Abby Martin is joined by longtime anti-war organizer Brian Becker to cover everything you need to know about the war in Ukraine, what it means for the future and how we can fight for peace. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introducing Brian Becker 02:15 - US unipolar authority & capitalist takeover of Russia 12:30 - NATO expansion and wars since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia's red line & failed negotiations 21:52 - Russia intervention in Syria to defend Assad from US war 28:00 - Explanation of 2014 co...
Feb 27, 2022•2 hr 55 min
After Abby's major legal victory getting Georgia's anti-BDS law ruled unenforceable, Israel has hit back by getting the State Legislature to keep this brazenly unconstitutional law officially on the books. Watch the last update on the case with Abby's attorney: https://youtu.be/DTCQc6aRIiY Watch the original press conference filing the lawsuit: https://youtu.be/KEMGvl0TfH0 Get EXCLUSIVE Empire Files content, and keep us independent and ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles FOLLOW // ht...
Feb 23, 2022•5 min
Empire Files is joined by geneticist & bioethicist Fatima Tokhmafshan and physician Dr. Shuvo Ghosh to answer the most popular questions about Covid, the vaccine and public health mandates. Support our work at Patreon.com/EmpireFiles
Feb 14, 2022•3 hr 53 min
Western media spent months giving one-sided coverage of the civil war in Ethiopia. To learn more about the complexities of the conflict and why the corporate media has taken the side of the Tigray insurgency, Empire Files is joined by two journalists from BreakThrough News who travelled to the conflict zone, Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW...
Jan 28, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, Native Hawaiians surprised the gates of the US Navy Command with a civil disobedience action over the #RedHill fuel leak. Empire Files producer Mike Prysner was on the ground. Support the efforts to #ShutDownRedHill! Learn how to join the campaign, donate and get the latest updates on the story :: https://twitter.com/oahuwp // https://twitter.com/kaohewai // https://twitter.com/sierraclubhi // https://twitter.com/hawaiipandj // https://instagram.com/oahuwate...
Jan 15, 2022•12 min
The US Navy's Red Hill disaster has left thousands of homes uninhabitable; but only military families are receiving help. Countless forgotten civilians are living with dangerous water, with no acknowledgment from the military or their landlords. Empire Files producer Mike Prysner sat down with Native Hawaiian Aedyn-Rhys King and his family to discuss. For more on the Red Hill disaster listen to the Empire Files podcast on any streaming platform. Learn more about our work covering military pollut...
Dec 30, 2021•9 min
The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in O'ahu, Hawaii. Nobody knows how long residents have been drinking toxic water, how big the chemical leak is, or how many it will impact. But instead of urgent action to save lives, the Navy is engaging in a cover up. For more details on this case listen to our hour-long podcast on this #RedHill disaster here or any streaming platform: https://soundcloud.com/empire-files/redhill Support our work covering US military pollution at https://earthsg...
Dec 16, 2021•11 min
Continuing our coverage of the Red Hill disaster we are joined by Wayne Tanaka, head of Hawaii Sierra Club and leading legal actions against the Navy facility, to give the urgent updates about this unfolding catastrophe. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles
Dec 08, 2021•35 min
The US Navy has poisoned the largest water supply in O'ahu, Hawaii. Nobody knows how long residents have been drinking toxic water, how big the chemical leak is, or how many it will impact. But instead of urgent action to save lives, the Navy is engaging in a cover up. Abby Martin and Mike Prysner are joined by Lori Freshwater, journalist and survivor of the Camp Lejeune Navy disaster, to discuss this urgent story. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreo...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Professor Deepa Kumar joins Abby Martin to discuss the failed ideologues that have driven the last 20 years of war. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc [Empire Files is a 501(c)(3) - Donations are tax-deductible!] FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles // www.instagram.com/empirefiles/ LIKE // www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // https://empirefiles.store
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Preview of Abby's report-back from the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow. For the full 75-minute episode join our community at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles MERCH // www.empirefiles.store
Nov 26, 2021•12 min
Amidst Biden's new regime change operation in Cuba, Abby Martin brings you an exclusive interview with the Cuban double agent who infiltrated the CIA and revealed the US plots we are seeing play out today. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc [Empire Files is a 501(c)(3) - Donations are tax-deductible!] FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles // https://www.instagra...
Nov 15, 2021•16 min
Former Congressman Dennis Kucinich talks to Abby Martin about his fight as Cleveland mayor against the corporation trying to privatize the city's energy grid where he closely evaded an assassination attempt, his historic tenure in Congress where he stood up against the Bush administration's war path, and the fight for accountability within the corporate captured Democratic Party. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.p...
Oct 27, 2021•42 min
Abby Martin talks to Alan MacLeod of MintPress News about how the Pentagon has written and edited scripts for hundreds of movies and TV shows over the last 20 years. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles // www.instagram.com/empirefiles/ LIKE // www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // https://empirefiles.store/
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 19 min
As the US Empire tries to leave its 9/11 warpath on Afghanistan & Iraq in the past, Abby Martin reviews the core lessons. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles // https://www.instagram.com/empirefiles/ LIKE // https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // https://empirefiles.store
Oct 01, 2021•14 min
Abby and Mike are joined by Jordan Chariton and Jenn Dize of Status Coup about their bombshell story exposing new criminal evidence in the Flint water poisoning. Listen to the full episode by becoming a patron for as little as $5 per month: https://www.patreon.com/posts/flints-killer-up-54457668
Aug 03, 2021•46 min
Cuba faces a new surge of attacks that can only be understood through the history of US regime change operations and the forces behind the "SOS Cuba" protests. Abby Martin is joined by Gloria La Riva to discuss. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles // twitter.com/glorialariva LIKE // www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // https://empirefiles.store/...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 24 min
After the major Ben & Jerry's divestment victory Abby Martin interviews leaders of Arab Resource & Organizing Center, who organized the successful Block The Boat action which prevented an Israeli ship from docking in the Port of Oakland. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefilesinc FOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFiles // twitter.com/AROCbayarea LIKE // www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // h...
Jul 24, 2021•1 hr 3 min
As the US Empire makes its major military retreat from Afghanistan, learn about the CIA forces that will be staying behind—and their disturbing 20-year track record of war crimes. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/empir... [Empire Files is a REGISTERED 501(c)(3) - Donations are tax-deductible!] FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles // https://www.instagram.com/empirefiles/ LI...
Jul 15, 2021•17 min
Abby Martin introduces the first installment of a new Empire Files series about the CIA explaining why the agency was created, and how it became the most nefarious criminal organization in the world, with CIA expert Douglas Valentine. Support our ad-free work and get EXCLUSIVE content by supporting us at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles or donate at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/empirefiles FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles LIKE // https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles MERCH // ht...
Jun 22, 2021•24 min
Netanyahu could be out. A more extreme right-winger is set to take his place. But the new ruling coalition is being heralded as a "progressive step" and "an opportunity for change." Learn the shocking details about what is happening, the different potential outcomes, and the huge danger for the Palestinian cause with prominent Israeli dissident Miko Peled.
Jun 11, 2021•58 min
We are joined from Jerusalem by Miko Peled, renowned Israeli author & activist for Palestinian human rights, who visiting Sheikh Jarrah and other hotspots. He explains the mood among Israelis in the aftermath of the Gaza war and Palestinian uprising, the ongoing crimes against Palestinian across the country, and explains the major shift in coverage attributing criticism of Israel to a rise in anti-semitism. Find all of Miko's work at https://mikopeled.com/ Support our work & get exclusive podcas...
May 26, 2021•1 hr 12 min
The past two weeks have revealed a tectonic shift in public opinion towards the Israeli colonial regime––one there is no turning back from. Abby Martin and Mike Prysner are joined by Brian Becker, longtime organizer for Palestine and host of The Socialist Program podcast. https://patreon.com/empirefiles https://patreon.com/thesocialistprogram Watch our movie for free here: https://gazafightsforfreedom.com
May 23, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Abby Martin gives 5 points that evaporate Israel's assertion that the civilians it kills in Gaza were "human shields." Get EXCLUSIVE Empire Files content by supporting our work at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles LIKE // https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles/ MERCH // https://empirefiles.store
May 20, 2021•12 min
Abby Martin explains what's behind the cringe ‘Humans of CIA’ recruitment ad promoting themselves as a place of ‘intersectional’ social progress. Get EXCLUSIVE Empire Files content, and keep us independent & ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles LIKE // https://www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles/ MERCH // https://empirefiles.store FILM // https://gazafightsforfreedom.com
May 14, 2021•8 min
FULL EPISODE at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles With over 100 dead or missing in the US-backed government crackdown, we interview Pablo Simanca, a leading student organizer from Cali, the epicenter of the protest movement facing the worst repression. Learn what these historic protests are about, the details of the fascistic military crackdown, and the role the US Empire plays in facilitating it. PLUS: Abby and Mike share their frightening first-hand experiences reporting from Colombia in 201...
May 09, 2021•18 min
FULL EPISODE: https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles Over the past couple days, millions have seen viral videos from East Jerusalem of Israeli settlers stealing Palestinian homes, and marching in huge mobs to commit pogroms throughout the city. With this struggle a potential flashpoint for a much bigger showdown--and a microcosm of the larger colonial project--we are joined by Nora Barrows-Friedman, journalist and associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, host of The Brief Podcast, and author of...
May 03, 2021•14 min
Abby Martin's Empire Update wraps up the last weeks in US imperialism: Possible military expansion in Kenya, Army re-focus on fighting over the North Pole, Biden's obscene military budget, Yemen hunger strike, major Cuba policy announcement, and a historic pro-Palestine bill in Congress. Get EXCLUSIVE Empire Files content, and keep us independent & ad-free, at https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles FOLLOW // https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles // https://twitter.com/AbbyMartin LIKE // https://www.f...
Apr 25, 2021•10 min
Abby Martin explores what's missing from coverage of Biden's announcement of the Afghanistan withdrawal. [More Afghanistan content below] Keep Empire Files Independent and Ad-Free + Get Exclusive Bonus Content: https://www.patreon.com/empirefiles WATCH our 2 new Afghanistan documentaries: 1. Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy: https://youtu.be/C3LFbOSPfrE 2. US Marine Eyewitness - Afghanistan's Killing Fields: https://youtu.be/-thYBWf_AIM LISTEN to the Empire Files Podcast on Afg...
Apr 20, 2021•13 min
In an exclusive new podcast for patrons, Abby Martin and Mike Prysner go beyond the headlines and give the facts about the major Afghanistan withdrawal that Biden announced this week, covering what it really means for the US empire in the country and the region, the Taliban's political future, as well as the true cost and legacy of America's longest war. After 20 years of occupation and 40 years of covert war, why is the US really letting go of the country's vast resource wealth? Donor submitted...
Apr 17, 2021•24 min
