Janet Yang: The Power and Pain of Being Asian American During the Coronavirus Crisis
In this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” host Robert Scheer speaks with Janet Yang, the legendary film producer of “The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt,” among…
Jennifer Gollan: Care Home Operators Rake in Millions, Pay Workers $2 an Hour for 24/7 shifts
Some investigative reports reveal such extreme levels of greed, immorality and abuse that they can seem inconceivable. Such is the case of the bombshell series by the Center for Investigative…
Chris Hedges: Discussion with Roger Hallam of Extinction Rebellion
A live XRTV #alonetogether interview with Chris Hedges, American journalist and author. He will talk about the massive changes which are now upon us - why this has been coming…
The Still Exceptional Empires: Neo-Imperialism, Franco-American Style
While all historical analogizing must proceed cautiously – and with recognition of the limits of deduction – the broad similarities are staggering. It is the very grandiose idealism – and…
The Wrong Side of History: America’s ‘Veto’ and ‘Abstention-Imperialism’
On Tuesday, March 17, 1970, Charles Woodruff Yost, America’s ambassador to the United Nations, entered the international body’s headquarters building on the far east side of Midtown Manhattan. He was…
[rewind] Noam Chomsky Makes the Case for the Lesser of Two Evils
In the second part of his interview with Robert Scheer, the renowned thinker shares his criticisms of Israel and his views on electoralism.
Noam Chomsky: America Has Built a Global Dystopia
In the first installment of a two-part interview, Robert Scheer meets the renowned thinker for the first time to discuss world politics.
Emelie Mahdavian and Su Kim: The Extraordinary Film that Will Change Your Mind About Refugees
As conflicts spread and climate change worsens, the refugee crisis worldwide is breaking astounding records. There are currently 70.8 million forcibly displaced people around the globe, according to the United…
Interview With Chris Hedges From ‘America: The Farewell Tour’
Few seem better positioned and equipped to comment on, analyze, and dare I say diagnose, this moment than Chris Hedges. We talk pandemic, hyper-capitalism, labor, empire, and connect them with…
Operation Dolphin: A Preview of Iraq Documentary ‘Meatgrinder’
Maj Danny Sjursen describes Operation Dolphin, which took place in Iraq on January 25, 2007.
The Last Empire?: Portugal’s Cautionary Tale and the Costs of Forever War
The lack of even a corona-blip on the militarist radar ought raise solemn questions regarding the degree of democracy in the "democratic" U.S. national security structures, and the state of…
Robert Scheer: Coronavirus Has Already Transformed America, for Better and for Worse
In a special edition of “Scheer Intelligence,” host Robert Scheer becomes the guest as filmmaker Stephen French asks for the journalist’s take on the unprecedented crisis.
The Price of Power and West Point’s Class of 1986
It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic, nor the ordeals of a random navy captain, to delineate boundaries, in efficacy and ethics. Some two decades of endless, needless war, and…
Aaron Glantz: The Bipartisan Profiteers Who Demolished the American Dream
The 2008 housing meltdown that effectively busted the American dream of homeownership has morphed into a new heist based on corporate rental empires with all the same culprits. The answer…
A Time to Choose: ‘Company Men’ Common Decency?
It shouldn’t have taken a deadly pandemic, nor the ordeals of a random navy captain, to delineate boundaries, in efficacy and ethics. Some two decades of endless, needless war, and…
