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The Majority Hordes Only Disperse When a Body Is Found

Jason Arday and the Banality of White Supremacy.

Why Does China Keep Rescuing the Empire That Wants It Dead?

China now faces an encirclement crisis of the kind that took down the Soviets.

Why Power Hates Palestine

Why the system of death and destruction fears Palestine advocacy - A Long Read.

Singapore Was Once Oppressed. Now It Bans People for Siding With the Oppressed

There are many forms of political cowardice in this world but few are as foul as the formerly oppressed pulling up the ladder behind them and joining the people who once held the whip.

How Anti-Imperialists Copy Empire's Anti-Arab Hatred

"Arab" - The Word Reserved Only for Failure.

Why Do Western Men Keep Glorifying Rapists and Pedophiles?

The manosphere is gangster rap for white boys.

In Praise of Triumphalism

Hallelujah for the Hallelujah Chorus

Iran, China, Fascism, and Boycotting FIFA | Ajamu Baraka & Dimitri Lascaris (97 mins)

In this confronting long-form (97 mins) conversation, Ajamu Baraka and Dimitri Lascaris join me to interrogate the questions the anti-imperialists keep refusing to ask.

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They Built a Machine That Knows Everything You've Ever Done.

Those Who Hate You Own the Machine. There Is Nowhere Left to Hide.

The Triumphalism Trap: How Anti-Imperialist Media Manufactures Its Own Consent

How the independent anti-imperialist media sphere reproduces the propaganda structures it was built to oppose.

Independent Media's Triumphalism on China, Russia, and Iran

Rant of Brothers: Dimitri and I discuss the blasphemy of critically discussing the foreign policy of the Holy Trinity.

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The Scariest Thing I've Ever Witnessed: They Know What You Will Do Before You Do It

A.I. Pre-Crime Is Rewriting Human Freedom. I witnessed it. And it is the scariest thing I have ever seen.

The Devil's Bargain: Iran Must Stop Negotiating Its Own Defeat | Dimitri Lascaris & Ali Alizadeh

Ali Alizadeh and Dimitri Lascaris join BettBeat Media to talk about the serious problem Iran has right now.

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Iran's Quiet Surrender? The Trap of Normalization With the West

Investigative journalists Vanessa Beeley, Fiorella Isabel and Elina Xenophontos join us for a conversation that the multipolarity discourse rarely has out loud.

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Iran is Still Inflicting Pain | Mahmood OD

Mahmood OD urges us to avoid underestimating the strategic thinking of Iran.

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Capitalism is Corrupting Independent Media | A Dialogue with Dimitri Lascaris

Rant of Brothers with Dimitri Lascaris

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Lee Camp: Silenced, Smeared, Still Fighting

Lee Camp talks to BettBeat Media about resisting our capitalist hellscape.

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Iran Just Made a Catastrophic Mistake — A Dialogue With Dimitri Lascaris

Rant of Brothers about Iran's terrifying move to negotiate with evil.

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Are You Serious? You STILL Buy the "Trump vs. Bibi" Soap Opera?

Words mean nothing in politics. Only material outcomes. There is no rift as long as American bombs keep falling on Arab children.

No, It's Not "The Jews"

Systems of power built the Dutch, the British, and now the American empire. White supremacy and Zionism are the ideologies forged to sanctify their conquest. Not "the Whites." Not "the Jews."

Why The "War Was Good For US Oil" Theory Is False — Elina Xenophontos

The US Cannot Replace West Asian Oil

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