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Africa, Reality Asserts Itself, Workers & Unions

At the Center of a Storm – Irvin Jim on RAI ( pt 2/3)

The interview was originally published on January 29, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself: Mr. Jim, General Secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa, explains why his union withdrew its support for the governing African National Congress.

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Revolutionary Expectations and the Fight Against Austerity – Catarina Principe on RAI (pt 5/5)

This interview was originally published on July 24, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe says that German workers, who have not yet felt the brunt of the crisis, are starting to realize that they must fight in solidarity with Greek workers.

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Revolutionary Expectations and the Fight Against Austerity – Catarina Principe on RAI (pt 4/5)

This interview was originally published on July 21, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe and Paul Jay talk about making decisions in a new kind of party.

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Revolutionary Expectations and the Fight Against Austerity – Catarina Principe on RAI (pt 3/5)

This interview was originally published on July 20, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe and Paul Jay discuss building a movement and an electoral strategy and what happened to the mass protests in Portugal.

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Revolutionary Expectations and the Fight Against Austerity – Catarina Principe on RAI (2/5)

This interview was originally published on July 19, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe discusses the rise of the anti-austerity movement in Portugal that culminated in a 2013 protest of more than a million people.

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Revolutionary Expectations and the Fight Against Austerity – Catarina Príncipe on RAI (1/5)

This interview was originally published on July 17, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Principe talks about growing up in Portugal expecting the promise of the social state to be fulfilled and becoming an activist in the fight against forces dismantling the achievements of the Portuguese revolution.

Reality Asserts Itself, U.S. Politics

Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt – Chris Hedges on RAI (pt 3/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on July 8, 2015.On Reality Asserts Itself, Chris Hedges and Paul Jay discuss the Bernie Sanders campaign and the role of violence in revolution.

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Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt – Chris Hedges on RAI (pt 2/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on July 7, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Chris Hedges and Paul Jay discuss Ferguson, Baltimore and the need to build a movement with candidates that targets white supremacy and corporate capitalism.

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Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt – Chris Hedges on RAI (pt 1/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on July 6, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Chris Hedges discusses his new book with Paul Jay. In part one, they focus on the revolutionary significance of the life of Tom Paine, a man who understood the moral imperative of revolt and was willing to pay the price.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (10/10)

This interview was originally published July 5, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Robert Scheer says you get drunk on the power of this culture and its military, its wealth, and you can become incredibly destructive. And we have been incredibly destructive.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 9/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on July 1, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss Scheer’s book The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 8/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 30, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss the successes and failures of the “American Experiment”.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 7/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 28, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss American partisan politics – is there a real difference and the demonization of the other camp.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 6/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 26, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer and Paul Jay discuss and debate whether there is any rationality left amongst the ruling elites.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 5/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 24, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer discusses American partisan politics, is there a real difference, and the demonization of the other camp.

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Plundering our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 4/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on June 22, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer discusses his work on Ramparts magazine, covering the Vietnam War and the civil rights era.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 3/10)

This interview was originally published on June 19, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Scheer talks about his father’s thirst for freedom and how that influenced his life; Scheer says defense of the U.S. Constitution, in spite of its flaws, is critical in defending against the erosion of democracy.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 2/10)

On Reality Asserts Itself, Robert Scheer talks about democracy, journalism, and his new book, “They Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy”. This interview was originally published on June 12, 2015.

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Plundering Our Freedom with Abandon – Robert Scheer (pt 1/10)

History, Reality Asserts Itself, USA

The Vietnam Syndrome and the Project for a New American Century – Christian Appy on RAI (5/5)

This interview was originally published June 4, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy says that Israeli preemptive and punitive war became a model for US foreign policy.

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Vietnam Body Counts and America as Victim – Christian Appy on RAI (4/5)

This interview was originally published June 2, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy says the Vietnam War killed millions of Vietnamese and tens of thousands of American workers – yet the mythology is America as a whole emerged as the victim.

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Vietnam Blood Bath to Prove America Had “Balls” – Christian Appy on RAI (3/5)

This interview was originally published May 29, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy says that presidents Kennedy and Johnson pursued the Vietnam war largely to prove the U.S., and themselves personally, had the “courage” to wage war.

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“America Does Bad Things for Good Reasons” – Christian Appy on RAI (1/5)

This interview was originally published on May 26, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy, author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity”, discusses growing up with a broad faith that America is always an indispensable and invincible force for good in the world – and the seeds of his disillusionment with Americanism.

Palestine/Israel, Reality Asserts Itself

U.S and UN Resolution That Leaves Palestine with a “Garbage Dump” – Norman Finkelstein RAI (pt 3/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 21, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Finkelstein says Netanyahu’s slight of Obama was racist, but the U.S. will likely help sell a UN resolution that tries to corner the Palestinians into accepting a terrible deal.

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Israel’s Iron Dome and Palestinian Armed Resistance – Norman Finkelstein on RAI (pt 2/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 20, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Finkelstein analyzes Hamas rocket attacks and Israel’s claims of self-defence.

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Israel’s Descent into Barbarism – Norman Finkelstein on RAI (pt 1/3)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 19, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Finkelstein describes the “necessity” of Israel, proving its destructive capabilities.

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“American Does Bad Things for Good Reasons” – Christian Appy on RAI (2/5)

This interview was originally published May 17, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Appy, author of “American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity”, discusses how before direct American military involvement in Vietnam, the US financed almost 80 percent of the cost, so, in effect, France was serving almost as an American mercenary.

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Does Israel Have the Right to Exist as a Jewish State? – Ali Abunimah on Reality Asserts Itself (3/5)

Mr. Abunimah says no state exists as an absolute right, but there is a people’s right to self-determination. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced May 15, 2014.

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They Won’t Shut Me Up – John Kiriakou on RAI (pt 10/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 8, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, former CIA official John Kiriakou says: “If they thought this would shut me up, they don’t know me at all because now I’ve devoted my life to fighting them.”

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Why I Was Targeted by the CIA – John Kiriakou on RAI (pt 9/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 6, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou explains how the CIA opened a criminal file on him when he was the first CIA official to publicly acknowledge torture was a policy; they stepped up their effort to charge him when he began investigating possible CIA complicity in war crimes in Afghanistan.

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A Tortured Truth – John Kiriakou on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 8/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on May 4, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Former CIA official John Kiriakou described his time as head of counter-terrorism in Pakistan and the lie about the torture of Abu Zubaydah.

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Iraq War a War Crime – Pushed by Cheney Over Objections of Joint Chiefs – Kiriakou on RAI (pt 7/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 30, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, former CIA official Mr. Kiriakou says that VP Cheney chaired a morning phone call where the Joint Chiefs and CIA openly argued against the invasion of Iraq – a decision made in the summer of 2002.

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A Sea of Blood – John Kiriakou on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 6/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 28, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou and Paul Jay continue their discussion about 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.

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Why Didn’t Bush/Cheney Prevent 9:11? – John Kiriakou on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 5/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 23, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou and Paul Jay discuss the role of the White House in ignoring the CIA’s warning that “something terrible” was coming.

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The Iraqi Pissing Match – John Kiriakou on RAI (pt 4/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 21, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, former CIA official Mr. Kiriakou says that the Iraq War was motivated by the Bush administration wanting to send a message – no regime can defy U.S. power and survive.

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My Reports on 1995 Human Rights Abuses Were Ignored by State Department- Kiriakou on RAI (pt 3/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 19, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Kiriakou tells Paul Jay that from Iraq to Bahrain, it was becoming clear to him that commercial interest, particularly arms sales, was driving U.S. policy in the Middle East.

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How I Joined the CIA – John Kiriakou on Reality Asserts Itself (pt 2/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 17, 2015. Mr. Kiriakou tells Paul Jay about being recruited to join the CIA in university.

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I Believed America Could Do No Wrong – John Kiriakou, Former CIA Official, on RAI (pt 1/10)

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced on April 16, 2015. Mr. Kiriakou was the first U.S. government official to confirm that waterboarding was an official policy. He spent 23 months in prison after being convicted of passing classified information to a reporter. He speaks to Paul Jay while still under house arrest.

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The Pain Doesn’t Go Away – Rachel Corrie’s Parents on Reality Asserts Itself pt 3/3

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced March 27, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Craig and Cindy Corrie tell Paul Jay that in ruling against their claim, the Israeli Supreme Court essentially said that Israel is beyond international law.

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The Pain Doesn’t Go Away – Rachel Corrie’s Parents on Reality Asserts Itself pt 2/3

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced March 27, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Craig and Cindy Corrie tell Paul Jay, “people find hope in the work that we’re doing and in the fact that Rachel was there that day, and stood against what was happening to all of those families in the Gaza Strip”.

Palestine/Israel, Reality Asserts Itself

16th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s Murder – Interview With Her Parents pt 1/3

This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced March 27, 2015. Sixteen years ago, Israel’s IDF murdered solidarity activist Rachel Corrie as she defended a Palestinian home from demolition; we replay our 2015 interview with her parents, with host Paul Jay.

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Malcolm X, Self-Determination and the People’s Movement – Kamau Franklin on Reality Asserts Itself (4/4)

This interview was originally published on March 13, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Franklin discusses the relationship between the mass movement and electoral politics.

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Malcolm X, Self-Determination and the People’s Movement – Kamau Franklin on Reality Asserts Itself (3/4)

This interview was originally published on March 10, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Franklin says Malcolm believed the international order benefited Western capitalist interests over the masses of black, brown and oppressed white people.

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Malcolm X, Self-Determination and the People’s Movement – Kamau Franklin on Reality Asserts Itself (2/4)

This interview was originally published on March 8, 2015. On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Franklin discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Malcolm X.

Health & Education, Reality Asserts Itself

Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs – Johann Hari on RAI (2/2)

On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Hari tells Paul Jay that the conventional understanding of drug addiction is wrong, and alternative drug policy in Portugal and Canada can lead the way. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced March 6, 2015.

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