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Show notes for episodes of the Moderate Rebels podcast, hosted by journalists Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton.

Venezuela 2021 elections

23 November 2021

Venezuela’s socialists win elections in landslide – so US tries to discredit them


Nicaragua new US war

16 November 2021

New US war on Nicaragua’s Sandinistas: OAS rejects elections, Biden imposes sanctions


6 November 2021

Julian Assange’s fiancée Stella Moris on dangers of US extradition case


social media nicaragua election meddling

5 November 2021

US govt-backed social media companies meddle in Nicaragua’s elections


Puerto Rico austerity

30 October 2021

How US-imposed austerity and privatization schemes are crushing Puerto Rico


Super Imperialism Michael Hudson

19 October 2021

Super Imperialism: The economic strategy of American empire with economist Michael Hudson


Pandora Papers US spy agency

8 October 2021

Are US spies behind the Pandora Papers? Why are no American politicians included?


Facebook whistleblower

7 October 2021

Shady Facebook ‘whistleblower’ wants more censorship and crackdown on US adversaries


Havana Syndrome

1 October 2021

Debunking ‘Havana Syndrome’ propaganda: CIA mass hysteria plus crickets


Assange CIA

1 October 2021

CIA plotted to kidnap and kill WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange


911 20th anniversary war terror

11 September 2021

20 years after 9/11, millions of victims of ‘War on Terror’: Reflection with Prof. Asad Abukhalil


Brazil coup Bolsonaro

10 September 2021

Is Bolsonaro’s Brazil planning a far-right military coup?


ethiopia eritrea

28 August 2021

How US meddling in Ethiopia & Eritrea is destabilizing strategic Horn of Africa


Cuba US meddling

6 August 2021

US-funded cultural counter-revolution in Cuba: How CIA cutouts use musicians to stir unrest


US eviction crisis Democrat sellouts

6 August 2021

US eviction catastrophe and cynical Democrat photo ops


Cuba protests US regime change

13 July 2021

US govt, celebrities, bots fuel astroturfed Cuba protests to push regime change


Haiti Moise assassination

12 July 2021

Inside Haiti crisis: Who killed president, and what is role of Colombian mercenaries?


Sulome Anderson lawsuit Hezbollah

2 July 2021

Judge throws out millionaire Sulome Anderson’s frivolous lawsuit aimed at bankrupting us


AMLO Mexico US meddling Moderate Rebels

15 June 2021

Mexico’s anti-neoliberal movement grows despite US meddling and media smears


syria_israel_opcw moderate rebels

8 June 2021

Inside Syria, OPCW cover-up, and Israeli aggression, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi


syria_marandi_aaron moderate rebels

5 June 2021

Report back from Syria after 10 years of Western dirty war, with Aaron Maté and Mohammad Marandi


roger waters gabor mate israel gaza

22 May 2021

Roger Waters and Gabor Maté on Israel-Palestine, Gaza war, music, and more


gaza under attack moderate rebels

15 May 2021

Gaza under attack: Behind apartheid Israel’s latest war with Ali Abunimah and Rania Khalek


woke CIA Biden intersectional imperialism

14 May 2021

Biden admin’s intersectional imperialism, ‘woke’ CIA, wars on Syria and China


fake left cia cultural cold war

12 May 2021

How the CIA cultivates a fake left: From the cultural cold war to intersectional imperialism


economics new cold war

5 May 2021

Economist Michael Hudson on new cold war, Super Imperialism, Biden, China & Russia, dedollarization


Ukraine Texas Russell Bentley fascists

28 April 2021

From Texas to Donbas: Meet the American fighting Ukrainian fascists


Ecuador fake left banker

18 April 2021

How Ecuador’s US-backed fake ‘eco-left’ helped a right-wing banker win the election


US meddling Myanmar protests

13 April 2021

Does US meddling in Myanmar risk Syria/Libya-style war?


US military bases China

22 March 2021

Inside China, Xinjiang, and the US empire’s war drive – with Daniel Dumbrill


China propaganda new cold war

19 March 2021

Debunking anti-China myths of the new cold war – with Daniel Dumbrill


Silicon Valley US government Google

14 March 2021

How US spies & soldiers gave birth to Big Tech companies, and growing censorship – with Yasha Levine


Russia Navalny oligarchs

13 March 2021

Inside Russian politics and the rich oligarchs behind Alexei Navalny – with Yasha Levine


Israel USSR cold war

11 March 2021

Racism in Israel, anti-Soviet propaganda, and weaponization of immigrants – with Yasha Levine


debunking propaganda latin america

4 March 2021

Debunking US media propaganda against leftists in Latin America, from Venezuela to Nicaragua


colombia massacres left

2 March 2021

How Colombia’s US-backed narco-regime massacred thousands of innocent people and blamed socialists


Venezuela life sanctions

27 February 2021

Life in Venezuela under US sanctions, resisting the imperial gangsters in Washington


Ecuador US meddling election

11 February 2021

US meddling in Ecuador’s historic election and coup-supporting fake NGO ‘left’ – Dispatch from Quito


war on terror comes home

29 January 2021

US capital under military occupation as war hawks in Biden admin take power


conspiracy facts and micimatt

14 January 2021

Conspiracy facts and the MICIMATT that truly governs the USA – with CIA whistleblower Ray McGovern


ModRebs Danny Shaw Venezuela

31 December 2020

Revolutionary anti-imperialist struggle from the Bronx to Venezuela, Dominican Republic to Haiti


history us imperialism latin america

12 December 2020

History of US imperialism in Latin America: From settler colonialism to Pink Tide


Western authoritarianism Moderate Rebels

30 November 2020

Western creeping authoritarianism: Censorship intensifies, as France’s Macron expands security state


Obama Biden war neoliberal

26 November 2020

How Obama shattered any hope for change – and Biden will continue his warmongering neoliberal legacy


Biden war hawks transition foreign policy

13 November 2020

Anti-war US Army veteran warns of hawks in Biden transition team


puerto rico independence still

30 October 2020

Puerto Ricans struggle for independence from US colonialism


bolivia victory coup

29 October 2020

Inside Bolivia’s historic defeat of a coup regime


Russia Biden new cold war

28 September 2020

New cold war on Russia continues with Biden or Trump, RIP Stephen Cohen, and absurd ‘red-brown’ myth


MR Russia Navalny Belarus Bryan MacDonald

23 September 2020

Did Russia really poison opposition politician Navalny? And NATO wants a color revolution in Belarus


Julian Assange show trial still

13 September 2020

Behind the dystopian show trial of Julian Assange, an assault on journalism – with Kevin Gosztola


anti imperialist us sports nba strike

2 September 2020

American sports through an anti-imperialist lens: How a one-day NBA strike shook the US


Moderate Rebels censorship new cold war China

25 August 2020

Operation Mockingbird 2.0: US gov’t cutouts smear and censor critics of new Cold War


Moderate Rebels DNC Russiagate

20 August 2020

DNC embraces neocons, and Russiagate conspiracy just won’t die – with Aaron Maté


counterinsurgency black liberation movement

21 July 2020

Counterinsurgency against Black liberation movement and weaponization of anti-semitism allegations


oligarch plot AMLO Mexico

10 July 2020

Behind the corporate oligarch crusade against Mexico’s President AMLO – with John Ackerman


us israel police militarization moderate rebels

5 July 2020

US-Israeli police militarization and the disinformation campaign against Nicaragua


School of the Americas Derek Chauvin George Floyd

29 June 2020

Linking US imperialism and police violence: Killer cop got start at dictator-training military base


bolsonaro coronavirus rally 1920

27 May 2020

As fascist militias spread, Bolsonaro’s far-right Brazil becomes new coronavirus epicenter


soviet battle of berlin flag color

14 May 2020

Correcting WWII history: How the USA erased the USSR victory over Nazi Germany – with Peter Kuznick


Israel Alex Odeh murder Kahanism

5 May 2020

Israel protects fascists suspected in bombing terror attack on Palestinian American


netanyahu israel fascism

28 April 2020

Netanyahu’s coronavirus coalition consolidates apartheid: Inside Israel’s extremism with David Sheen


mnuchin trump coronavirus bailout giveaway wall street

21 April 2020

Transcript – US coronavirus ‘bailout’ scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St – Economist Michael Hudson explains


bernie brooklyn media left

14 April 2020

Bernie Sanders and the black hole of the Brooklyn media left


bernie sanders campaign failure

12 April 2020

Bernie Sanders goes out with a whimper – An obituary on an aborted ‘revolution’


China Xi coronavirus

27 March 2020

The coronavirus pandemic and US hybrid war on China – with Pepe Escobar


Joe Biden war hawk

4 March 2020

Joe Biden, same old wars, same old interventionism: Ex-State Dept adviser warns of VP’s hawkishness


Iraq US protest Iran attacks

20 January 2020

What the US attacks on Iran and military occupation of Iraq mean for the Axis of Resistance


Max Blumenthal arrest Venezuela embassy

13 January 2020

Max Blumenthal on his false arrest, US gov’t persecution, and the takeover of Venezuela’s embassy


Corbyn Palestine anti-imperialist

26 December 2019

Jeremy Corbyn’s greatest ‘sin’ was anti-imperialism: UK Labour centrists seek new pro-war leader


Jeremy Corbyn Labour UK election Brexit

17 December 2019

Behind the historic defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party: The UK election and Brexit backlash


bolivia coup coffins protest

25 November 2019

Inside Bolivia’s murderous post-coup regime – with Wyatt Reed


chile protest pinera

8 November 2019

‘The Pinochet dictatorship never ended’: Inside Chile’s mass uprising against neoliberalism


Moderate Rebels Syria Max Blumenthal Anya Parampil

9 October 2019

The next phase of the war on Syria: A glimpse inside Damascus with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil


Moderate Rebels Syria Anya Parampil

4 October 2019

Inside the hell of jihadist-held Syria: A report from Damascus with Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil


Moderate Rebels Hong Kong protests

23 August 2019

Hong Kong’s real colonial history, and the protests’ anti-China right-wing nativism – with Carl Zha


Moderate Rebels Honduras migrant caravan

22 July 2019

How Obama/Clinton’s right-wing coup in Honduras unleashed the migrant crisis


Moderate Rebels US neo colonialism Honduras

15 July 2019

US neo-colonialism in Honduras and the struggle for independence and democracy


30 May 2019

India’s far-right landslide and the global rise of ultranationalist hate politics


Mike Gravel Moderate Rebels

8 May 2019

The anti-war Gravelanche: Presidential candidate Mike Gravel campaigns against militarism and empire


Moderate Rebels live The Management of Savagery

26 April 2019

The Management of Savagery: Max Blumenthal’s book on how US wars fueled Al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Trump


ecuador's betrayal of assange

17 April 2019

What’s behind Ecuador’s betrayal of Assange? Ex-Foreign Minister Guillaume Long explains


russiagate hacked brains

29 March 2019

How Russiagate hacked the brains of America’s elite w/ Aaron Mate


chavez maduro bolivar mural

6 March 2019

History of Chavismo in Venezuela, and right-wing terror ignored by media – with Diego Sequera


Moderate Rebels episode 36 (part 1 of 2): Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton report live from Caracas, Venezuela with journalist Diego Sequera of Misión Verdad. We discuss the US-led coup attempt, the Trump administration's

22 February 2019

What’s really happening in Venezuela? Reporting on coup attempt from inside Caracas – with Diego Sequera


Moderate Rebels Venezuela Aline Piva

1 February 2019

The real Venezuela: From Caracas, Prof. Aline Piva explains US coup attempt


Guaido Venezuela coup

25 January 2019

Explaining the US-led right-wing coup in Venezuela – Ben Norton on Status Coup


Venezuela Trump regime change

24 January 2019

Economic strangulation of Venezuela: Human toll of US sanctions and regime change – with Steve Ellner


Moderate Rebels Venezuela opposition Steve Ellner

15 January 2019

Revolt of the haves: Venezuela’s US-backed opposition and economic sabotage – with Steve Ellner


Integrity Initiative Moderate Rebels

26 December 2018

Inside the Integrity Initiative, the UK govt’s information war on the public


Moderate Rebels AMLO Mexico

4 December 2018

AMLO vs neoliberalism: The resurgence of Mexico’s left – with John Ackerman


Moderate Rebels Saudi Arabia Trump

16 October 2018

Saudi Arabia’s murderous rampage: Dissident Ali al-Ahmed on killings of journalists and Yemenis


Moderate Rebels Haiti Kim Ives

18 September 2018

Washington’s war on Haiti and the neocolonial charity-industrial complex – with Kim Ives


VICE A World in Disarray

12 February 2018

VICE’s American regime propaganda: How ‘A World in Disarray’ glorifies US imperialism


Vice Media hipster imperialism

29 January 2018

How Vice Media normalizes US empire under hipster guise


Moderate Rebels Iran protests MEK

7 January 2018

Understanding Iran’s protests, and the dangers of foreign meddling – with Mazda Majidi


14 December 2017

Jerusalem: capital of apartheid, and the Israelgate scandal – with Ali Abunimah


modi rss

28 November 2017

India’s specter of fascism: Modi, Hindutva, and anti-Muslim violence – with Shehla Rashid


israel flag jerusalem

17 November 2017

Zionism and anti-Semitism: Joseph Massad on the sordid historical alliance


25 October 2017

Puppy memes & Pokemon: How Russiagate went off the rails – with Aaron Maté


South Korean anti-war protesters

13 October 2017

South Koreans resist US military presence and war with DPRK


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