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It is easy to distance yourself from people you don’t understand and dehumanize them as “the other.” Self-examination requires us to step into the deepest abyss of human history. The worst thing we think we can find there is a mirror, and that is a scary prospect. But this self-examination can lead you to a wonderful place and make you a much kinder person. When concentrating on the mass murder-suicide at Jonestown, the biggest question is, “How did Jim Jones get more than 900 people to...

Scott Desnoyers, interviewed by (the non-pedophile, non-billionaire, non-dead) Jeff Epstein for Historic.ly. Recorded August 7, 2019. You can find Historic.ly on the web, Twitter, and Facebook. You can find Jeff at Citizens’ Media TV on Twitter, Facebook, and on the web. Music by Wreck Tech, who can be found on SoundCloud and Spotify. Copy edited by Ben Szioli On May 9, 2019, Scott Desnoyers saw a Facebook post from his son. It had a picture of a body of water from the inside of a truck,...

In the US media, the history of Israel and Palestine begins in 1947 which of course paints a slanted picture about Palestine, the people and their struggles. Today, Dr. James Zogby comes to us to talk about the history of zionism, Palestine, colonization and religion and how it intersects with the current geopolitical conflict.

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Contrary to popular belief, Katrina did not destroy New Orleans. Rather, it was the oil companies. Today, investigative journalist and author Greg Palast joins us to talk about Hurricane Katrina, Oil Companies and the British Petroleum Disaster. This is a tale of intrigue, fraud and the federal government’s conscience choice that allowed so much suffering.

Today’s episode will be about Juan Perón and his complicated legacy.

Today, Todd Miller joins us to talk about his new book, “Empire of Borders.” What is going on at the US-Mexico border, is just the tip of the iceberg. The US Security state is worldwide and it is waging a war in on the Poor.

Jenn Budd was a border patrol agent between 1994 and 2001. She spills the beans on the daily operations of the border patrol agents. While, these revelations are shocking, things have gotten worse in the last 18 years since she left! When Jenn apprehended a family, her first words to her mother were, “ I feel like a Nazi.” In this episode, we learn about the crimes, atrocities and much more that fills the border patrol agencies. We also learn about the infiltration of white nationalists.

Last year, we covered the evil judicial coup engineered by the think tanks at Washington and Wallstreet against Lula Da Silva, thereby ensuring a Bolosnaro victory. However, new allegations have come out about the Judge Sergio Moro in these leaked documents. He was more than an impartial judge. He was actively collaborating with the prosecution to take down one of the most populist leaders in the country. Today, Brain Mier from Brasilwire, joins us to talk about this and his new book “Year...

As Kennedy aide and historian Arthur Schlesinger declared,"we were at war with the national security people." JFK was planning to withdraw combat troops from Vietnam, he proposed a joint space shot with the Soviets, he stopped nuclear testing above ground and was moving to ban all nuclear testing, he was trying to control the CIA, he was exploring diplomacy with Cuba, he pushed through the Alliance for Progress, he was influencing conditions on World Bank loans, he was vigorously prosecuting...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may seem like she came from nowhere, but the movement that propelled her to office – and to global political stardom – has been building for 30 years. We’ve Got People is the story of that movement, which first exploded into public view with the largely forgotten presidential run of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a campaign that came dangerously close to winning. With the party and the nation at a crossroads, this timely and original book offers new insight into how...

Iran’s sins seems to be overthrowing US puppet dictator, the Shah of Iran. US has never forgiven Iran for that. For much of the past 40 years, the Iranian crisis has been manufactured with a compliant media. Gareth Porter is an American historian, investigative journalist, author and policy analyst specializing in U.S. national security policy. He has studied Iran for nearly 30 years. His book Manufactured Crisis, talks about how neocons within various administrations have waged successful...

Mal Hyman wrote the book "Burying the Lead: The Media and the JFK Assassination", whic explores how the power elite worked with the media--from the murder until today. Today, he joins our show to talk about the JFK assasination.

Benjamin Studebaker, South Bend resident, who belongs to the famous Studebaker car manufacturing family tells us the story of what happened to the manufacturing industry in America and the broken promises. For decades, economists have been arguing that eventually, technology would boomerang around and replace the manufacturing jobs. That is not what happened. The manufacturing companies employed people in the order of 10k. The new tech companies employ only a fraction. This also brings...

Marxist professor and candidate for president joins us to talk about the history of Croatia after the war and the predatory capitalism and shock doctrine that they were exposed to! She also gives us a new framework to move forward in Croatia for the future.

Today, Harvard Professor Moshik Temkin joins us to talk about how pundits recently have misinterpreted history and also talk about Huey Long and his legacy.

Most of the other episodes, we got people to talk about history. Today, we have a man who made history. Senator Mike Gravel who was Senator from Alaska from 1969-1981 joins us to talk about Daniel Elsberg, the Pentagon Papers and his role in making sure that the public got to read the real reasons for why they were in Vietnam. He also talks about the intelligence agencies and lack of civilian oversight. He also expresses his concern for the US foreign policy.

While most of us think that class warfare is a figurative expression, but in Colombia organizing a union can be fatal. Labor-rights attorney Dan Kovalik joins us to talk about his famous case he filed under the Alien Torts Act. Coca Cola assassinated a union leader for daring to ask for better conditions. Later, Dan Kovalik talks about the new Banana Wars waged by Chiquita against unions in Colombia. We finally drill into the history of Corporate America’s war in Colombia and their most...

Today, Andreas Rocksén, famed Swedish Journalist and Filmmaker joins us to talk about his new film: Cold Case Hammarskjöld. In the film, Mr. Rocksén helps uncover the mystery of how the very first UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld died. He takes us through a web of conspiracy that implicates mineral companies, South African Paramilitaries, M16, CIA and even Margaret Thatcher.

It is not a right wing conspiracy. In the collection of reconstruction photography, there is a picture of Rose, Edward, and Rebecca. They had been recently freed slave children who looked remarkably white. They were toured around as a fundraising effort for the Freedman Bureau's new schools. Today, Mary Mitchell from the University of New Orleans, to discuss this, and how the early schools for slave children fared and the challenges of education during the reconstruction era.