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Pushback with Aaron MateFacing Syria cover-up outcry, OPCW chief lies and US, UK, France evadeSupport Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
Facing new outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal, OPCW chief Fernando Arias has been caught lying, while the US-UK-France are desperately trying to change the subject. Aaron Maté recaps recent meetings at the European Parliament and United Nations where the growing Douma controversy was center stage.
The US-UK-France bombed Syria in April 2018 after accusing it of a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma. Leaks later revealed that OPCW inspectors found no evidence of a Syrian government chemical weapons attack. But their findings were suppressed, their original report was censored, a...2021-04-241h 07Pushback with Aaron MateIn UN return, veteran diplomats Hans von Sponeck and Lawrence Wilkerson confront OPCW Syria cover-upSupport Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
In remarks to the United Nations Security Council, two veteran, retired diplomats -- Hans von Sponeck of Germany and Lawrence Wilkerson of the US -- confront the OPCW and powerful state backers about the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal.
Hans Von Sponeck is the former UN Assistant Secretary-General and UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq. He spent 32 years as a UN official, from 1958 to 2000, when he resigned in protest of the US-led sanctions on Iraq.
“The manner in which this serious controversy has been handled by OPCW management… has sought to cover up any...2021-04-1932 minPushback with Aaron Mate5 former OPCW officials join prominent voices to call out Syria cover-upSupport Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
Five former officials from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have joined a group of prominent signatories to urge the OPCW to address the controversy surrounding its investigation of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria in April 2018.
Leaks from inside the OPCW show that key scientific findings that cast doubt on claims of Syrian government guilt were censored, and that the original investigators were removed from the probe. Since the cover-up became public, the OPCW has shunned accountability and publicly attacked the two whistleblowers who challenged it...2021-03-1424 minPushback with Aaron MateHidden Russiagate docs expose more misconduct, evidentiary holes: ex-investigatorSupport Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
As a senior House Intel investigator and Trump administration official, Kash Patel helped unearth critical misconduct by the intelligence officials who carried out the Trump-Russia probe.
In his first extended interview since leaving government, Patel tells Aaron Maté that still-classified documents expose more malpractice, as well as major evidentiary holes in the pivotal -- and largely unquestioned -- claims of a sweeping Russian interference campaign to elect Trump in 2016. According to Patel, the release of these critical documents was "continuously impeded."
"I think there were people at the heads of certain i...2021-02-2340 minPushback with Aaron MateStephen F. Cohen On Russia's Democratization And How US Meddling Undermines ItPushback rounds out 2020 by airing an unpublished interview with Stephen F. Cohen, the eminent Russia historian and scholar who passed away in September at the age of 81.
In an interview recorded one year before his death, Stephen F. Cohen discusses local elections and protests in Russia; opposition leader Alexei Navalny; as well as the state of Russia’s post-Soviet democratization and how US meddling undermines it.
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Guest: Stephen F. Cohen. Professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, contributing editor at The Nation, and author of books in...2020-12-3021 minPushback with Aaron MateLawrence Wilkerson on Biden's pro-war cabinetCol. Lawrence Wilkerson assesses Biden's "national security" picks, including Gen. Lloyd Austin for Secretary of Defense and Anthony Blinken for Secretary of State. "I don't see a different kind of administration being formed," Wilkerson says. "And it disturbs me because it just means more of the same -- a little more calmness, a little more serenity, which lulls everyone into thinking that things are better, when in fact they're not."
Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell. Currently a distinguished professor at the College of William and Mary.
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Pushback with Aaron MateAfter Trump leaves, US and Israeli aggression against Iran remainsIsrael's assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist is the latest act of aggression in the Trump-Netanyahu campaign to undermine the Iran nuclear deal. Although President-elect Joe Biden has voiced support for returning to the JCPOA, longstanding US-Israel hostility to Iranian sovereignty will continue under his watch.
Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter debunks the myths about Iran's nuclear program and discusses the next phase of the US and Israeli campaign against Iran under Biden.
Guest: Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector, former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and author of Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Deal.
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Pushback with Aaron MateKey Mueller witness exposes key Russiagate liesFormer Trump 2016 campaign deputy chair Rick Gates was once widely portrayed as the key Mueller witness who would expose Trump-Russia collusion. Gates' testimony ended up seriously undermining the collusion conspiracy theory, but that has done little to undo the media narrative.
Gates joins Pushback to debunk several key Russiagate conspiracy theories: that Konstantin Kilimnik is a Russian spy; that Paul Manafort served Russian interests in Ukraine; and that Roger Stone gave the Trump campaign advance notice on Wikileaks' release of stolen Democratic Party emails.
Guest: Rick Gates. Former Trump 2016 deputy campaign chairman, cooperating witness in the Mueller investigation, and author...2020-11-1750 min
Pushback with Aaron MateThe real 2020 election scandal: vote theft targeting Black people, youthPresident Trump is refusing to concede to Joe Biden over what he claims was widespread electoral fraud. But investigative journalist Greg Palast says that the real 2020 voting scandal is Republican-led voter theft targeting Black and youth voters in key battlegrounds, including Georgia, where Senate control will be decided.
Guest: Greg Palast. Veteran investigative journalist and author of several books including "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," and his latest "How Trump Stole 2020."
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Pushback with Aaron MateAs Trump rejects US election, Biden signals continued regime change abroadAs President Trump refuses to concede over baseless allegations of widespread fraud, the Biden team has sent signals that there will be little to no transition away from US regime change abroad. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal discusses Trump's rejection of democracy at home, and the records of the likely Biden cabinet members who have adopted the same attitude to governments around the world.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery."
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Pushback with Aaron MateUK Labour civil war? Jeremy Corbyn suspended even as report vindicates him on anti-Semitism smearsSupport Pushback at Patreon: www.patreon.com/aaronmate
Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been suspended by his successor, neoliberal Blairite Keir Starmer, even as a new report confirms that claims of a Labour "anti-Semitism crisis" under Corbyn's watch were without merit. Former UK Labour MP Chris Williamson, a Corbyn ally who has denounced the anti-Semitism allegations as a smear campaign, discusses the report and the Blairite wing's ongoing war on the Corbyn movement.
Guest: Chris Williamson, former UK Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.2020-11-0228 min
Pushback with Aaron MateRemembering Stephen F. Cohen: Katrina vanden Heuvel on life and love with eminent Russia scholarStephen F. Cohen, the eminent historian who helped shape the field of Russia studies and bravely exposed the fallacies and dangers of Russiagate and the new Cold War, passed away on September 18, 2020 at the age of 81. Cohen's wife, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, reflects on his life and legacy.
Guest: Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation magazine, and wife of Stephen F. Cohen.
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Pushback with Aaron MateRoberto Lovato on overcoming US violence in Central America and his new memoir, 'Unforgetting'In his new memoir "Unforgetting," award-winning Salvadoran American journalist Roberto Lovato explores personal histories, including his own, shaped by decades of murderous U.S. terror wars in Central America that have also fueled the migrant crisis and gang violence. Lovato discusses his new book; the erasure of Central American voices in US media; and the bipartisan cruelty toward Central American migrants displaced as a result of US warfare.
Guest: Roberto Lovato. Award-winning journalist and author of the new memoir "Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas."
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Pushback with Aaron MateBlaming Moscow for Hunter Biden's laptop is Russiagate disinformationFormer intelligence officials, Democratic leaders, and media outlets dismissing the Hunter Biden story as "Russian disinformation" are spreading more Russiagate disinformation, ex- CIA officer Ray McGovern says.
Media outlets are amplifying the claims of former intelligence officials, including John Brennan and James Clapper, as well as of top Democrats, including Joe Biden and Adam Schiff, that the Hunter Biden laptop revelations are "Russian disinformation." They have done so even though no one from the Biden camp has disputed the authenticity of a single leaked email or document, or denied that the laptop belongs to Hunter Biden.
Ray McGovern, a former...2020-10-2340 minPushback with Aaron MateChomsky: from nuclear weapons to Iran, Trump's worst threats are dangerously ignoredNoam Chomsky warns that the Trump administration poses a unique threat to humanity, but its most reckless policies are receiving far too little attention.
Chomsky discusses the White House's threats to the New START treaty, the last remaining accord limiting the US and Russia's nuclear weapons arsenals; its latest round of crippling sanctions and threats against Iran; the bipartisan US refusal to accept a Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, which would terminate Israel's nuclear weapons program; and the silencing of former OPCW officials who challenged a cover-up of findings that undermined Trump's 2018 bombing of Syria.
Guest: Noam Chomsky, renowned linguist, author...2020-10-2045 min
Pushback with Aaron MateEx-OPCW chief defends Syria whistleblowers and reveals he was spied on before Iraq warIn a Grayzone exclusive, José Bustani, the former head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks out in support of two veteran OPCW inspectors who challenged a US-backed cover-up of their investigation in Syria.
Bustani also reacts to the recent US-UK-France-led effort to prevent his testimony at the UN Security Council about the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal. And Bustani reveals new details of how he was targeted in the lead-up to the Iraq war, when the Bush administration engineered his ouster for impeding its plans to invade. Bustani discloses for the first time that his office was b...2020-10-181h 22
Pushback with Aaron MateTrump's new Iran sanctions hurt civilians and threaten warWeeks before the U.S. election, the Trump administration has imposed crushing new sanctions that sever Iran from the global financial system and further threaten the import of humanitarian goods. The Israeli government and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a pro-regime change think tank, reportedly lobbied White House officials for the new move. Assal Rad of the National Iranian American Council discusses how the sanctions target Iranian civilians, and threaten an outbreak of military conflict.
Guest: Assal Rad, Research Fellow at the National Iranian American Council.
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Pushback with Aaron MateOPCW Syria whistleblower and ex-OPCW chief attacked by US, UK, France at UNSupport Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
Ian Henderson, a veteran OPCW inspector who challenged a cover-up of his organization's investigation of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria, recently testified before the United Nations Security Council. At the meeting, Henderson was both attacked and ignored by U.S., UK, and French diplomats whose governments bombed Syria over allegations that Henderson's censored investigation undermined.
At another UNSC gathering one week later, the U.S. and its allies continued their censorship campaign by voting to block the testimony of the OPCW's former chief, José Bustani, who had come to s...2020-10-071h 00
Pushback with Aaron MateLeaks expose massive Western propaganda op in Syria proxy warA trove of leaked UK government documents exposes a massive propaganda network used to shape the media narrative during the Syrian proxy war. Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in media outlets, ran a cadre of journalists, and whitewashed the jihadist militants armed, trained and supported by the US, UK, Turkey and Gulf monarchies.
"Every very single aspect of the [Syrian] opposition was micromanaged by these western government contractors,” says The Grayzone’s Ben Norton. "It's probably the largest propaganda war that's ever been waged in history."
Guest: Ben Norton, Assistant Editor of The Grayzone.
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Pushback with Aaron MateAOC withdraws from event honoring Yitzhak Rabin after Palestinian-led outcryFacing Palestinian-led criticism, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has cancelled an appearance at an event honoring the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin played a personal role in the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine; ordered Israeli forces to brutalize Palestinian protesters during the 1st Intifada; and oversaw a so-called Oslo "peace process" that cemented continued occupation and illegal settlement expansion.
"This is a man who never expressed any regret for his crimes dating back to 1948, was never held to account, was never brought to justice," says Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada. "So the very least we can do now is make...2020-09-2720 min
Pushback with Aaron MateNuclear extortion: Trump admin stalls US-Russia treaty talks, threatening new arms raceSupport Pushback at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aaronmate
The Trump administration is running out the clock on talks with Russia over renewing New START, the last treaty limiting the nuclear weapons arsenals of both countries. Russia has proposed an unconditional extension, but the US has stalled the talks and demanded new conditions -- even issuing an ultimatum that the "price of admission" will go up after the November U.S. election.
"This is very dangerous," says Tom Collina, Director of Policy of the Ploughshares Fund. "If we don't get the treaty extended, if we let it expire, both sides...2020-09-2528 min
Pushback with Aaron MateFinkelstein: How Gulf monarchies, PLO leaders, and US neoliberals sold out PalestineAs the UAE and Bahrain reach a US-backed agreement with Israel, author and scholar Norman Finkelstein discusses the confluence of powerful forces that have sold out the Palestinian cause: Gulf monarchies, Palestinian Authority leaders, and U.S. liberals who have found common cause with far-right evangelicals and neocons in backing the Israeli occupation. Finkelstein contrasts their legacies on Palestine with that of the late Palestinian-American scholar Edward Said.
Guest: Norman Finkelstein, author and scholar. His latest book is "I Accuse!".
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Pushback with Aaron MateTrump's 'Patriotic Education' whitewashes racist, imperial US historyHistorian and author Gerald Horne on Trump's proposed "1776 Commission"; leftist criticism of the 1619 Project; William Barr's attacks on Black Lives Matter; and the significance of NBA players' recent walkout over racism and police violence.
Guest: Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Author of more than three dozen books, including his latest The Dawning of the Apocalypse.
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Pushback with Aaron MateDebating the Senate Intel Russia report w/ Mattathias SchwartzThe Senate Intelligence Committee's final report on alleged Russian interference focuses on "a wide range of Russian efforts to influence the Trump Campaign and the 2016 election." Does the report advance our understanding of the Trump-Russia story? Mattathias Schwartz, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, joins Pushback.
Guest: Mattathias Schwartz, contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine.
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Pushback with Aaron MateNBA All-Star David West on the walkout and standing up to racism, exploitationDavid West, a retired two-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA Champion, discusses the NBA walkout over racist police violence; the challenges of activism in pro sports; his involvement in a new league challenging the NCAA's exploitation of young players; the neocon attacks on the NBA over China, and more.
Guest: David West. Retired 15-year NBA player; two-time NBA All-Star and two-time NBA Champion; and chief operating officer of the Professional Collegiate League.
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Pushback with Aaron Mate'We live in a right-wing country': Malaika Jabali on Kenosha, rebellions, and the electionAttorney and writer Malaika Jabali reports from Kenosha, Wisconsin, where a 17-year old right-wing white militant killed two people during the protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
"I think the problem is that we live in a right-wing country," Jabali says. "There will always be ways to justify gun violence. But if you go anywhere else in the world, it's absurd that you can have an armed vigilante just walking around with an assault rifle willy-nilly in public spaces like this.
It's absurd that we have police officers who just take out their guns for mild indiscretions or...2020-08-3025 min
Pushback with Aaron MateUS protects global empire during pandemic, not its own populationCol. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, discusses the connections between the global US empire and the record US death toll during the coronavirus pandemic. "We're really not doing anything very well or right, and that's a consequence in part at least of our fascination with an attempt to maintain and even expand this empire that we've created since 1945," Wilkerson says.
He also discusses the breakdown of US-Russia talks on expanding a key nuclear weapons treaty, and new revelations about the Bush administration's drive to invade Iraq.
Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. Former chief of staff to Secretary...2020-08-2526 min
Pushback with Aaron MateCrushing US sanctions devastate Syria's people and post-war reconstructionIn a new article for Foreign Affairs, scholar Joshua Landis and former Obama administration official Steve Simon write that US sanctions on Syria "further immiserates the Syrian people, blocks reconstruction efforts, and strangles the economy that sustains a desperate population during Syria’s growing humanitarian and public health crises." Landis, a leading expert on Syria, joins Pushback.
Guest: Joshua Landis, Sandra Mackey Professor of Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
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Pushback with Aaron MateDem Impeachment Attorney On Mueller, Ukrainegate, And The Case Vs. TrumpIn his new book "A Case for the American People," former House Judiciary Committee attorney Norman Eisen tells the inside story of the Democrats' impeachment efforts against President Trump. Eisen joins Aaron Maté to debate and discuss the Mueller probe, Ukrainegate, and Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Guest: Norman Eisen, former special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee, including for the impeachment and trial of President Trump. Previously served under President Obama as ethics czar and ambassador to the Czech Republic. His new book is "A Case for the American People: The United States v. Donald J. Trump."
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Pushback with Aaron MateDisparaging Stokely Carmichael, Bill Clinton attacks the black freedom struggleAt the funeral for John Lewis, former president Bill Clinton disparaged Stokely Carmichael's (later Kwame Ture) leadership role in the black freedom struggle of the 1960s. "There were two or three years there where the movement went a little bit too far towards Stokely," Clinton said, "But in the end, John Lewis prevailed."
Dr. Peniel Joseph, professor at University of Texas at Austin and author of "Stokely: A Life", responds to Clinton's comments and discusses Carmichael/Ture's legacy as a black power revolutionary.
"Bill Clinton was a terrible president for black people," Dr. Jospeh says. "So the disparaging of Kwame...2020-08-1228 min
Pushback with Aaron MateLebanon's corrupt, colonial system leads to explosion catastropheThe catastrophic explosion in Beirut followed years of ignored warnings by government officials about the ammonium nitrate stored at the port. Lecturer and activist Rania Masri says that the disaster is the product of a corrupt, sectarian political system maintained by foreign powers.
Guest: Rania Masri, lecturer and activist.
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Pushback with Aaron MateUK 'Russia report' fear-mongers about meddling yet finds no evidenceA long-awaited UK government report finds no evidence of Russian meddling in British domestic politics, including the 2016 Brexit vote. But that hasn't stopped the fear-mongering: the report claims the UK government didn't find evidence because it didn't look for it, and backs increased powers for intelligence agencies and media censorship as a result. Afshin Rattansi, a British journalist and host of RT's "Going Underground", responds.
Guest: Afshin Rattansi, British journalist and host of RT's "Going Underground."
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Pushback with Aaron MateNancy Pelosi, leader of corporate Democrats, challenged by leftist Shahid ButtarHouse Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi is being challenged on the November ballot by democratic socialist Shahid Buttar, who is running on a staunch progressive platform for Pelosi's Congressional seat in California. Buttar joins Pushback to discuss his campaign against the country's most powerful Democrat.
Guest: Shahid Buttar, Congressional candidate challenging Nancy Pelosi in CA-12.
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Pushback with Aaron MateUS claim of 'Russian Bounty' plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerousMultiple US outlets, citing anonymous intelligence officials, are claiming that Russia offered bounties to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan and that President Trump has taken no action. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal breaks down the story's flaws and how it continues a Russiagate-era push of the Democratic Party to the right.
"The constant flow of Russiagate disinformation into the bloodstream of the Democratic Party and its base is moving that party constantly to the right, while pushing the US deeper into this Cold War," Blumenthal says.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone and author of several books, including his latest "...2020-06-3032 min
Pushback with Aaron MateFinkelstein: Israel will pretend that illegal annexation is a compromiseIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has set a date of July 1st to begin Israel's annexation of major parts of the Occupied West Bank. A group of 47 independent UN legal experts call the annexation plan "a vision of a 21st century apartheid."
Author and scholar Norman Finkelstein argues that Netanyahu is exploiting a brief window of opportunity under Trump and will use the deadline to swallow up valuable West Bank while pretending to be making a compromise because he does not seize the entire territory.
"If there were an an Oscar for Best Dramatic Performance by a Nation-State, Israel would...2020-06-2324 min
Pushback with Aaron MateCrippling new sanctions punish Syrian civilians for US defeat in proxy warAs Syria tries to recover from a nearly decade-long conflict, the US has imposed crippling new sanctions that explicitly target reconstruction. "For Syrians, sanctions on reconstruction and on oil and gas are likely to be felt most acutely," the Washington Post reports. "The Caesar Act will probably limit the government’s ability to procure oil, further hurting the already low quality of life." The new sanctions follow earlier coercive measures that had already hurt Syrian civilians, compounding the destruction of a lengthy proxy war fueled and funded by the US and its allies.
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Pushback with Aaron MateUN intervention in US? Families of black victims seek probe of racism, police violenceThe families of black victims of police violence are calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to open an investigation of what they call an "unfolding grave human rights crisis" in the United States. Relatives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, and Michael Brown urge the UN to probe the killings of their loved ones and the government crackdowns on anti-racism protests. The letter's co-drafter, Gay McDougall, a legal scholar and former UN expert on racial discrimination, joins Pushback.
Guest: Gay McDougall. Former member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination; the UN's first...2020-06-1021 min
Pushback with Aaron MateUS police state faces revolt as Trump expands it at home and abroadHistorian and author Gerald Horne discusses the US uprisings against police brutality and systemic racism sparked by George Floyd's killing; the devastating impact of the US government's decades-old war on the black freedom struggle; the ongoing "Russia-baiting" of the protests; and how, amidst the suffering and repression at home, the U.S. government, in bipartisan fashion, continues to attempt to impose its will on countries abroad, from China to Venezuela.
Guest: Dr. Gerald Horne, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. Author of more than three dozen books, including the forthcoming The Dawning of...2020-06-0230 min
Pushback with Aaron MateUS Threatens Nuclear Arms Race 'into Oblivion' As It Kills Another Treaty And Mulls Bomb TestsThe Trump administration continues to undermine global arms control and increase the threat of a nuclear weapons race with Russia and China. The U.S. has announced plans to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, which allows participants to launch joint surveillance flights in a bid to avert military conflict. Trump officials have also rejected talks on renewing New START and reportedly discussed conducting the first US nuclear test since 1992. All this comes as Trump's arms control envoy said that Trump can outspend Russia and China on nuclear weapons "into oblivion."
Guest: Daryl Kimball, Director of the Arms Control Association.
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Pushback with Aaron MateCIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling persecuted for exposing discrimination, dangerFormer CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling is a double whistleblower: as an African-American, he challenged racism from superior officers; he also voiced concerns about a deeply flawed CIA effort to sabotage Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. government retaliated by accusing him, without evidence, of leaking classified information. Sterling joins Pushback to discuss his ordeal.
Guest: Jeffrey Sterling, author of "Unwanted Spy: The Persecution of an American Whistleblower."
Special thanks to the Allard Prize for International Integrity for arranging this interview.2020-04-1428 min
Pushback with Aaron MatePompeo's 'transition' plan tells Venezuela to suffer into submissionThe Trump administration has unveiled a so-called 'democratic transition' plan that demands the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in exchange for a five-person "Council of State," and threatens "increased" sanctions if Venezuela does not comply. Latin America policy analyst Leonard Flores says that the plan is a non-starter and the latest US effort to starve Venezuelans into submission.
Guest: Leonardo Flores, Latin American policy expert and campaigner with CODEPINK.
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Pushback with Aaron MateKrystal Ball: panicked DNC elites try to stop Bernie’s big Super TuesdayWith Bernie Sanders poised for a big Super Tuesday, Krystal Ball discusses the Democratic establishment's panic, Elizabeth Warren's attacks on Sanders, and whether DNC elites are once again alienating the working class voters they lost in 2016.
Guest: Krystal Ball, co-host of Rising and co-author of the best-selling new book, "The Populist's Guide to 2020."
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Pushback with Aaron MateThe Russiagate Racket Targets Bernie Sanders' SurgeEvidence-free claims of a Russian government effort to aid Bernie Sanders have been exploited by centrist Democrats alarmed by Sanders' primary success. This should be no surprise. Sanders and his movement are a threat to the very same interests that have pushed Russiagate for more than three years -- the failed neoliberal Democratic Party establishment and the national security state. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal joins Pushback.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery."2020-02-2534 min
Pushback with Aaron MateRussiagate 3.0 Drowns Out Trump's Reckless Escalation Of US - Russia Nuclear Arms RaceUS media is once again consumed with evidence-free claims that Russia intends to interfere on Donald Trump's behalf. But as Democrats accuse Trump of being "Putin's Puppet," Trump is overseeing a hawkish agenda that has worsened US-Russia tensions. Nowhere is that more dangerous than Trump's escalation of the nuclear arms race with Russia: abandoning arms control treaties while deploying and developing new nuclear weapons. Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins Pushback to discuss the overlooked dangers.
Guest: Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector, Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and author of "Scorpion King: America's Suicidal Embrace of Nuclear Weapons from...2020-02-2329 min
Pushback with Aaron MateExclusive: Randy Credico, key witness in Roger Stone case, on Stone's 40-month sentenceRoger Stone has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to a Congressional investigation of Russiagate and threatening a witness, Randy Credico. Stone falsely claimed to have a secret backchannel to Wikileaks, and that Credico was his source. Stone then tried to intimidate Credico into not contradicting his falsehoods. In an exclusive interview with Pushback, Randy Credico responds to the Stone sentencing and tells the real story of what happened.
Guest: Randy Credico, political satirist and broadcaster.2020-02-2231 min
Pushback with Aaron MateTurkey, US protect Al Qaeda in Idlib and worsen Syria's sufferingIdlib is facing a humanitarian disaster as hundreds of thousands flee a Syrian and Russian military campaign to retake the province from militant rule. Overlooked in Western coverage of the crisis is that Idlib is mostly controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a rebranded affiliate of Al-Qaeda -- and that Turkey, with U.S. backing, has intervened to keep the extremist group in place.
Guest: Scott Ritter, former UN Weapons Inspector and Marine Corps Intelligence Officer.
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Pushback with Aaron MateIowa debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elitesIowa's voting debacle has renewed fears that the DNC is again working against Bernie Sanders and his grassroots campaign. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal breaks down the network of dark money billionaires, Democratic elites, and Russiagate profiteers behind the app that ruined the Iowa vote, and a wider effort to stop Sanders' progressive momentum.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery.
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Pushback with Aaron MateAdam Schiff's Russia-bashing is unhinged and dangerousAt the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, chief Democratic prosecutor Adam Schiff has claimed that the US is arming Ukraine "so that we can fight Russia over there so we don’t have to fight Russia here" and called Russia a "wounded, dangerous animal." Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, says that Schiff's rhetoric is "ignorant and debased."
Guest: Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, contributing editor at The Nation, and author of "War with Russia: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate."
Su...2020-01-2826 minPushback with Aaron MateDebating Trump's 'maximum Pressure' On IranMichael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior official in the Bush administration, joins Pushback to discuss the Trump administration's Iran policy; the Iran nuclear deal; and decades of US-Iran confrontation in the Middle East.
Guest: Michael Doran, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former senior official in the Bush administration.
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Pushback with Aaron MateSuing Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard stands up to the Russiagate smear machineAs Bernie Sanders ignores Hillary Clinton's attacks, Tulsi Gabbard is fighting back. Gabbard has filed a $50 million defamation suit against Clinton for labeling her a "Russian asset." Independent journalist Michael Tracey joins Pushback to discuss.
Guest: Michael Tracey, independent journalist.
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Pushback with Aaron MateEx-UN weapons inspector: Biden's Iraq war vote excuse a 'bald-faced lie'On the campaign trail, Joe Biden is falsely claiming that he opposed the Iraq war when it began. Biden says that his 2002 war authorization vote was not intended to approve the 2003 invasion, but instead to ensure UN inspections. "It's a completely disingenuous statement," says Scott Ritter, a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq who testified before Biden in the U.S. Senate. "Joe Biden, from the very beginning, was a proponent of regime change in Iraq."
Guest: Scott Ritter. Former UN Weapons Inspector, former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and author of "Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran...2020-01-1944 min
Pushback with Aaron MateEx-US intel officer: Pompeo 'lying through his teeth' on IranThe Trump administration is imposing new sanctions on Iran and defying Iraq's call for a US troop withdrawal. This comes as the stated rationale for the US assassination of Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis is being undermined by its top officials' own statements. Scott Ritter, a former Marine Corps intelligence officer, analyzes the increased White House coercion efforts and collapsing intelligence claims.
Guest: Scott Ritter -- former UN Weapons Inspector, former Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and author of "Dealbreaker: Donald Trump and the Unmaking of the Iran Nuclear Deal."
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Pushback with Aaron MateUS and Iran avoid war, but Trump's war-mongering goes onThe threat of an immediate US-Iran military conflict has been averted, but President Donald Trump has vowed to continue his "maximum pressure" campaign with new sanctions on Tehran. Meanwhile, the Iraqi Prime Minister's claim that Qassem Soleimani was on a diplomatic mission in Iraq when the U.S. assassinated him is raising new questions about Trump's motives.
Guest: Sina Toossi, Senior Research Analyst at the National Iranian American Council.
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Pushback with Aaron MateLawrence Wilkerson on Trump's Iran aggression: same neocon lies, new targetAs millions of Iranians mourn the US murder of Qassem Soleimani, ex-Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuses the parallels between Bush's war on Iraq and Trump's campaign against Iran; the history of US shunning diplomacy with Tehran; and how an addiction to war drives US foreign policy.
Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell. Currently a distinguished professor at the College of William and Mary.
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Pushback with Aaron MateTrump's march to war on Iran aided by Democrats' weakness on sanctions, nuclear dealThe US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, is the culmination of three years of Trump administration war-mongering against Iran. Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses Trump's radical neocon agenda in Iran and how Democratic votes for new sanctions against Tehran helped lay the groundwork for the current crisis.
Guest: Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council.
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Find transcripts and more at https://thegrayzone.com/pushback2020-01-0422 min
Pushback with Aaron MateOPCW leaks expose 'criminal' Syria cover-up -- and US media is silentThe US media continues to ignore one of 2019's top scandals: a cover-up inside the OPCW, the world's top chemical weapons watchdog, that was used to justify US-led military strikes on Syria. Theodore Postol, award-winning professor of Science, Technology and National Security policy at MIT, joins Pushback to discuss the latest leaked revelations and what he calls the "criminal" US media silence on the story.
The leaked documents and testimony from inside the OPCW show there were major doubts about the allegations the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma in April 2018. Inspectors who were...2020-01-0231 min
Pushback with Aaron MateNewsweek Reporter Quits After Editors Block Coverage Of OPCW Syria ScandalJournalist Tareq Haddad explains his decision to resign from Newsweek over its refusal to cover the OPCW's unfolding Syria scandal. According to whistleblower testimony and leaked documents, OPCW officials raised alarm about the suppression of critical findings that undermine the allegation that the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in the city of Douma in April 2018. Haddad's editors at Newsweek rejected his attempts to cover the story.
"If I don’t find another position in journalism because of this, I’m perfectly happy to accept that consequence," Haddad says. "It’s not desirable. But there is no way I could...2019-12-1925 min
Pushback with Aaron MateIG Report Exposes FBI, Congressional, and Media Deceit In Russia ProbeA new report from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirms that the FBI relied on the Steele dossier – a DNC-funded work of fiction – during the Trump-Russia probe. The FBI used Steele's work to obtain surveillance warrants but concealed his errors and other critical information from the FISA court. Matt Taibbi joins Aaron Maté to discuss how Horowitz's investigation exposes not just the FBI's deceit, but also that of the prominent media and political figures who enabled it.
Guest: Matt Taibbi. Author, Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone, and co-host of the podcast Useful Idiots.
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Pushback with Aaron MateJeremy Corbyn faces Russiagate smear campaign before UK voteJeremy Corbyn, a real progressive, could win UK's elections. Max Blumenthal joins Pushback to discuss how powerful forces are trying to stop Corbyn with a Russiagate-fueled smear campaign -- and why Bernie Sanders could be their next target.
NATO-funded "researchers" are claiming that leaked documents publicized by Corbyn that exposed secret US-UK talks over the British health service are in fact the result of a Russian disinformation campaign. The Russia-baiting against Corbyn comes as the Labour leader also faces an ongoing campaign to smear him with fake charges of anti-Semitism.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of...2019-12-1136 min
Pushback with Aaron MateUS drops false charge against journalist Max BlumenthalThe US government has dropped a false charge of assault against The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal stemming from an incident at the Venezuelan embassy in May. Blumenthal was seized from his home by a group of officers and held for two days in cells and cages. The case was dropped after Blumenthal's legal team sought call logs that could have exposed collusion between the Secret Service and right-wing Venezuelan activists.
Blumenthal discusses his vindication, the state of the US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela, and ongoing efforts to silence The Grayzone's journalism.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author...2019-12-1033 min
Pushback with Aaron MateAbby Martin: Gaza's fight for freedom needs global solidarityThe Empire Files' Abby Martin and Mike Prysner discuss their new documentary "Gaza Fights For Freedom," a vivid account of the Great March of Return against the Israeli siege of Gaza, and the urgency of global solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.
Guests: Abby Martin and Mike Prysner, co-creators of The Empire Files and co-directors of the documentary, Gaza Fights For Freedom.
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Pushback with Aaron MateWhite Helmets Whitewash - Founder's Death, OPCW Scandal Lift Mask On Al-Qaeda's Ally In SyriaThe recent death of White Helmets founder James Le Mesurier, and an unfolding cover-up at the OPCW of an apparently staged chemical weapons incident, has shed new light on the group’s shadowy role in the Syria proxy war.
We speak to The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal, whose reporting has exposed the White Helmets’ ties to jihadists groups and its use as a PR tool for Western military intervention in Syria.
“We don’t know if there’s a cover-up around his [Le Mesurier’s] death — I can’t go that far,” Blumenthal says. “The real cover-up is around his life, as he’s being ce...2019-11-2635 min
Pushback with Aaron MateHow a grassroots Seattle movement delivered Amazon a major lossPushback with Aaron Maté
In Seattle's recent election, Amazon spent at least $1.5 million to defeat a slate of progressive candidates -- and lost. One of Amazon's top targets, re-elected socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant, explains how people power beat big business.
Guest: Kshama Sawant, re-elected Seattle City Councilmember and member of Socialist Alternative.
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Pushback with Aaron MateWhistleblower: OPCW suppressed Syria chemical evidence after US pressureA second whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has come forward to accuse top OPCW officials of suppressing critical evidence. The evidence undermines allegations that the Syrian government committed a chemical weapons attack in Douma in April 2018 -- an allegation that prompted US-led airstrikes. The second whistleblower also says that three US officials took part in pressuring the OPCW.
We speak to veteran journalist Jonathan Steele, the first reporter to interview the second whistleblower.
Guest: Jonathan Steele, journalist, author, and The Guardian's former chief foreign correspondent.
Read Jonathan Steele's article in Counterpunch:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/11/15...2019-11-1820 min
Pushback with Aaron MateJimmy Dore: until we fix Democratic Party elites' corruption, we won’t defeat Trump'sJimmy Dore pushes back on impeachment/Ukrainegate, Hillary Clinton’s smear of Tulsi Gabbard as a Russian asset, the DNC’s 2020 gift-wrapping for Trump, and more.
Guest: Jimmy Dore, comedian and host of The Jimmy Dore Show.
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Find t...2019-11-1826 minPushback with Aaron MateSyria scandal: New whistleblower claims chemical weapons watchdog OPCW suppressed Douma evidenceA whistleblower from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is accusing top officials of tampering with evidence collected at the scene of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Syrian city of Douma in April 2018. The official, a senior scientist who collected samples at the scene, is the second with the OPCW's Douma team to allege that evidence was suppressed. His testimony raises new doubts about the claim that the Syrian government carried out a chemical attack in Douma, which led to US-France-UK airstrikes -- and with it, new concerns that the world's chemical weapons watchdog is...2019-11-1733 min
Pushback with Aaron MateIsrael's relentless violence on Gaza met by global silenceA ceasefire has been reached in Gaza after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes that killed 34 Palestinians, including eight members of one family. Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada discusses Israel's latest bombings, which come after more than one year of weekly, deadly Israeli attacks on non-violent Palestinian demonstrators.
"The message we're getting from people in Gaza is that 'we're going to continue protesting because we have no choice -- what else can we do, stay home and die?'", Abunimah says.
"So people are continuing, and I think the question that should be directed to all of us is...2019-11-1416 min
Pushback with Aaron MateUkrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold WarAs the House opens impeachment hearings for President Trump, Professor Stephen F. Cohen warns that the US military assistance at the heart of Ukrainegate escalates the US-Russia Cold War.
Guest: Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, contributing editor at The Nation, and author of "War with Russia: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate."
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Pushback with Aaron MateMax Blumenthal on Baghdadi's death and Trump's fake withdrawal in SyriaMax Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; and how Trump, despite announcing a withdrawal, is continuing the proxy war by keeping US troops to steal Syria's oil.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of “The Management of Savagery.”
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Pushback on Sp...2019-11-0721 minPushback with Aaron MateGabor Maté on the misuse of anti-Semitism and why fewer Jews identify with IsraelPhysician, mental health expert, and best-selling author Dr. Gabor Maté, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, offers a personal and historical perspective on anti-Semitism, Zionism, and Israel-Palestine.
Guest: Dr. Gabor Maté, mental health expert and best-selling author.
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Pushback with Aaron MateJournalist Max Blumenthal arrested on false charge in DCThe Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal speaks out on his arrest months after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence at the DC embassy. Blumenthal was seized from his home by a group of officers and held for two days in cells and cages. His arrest warrant labels him as "armed and dangerous." Blumenthal says the charges are false and a retaliation against The Grayzone's journalism on the US-backed coup in Venezuela and corrupt members of the right-wing Venezuelan opposition carrying it out.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery."
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Pushback with Aaron MateBlowback: US-armed 'moderate rebels' slaughter Kurds in SyriaAmid outrage over Turkey’s atrocities against Kurdish civilians northern Syria, Max Blumenthal discusses how some of the Syrian militias committing the crimes are composed of the same "moderate rebels" that the US, Turkey, and Gulf states armed, trained, and supported during the multi-year Syria proxy war.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery."
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Pushback with Aaron MateJill Stein - Hillary Clinton Is Still Sabotaging ProgressivesFormer Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein responds to Hillary Clinton calling her a "Russian asset" and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard a potential Russian dupe. Clinton and centrist Democrats, Stein says, are following a "well-worn script" of trying to undermine progressive candidates that challenge party elites' militarist and corporatist policies.
Guest: Dr. Jill Stein, former Green Party presidential candidate.
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Pushback with Aaron MateMax Blumenthal On Why Hillary Clinton Smeared Tulsi Gabbard And Jill SteinHillary Clinton has smeared Tulsi Gabbard and Jill Stein as Russian assets, and almost no Democratic politicians are pushing back. Max Blumenthal says that Clinton's comments reflect a continued effort by Democratic neo-liberals to deflect responsibility for their loss to Trump in 2016; marginalize voices like Gabbard and Stein's who challenge their pro-war, corporatist agenda; and preview their potential future attacks on Bernie Sanders.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of “The Management of Savagery.”
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Pushback with Aaron MateCIA Spied On Julian Assange In Ecuadorian EmbassyThe CIA has been caught spying on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Undercover Global SL, a Spanish security firm, recorded Assange during his stay in Ecuador's London embassy, where he lived under asylum, and then handed over its footage to the CIA.
"That firm was contracted by Ecuador to protect the embassy, to protect [Assange], to protect us from [his] persecutors," says former Ecuadorian diplomat Fidel Narváez. "So I find it shocking."
Guest: Fidel Narváez, former Ecuadorian diplomat who served at the London embassy while Julian Assange lived there under asylum.
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Pushback with Aaron MateRussian social media debate: clickbait or information warfare?A new Senate Intelligence Committee report accuses the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a Russian troll farm, of using "social media to conduct an information warfare campaign" against the United States. This comes one week after the U.S. imposed new sanctions on the IRA and its funder, Yevgeny Prigozhin. What is the IRA, and are the claims of a Russian influence campaign against the U.S. well-founded? Aaron Maté and journalist Jefferson Morley of "The Deep State" blog debate and discuss.
Guest: Jefferson Morley, journalist, author, and editor of The Deep State, a blog about intelligence agencies.
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Pushback with Aaron MateUS Arming Of Ukraine Is A Scandal On Its OwnThere is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal explores how the Ukrainegate scandal overlooks the dangers of those weapons sales to Ukraine and the corrupt interests behind it.
Under Trump, U.S. military assistance has prolonged a bloody proxy war with Russia, killing thousands in Ukraine and enabling far-right Ukrainian forces — all while enriching weapons manufacturers and DC lobbyists.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of The Management of Savagery.
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Pushback with Aaron MateTrump meddled in Ukraine, and he’s not aloneAs Donald Trump appears caught attempting a quid pro quo, Max Blumenthal argues that the Ukrainegate scandal also highlights a web of corruption and meddling inside Ukraine implicating other prominent US figures and institutions.
[Part II of this interview will be published on Tuesday, October 8.]
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Editor of The Grayzone and author of "The Management of Savagery."
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Pushback with Aaron MateIsrael Votes For Occupation, No Matter Who PrevailsThe outcome of the Israeli election remains in flux, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempts to form a coalition government. Diana Buttu, an attorney and former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority, says that whatever the outcome, Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz are "virtually identical" when it comes to maintaining the occupation of millions of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Guest: Diana Buttu, attorney and former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority.
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Pushback with Aaron MateCracks Emerge In NATO Confrontation Of RussiaStephen F. Cohen argues that cracks are emerging within the NATO-led consensus that has pushed Moscow from the West.
Guest: Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, contributing editor at The Nation, and author of several "War with Russia: From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate."
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Pushback with Aaron MateThe Syria you won’t see: Max Blumenthal on visiting Damascus after the proxy warThe Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal discusses his reporting trip to Damascus in the aftermath of Syria's proxy war. He interviewed residents who were caught between Western and Gulf-backed extremist insurgents and the Syrian government’s war to retake territory, and who now struggle to recover under a US-led economic blockade.
"They want to attack and intimidate people from the West who want to have cultural and personal contact with Syrians in the area where most Syrians live," Blumenthal says. "I went there and I took that opportunity to have contact with them because I’ll take any reasonable opportunity to break...2019-09-2416 min
Pushback with Aaron MateUS troops in Saudi Arabia defend hegemony, not securityThe Trump administration is sending US troops to Saudi Arabia as it continues to threaten Iran. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, says the US-Saudi relationship is "not based on strategic interest so much as it is based on money, money, and money -- going into the coffers of some people in the national security elite, and into the coffers of some politicians who cling to their power."
Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell.
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Pushback with Aaron MateInstead of threats, Trump can easily defuse Iran crisis he createdThe Trump administration continues to threaten Iran after blaming it, without evidence, for the recent bombing of Saudi oil facilities. Instead of beating the war drums, Trita Parsi argues that President Trump has an easy path to resolve the standoff: rejoin the Iran nuclear deal that he abandoned and negotiate additional issues with Tehran.
Guest: Trita Parsi, Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute and the author of "Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy."
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Pushback with Aaron MateUK worsens Julian Assange's persecution as US seeks extraditionWikileaks founder Julian Assange has been ordered to remain behind bars until hearings over a US extradition effort begin next year. Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, says that UK authorities are holding Assange in worse conditions than accused terrorists and 'making it impossible' for him to prepare his case.
Guest: Kristinn Hrafnsson, editor-in-chief of Wikileaks.
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Pushback with Aaron MateJohn Bolton is out, but neocon agenda staysLawrence Wilkerson, who served alongside John Bolton in the Bush administration, discusses the reasons for Bolton’s firing; Bolton's legacy as a war hawk who promoted regime change and undermined global arms control; the anti-interventionist views of a potential successor, Douglas Macgregor; and the lasting influence of neocons inside the national security state.
Guest: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. Currently a distinguished professor at the College of William and Mary.
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Pushback with Aaron MateOuting of CIA's Kremlin mole echoes Iraq WMD hoaxThe outing of a CIA informant inside of the Kremlin raises new questions about the Russia investigation and the intelligence officials behind it.
The informant, identified as Oleg Smolenkov, disappeared from Russia in June 2017 and turned up in the US living under his own name, in a luxury home in the Washington, DC suburbs. Former CIA analyst John Kiriakou says that all of this points to Smolenkov being less valuable an asset than he's been portrayed – and, just as we saw during the Iraq war -- to the possible manipulation of the intelligence he provided by then-CIA head John Brennan.
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Pushback with Aaron MateEx-CIA analyst on why he predicted John Bolton’s firingEx-CIA analyst John Kiriakou discusses why he accurately predicted John Bolton’s ouster as National Security Adviser; who might replace him; and the Democratic leadership’s anemic response.
Guest: John Kiriakou, former CIA analyst who was imprisoned after blowing the whistle on the agency’s torture program.
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Pushback with Aaron MateAre Jeffrey Epstein's secrets buried with him?The prison death of convicted pedophile and financier Jeffrey Epstein raises concerns that the mysteries surrounding his case — including whether he worked with US intelligence, who his criminal accomplices were, and whether anyone will be held to account for his crimes — will be resolved. Leonard Goodman, a Chicago criminal defense attorney, breaks down the most pressing questions.
Guest: Leonard Goodman, criminal defense attorney, writer, and media publisher in Chicago.
Read Leonard Goodman’s article at The Chicago Reader: "The Epstein Cover-Up."
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Pushback with Aaron MateEmbassy insider exposes CNN lies about Julian AssangeA "bombshell" CNN report claimed to show how Wikileaks founder Julian Assange published stolen Democratic Party emails in 2016 in cooperation with the Russian government from his place of refuge in Ecuador's London embassy. Ecuadorian diplomat Fidel Narváez -- who served in the embassy throughout Assange's stay -- says that CNN's report was error-ridden and defamatory. "There are so many smears, speculations, and some false information in that report that somewhat somebody needs to set the record straight," Narváez says. "It is unbelievable how they twist every single thing in order to to defame Julian and Ecuador."
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Pushback with Aaron MateMax Blumenthal: Nicaragua beat US regime change, but sanctions and sabotage continueThe Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal explains how Nicaragua celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution just one year after defeating a US-backed coup effort — and how US sabotage efforts continue today.
Guest: Max Blumenthal, Senior Editor of The Grayzone and author of several books including his latest, "The Management of Savagery."
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Pushback with Aaron MateMSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell hits Russiagate Rock BottomAaron Maté slams MSNBC’s latest Russiagate dud, exposing how Lawrence O’Donnell’s embarrassing retraction is part of a pattern of bogus conspiracy theories that push the limits of political self-satire.
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Pushback with Aaron MateRussiagate skeptics are vindicated, but conspiracy theorists are rewarded (w/ Glenn Greenwald)Glenn Greenwald on Robert Mueller's disappearance; how Andrew McCabe has become the latest former U.S. intelligence official to join either CNN and MSNBC; and the absence of accountability for those who continue to promote the "moronic, irrational, baseless, conspiracist narrative" of Donald Trump as a Russian asset.
Guest: Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept.
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Pushback with Aaron MateGlenn Greenwald On The Amazon Fires And The Fight For Brazil's FutureGlenn Greenwald of The Intercept discusses the record-setting Amazon forest fires, the struggle against Brazil's far-right government, and how his reporting revealed to the world how all of this came about: a high-level plot that imprisoned Lula da Silva and prevented him from running in the last presidential election.
Guest: Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist.
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