
We discuss al-Qurayshi’s killing and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine with Scott Horton, author of the excellent “Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism.” Scott’s book is a thorough history of the so-called “War on Terror” and debunking of the propaganda used to sustain it.
Guest: Scott Horton. Director of the Libertarian Institute; Editorial Director Antiwar.com; and host of the "Scott Horton Show." His latest book is "Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism."
https://news.antiwar.com/ https://scotthorton.org/
Discussed in this segment:
“The Jihad Next Door”, by Rania Abouzeid https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/al-qaeda-iraq-syria-108214/
“Bandar’s return”, by John Hannah https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/04/22/bandars-return/
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Ukrainian and US officials are openly squabbling over Washington’s warnings of a potential “imminent” Russian invasion. “There is a growing sentiment that the United States is exaggerating the threat for political reasons,” one Ukrainian aide told the Washington Post.
In this episode, Dan Boeckner and Arlen Thompson of Wolf Parade join me to discuss the US-Ukraine tensions and other developments that are interfering with Washington’s war fever.
Guests:
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators) https://twitter.com/DanBoeckner The Bottlemen podcast: https://www.patreon.com/DaBottlemen https://wolfparade.com/
Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade, Anunnaki) https://twitter.com/le_petit_trek https://anunnakibc.bandcamp.com/ https://wolfparade.com/
For some background reading, my new article:
“The Ukraine crisis, sponsored by US hegemony and war profiteers” https://mate.substack.com/p/the-ukraine-crisis-sponsored-by-us
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Friday Jan 28 at 7pm ET / 4pm PT: Gabor Maté, retired physician and author of the upcoming book “The Myth of Normal”, joins me and take your calls.
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Friday, January 21 at 6pm ET / 3 PM PT:
After ramping up tensions with Russia over Ukraine, is the Biden administration backing down? We discuss that plus Aaron’s new lengthy article questioning the FBI’s origin story for the Trump-Russia probe; the collapse of yet another Russiagate-tied fabrication, the Havana Syndrome scam; new developments in Syria; and Biden’s betrayal in continuing to back the Saudi war on Yemen.
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In his Callin debut, Jimmy Dore, comedian and host of the “Jimmy Dore Show”, joins “AM Live.”
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The other side of the Jan. 6th riots: suspicions of FBI informants, allegations of excessive detention, lingering questions about intelligence failures, and the Russiagate double-standard. With guests Darren Beattie and Julie Kelly.
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The Justice Department and Congress continue to investigate the Jan. 6 2021 riot at the US Capitol and what role Trump officials — right up to the president himself — played in fomenting the violence.
Trump’s efforts to dispute the 2020 election — which in my opinion were baseless and reckless — and their embrace by white supremacists have received ample media attention. What has gone overlooked is the US intelligence conduct that failed to thwart Jan 6., as well as revelations about FBI informants possibly even playing a direct role, in this and other incidents such as the kidnapping plot against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Also overlooked is the treatment of protesters who did not take part in violence but have who have faced what they call excessive punishment and detention.
Of personal interest to me is the Russiagate backdrop: if Democrats and allied intelligence officials hadn’t used the Justice Department and spy agencies to undermine Trump’s presidency with false allegations of a conspiracy with Russia, would Jan. 6 have occurred? How do conservatives feel about the widespread outrage over Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 vote, from the same liberal circles that challenged his 2016 election based on concocted claims that he conspired with Russia?
On the one-year anniversary the Capitol riot, we’ll discuss these under-covered aspects of Jan. 6 with conservative-leaning writers Darren Beattie of Revolver News and Julie Kelly of American Greatness.
Audience-members strongly encouraged to share their experiences/questions/pushback.
Guests:
Darren Beattie. Founder and editor of Revolver. https://twitter.com/DarrenJBeattie https://www.revolver.news/
Julie Kelly. Senior Writer for American Greatness. Author of “January 6: How Democrats Used the Capitol Protest to Launch a War on Terror Against the Political Right.” https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2
Links:
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/03/one-year-later-more-lingering-questions-about-january-6/
https://www.revolver.news/2021/12/damning-new-details-massive-web-unindicted-operators-january-6/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/politics/capitol-riot-fbi-informant.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-secret-commandos-shoot-kill-authority-were-capitol-1661330
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The ascent of streaming platforms that deplete record sales and underpay artists, as well as the cancellation of live shows prompted by COVID, have severely hurt musicians’ ability to earn a living. Nick Thorburn (Islands, Unicorns); Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators); Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade; Anunnaki); and Matt Lyall (Gold and Youth) join “AM Live” to discuss the state of indie music in the COVID era.
Plus, Dan and Arlen stick around to respond to the latest in the US-Russia showdown over Ukraine.
An all-British Columbia Boxing Day special.
Guests:
Nick Thorburn (Islands, Unicorns) https://twitter.com/nickfromislands https://www.islandsareforever.com/
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Operators) https://twitter.com/DanBoeckner https://wolfparade.com/
Matt Lyall (Gold and Youth) https://twitter.com/GoldandYouth https://www.goldandyouth.com/
Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade, Anunnaki) https://twitter.com/le_petit_trek https://anunnakibc.bandcamp.com/ https://wolfparade.com/
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We discuss the UK High Court’s ruling that Julian Assange can be extradited to the US, and what this means for Assange and a free press.
Kevin Gosztola (@kgosztola on Twitter), editor of Shadowproof.com and the Dissenter Newsletter (thedissenter.org), who has covered Assange’s case extensively, breaks down the latest and answer questions.
Plus, Ian update on a trip to Mexico City this week, where I was honored to receive an international journalism award from the Club de Periodistas de México, for Russiagate coverage in The Nation.
Background reading:
Kevin Gosztola on the Assange ruling:
https://thedissenter.org/assange-plans-appeal-high-court-decision-extradition/
Club de Periodistas de México award https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1469010854008004617
NYT’s new Syria exposé:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/us/civilian-deaths-war-isis.html?referringSource=articleShare
Aaron’s new OPCW scoop:
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/12/06/corrupting-science-part2/ 0:55
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In the second episode of AM Live, we discuss US intelligence claims that Russia is preparing for a potential invasion of Ukraine.
And we get an update on the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal, with a recap of this week’s conference of state parties and Aaron’s latest reporting for The Grayzone.
Plus, your comments/questions on any topic!
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In the premiere of AM Live, I’ll discuss why the media’s Russiagate reckoning should go far beyond Steele dossier stories to include Pulitzer winners as well.
I’ll also debunk the excuses that Russiagate dead-enders like David Corn, David Frum, Max Boot, and Jonathan Chait are making to salvage their Trump-Russia fantasies after Steele’s collapse.
Plus, your questions and comments. Debate strongly encouraged.
Background reading:
https://mate.substack.com/p/five-trump-russia-collusion-corrections
https://mate.substack.com/p/russiagate-has-no-rock-bottom
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