From Amnesty International to the International Federation of Journalists, everyone is now rallying to the cause of Julian Assange. For some, they had been late to the battlefield but then as the Russians say “after the war a lot of brave soldiers turn up“. The espionage case against Julian Assange has been falling apart for months. Yahoo News revealed CIA plans to kidnap and if necessary kill Julian Assange - even if it meant a shoot-out with Russian diplomats on the streets of Knightsbridge. Less well-known is the admission by a key figure in the Assange circle that he had fabricated parts of the Kerry evidence in the American indictment against Assange. The man who broke that story is Bjartmar Alexandersson, and he joined Sputnik to tell us the importance of this story. Leon Trotsky was a very famous Russian indeed. A key figure in the Bolshevik Revolution, in the foundation of the Red Army, which successfully repelled the foreign invasion of Russia which sought to overthrow it. He even found time to be the godfather of our guest Michael Hudson, Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. The author of ‘Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire’, he joined the show to explain his theories on industrial capitalism, politics and military might.

Sputnik Orbiting the World: Justice and imperialism

On this episode, we speak to the president of Bolivia, Luis Arce. He discusses the position of developing Global South countries at COP26 against ‘green capitalism’ in the fight against climate change, the centrality of Bolivia’s lithium reserves in the US-backed coup by Jeanine Anez and the UK’s role in supporting it, the assassination plot by the same mercenary group that killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, socialist policies implemented at home to alleviate hunger in a rejection of the IMF’s economic model, and much more.

Going Underground: Bolivian President on assassination plot against him, 2019 US-backed coup

The DNC’s case for Russiagate was centered on unverified, and now debunked claims from an IT contractor called CrowdStrike that was paid to make us to think that the DNC’s emails were hacked by Russia. This narrative went the same way as the Steele Dossier and other laughable excuses for Hillary Clinton getting beaten by Donald Trump. Lee Camp takes a victory lap this week as the final pillar of the Russiagate conspiracy theory crumbles. Camp also reports on a mysterious illness connected to lavender products, and the real people fighting for a better future at the UN’s COP26 conference – the activists. Jaffer Khan and Camp investigate Facebook’s name change. The Meta rebranding is a move to expand the dominance the corporate giant has in our lives with a heavy focus on virtual reality technologies. Naomi Karavani finishes the show off on Elon Musk’s pivot toward fracked natural gas. He became one of the richest men in the world on the back of corporate greenwashing but now he’s stepping into his real role as a planet-killer.

Redacted Tonight: CrowdStrike propaganda collapses, Facebook’s name change

Jesse Ventura and Brigida Santos discuss the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and the first public account of CIA torture by a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. Harvard Law Professor and author Lawrence Lessig talks about the filibuster, his new book, ‘They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy’, and allegations that Facebook has repeatedly violated US security laws.

The World according to Jesse: First tortured CIA prisoner testifies

The pandemic has forced countries across the globe to rethink their public transit systems, as riders and operators have dwindled since 2019. RT’s Peter Oliver lays out initiatives to reinvigorate bus and rail systems abroad. Strelmark President Hilary Fordwich discusses how companies stateside are coping with a stationary workforce. What does the future hold for daily commuters turned-remote workers? What do this week’s gubernatorial and mayoral races project for the 2022 midterms? Progressive radio host Jon Elliott and Republican strategist Melik Abdul discuss how regional politics shaped by local ballot boxes and school curricula will push the needle nationwide.

The Big Picture: Mass transit transforming worldwide

Despite calls to boost output amid the ongoing energy crisis, OPEC+ members have decided to hold oil output levels steady. Kirk Edwards, the former chair of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association gives us his forecast for the energy sector in the wake of the cartel’s decision. This, as global markets have finished the show mostly up, with some exceptions; we’ll discuss. And Bitcoin Cash saw a price surge on Friday as a false press release claimed that the US grocery giant Kroger would begin accepting the cryptocurrency. Boom Bust’s Ben Swann and Christy Ai fill us in on the false price jump and other key developments in the cryptocurrency sector.

Boom Bust: OPEC+ agrees to hold steady & Bitcoin Cash price pops on false reports

Was Hillary Clinton behind the fake “Russia-Gate”? New arrests points to political dirty trick. Election day coverage 2021. When the media weren't blaming white people for republican victories, they were ignoring the historic election of the first black female to the position of Lt. Governor in Virginia. Because she is a republican, of course! Joe Biden denies his administration will pay illegal aliens $450,000. The panel, Lionel and Ford O’Connell, will weigh in. Has the media made more out of the sex scandals that have plagued the Catholic Church? Bill Donohue, the President of the Catholic League says, YES! He's here to explain. And the REAL “big lie,” continues to be told by the left. We'll explain the truth behind Trump’s words in the dessert segment.

Eat the Press: Hillary's "Russia-Gate"?

In this episode of Keiser Report, Max and Stacy look at the high cost of the hot air coming out of COP26, where consensus is by decree, while, over in bitcoin land, we see true eco-geopolitical innovation. In the second half, Max continues his conversation with Ben Aris of European business news platform BNE.eu. They discuss the excessive money-printing that’s negating any grand plans for an energy transition away from carbon. They also chat about Ben’s recent trip to Uzbekistan and the booming economy he saw there on the ground.

Keiser Report: An eco-geopolitical innovation

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses the legacy of the radical group, the Young Lords, with Professor Johanna Fernandez. In Chicago in 1969, a former gang leader, Cha Cha Jimenez, founded the revolutionary group the Young Lords to fight police brutality, racism, and gentrification. The Young Lords, with their signature purple berets and paramilitary formations, were to Mexican and Puerto Rican youth what the Black Panthers were to radicalized blacks. The Young Lords quickly spread to New York. But in New York, the leaders, while mostly the children of poor Puerto Rican immigrants, were also often better educated. The New York chapter, bilingual and bicultural, soon gave its generation the language to understand the discrimination, displacement and structural racism that plagued their families and their communities. As children, they had to serve as interlocutors between their parents, who often did not speak English, and a callous and indifferent bureaucracy, forcing them to see their parents humiliated and often abused. The group was racially diverse – more than 25% of members were black – and celebrated the unique fusion of cultures that produced, for example, the Spanglish poetry of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The Young Lords drew their inspiration from the liberation movements in Cuba and Vietnam. They were at the forefront of the rainbow coalition of black, Latinx, native, and white working-class radicals embodied in the organizing work of the Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, who was drugged and then assassinated by the Chicago police and the FBI. The Young Lords occupied churches and hospitals to protest against the lack of adequate social services and healthcare, including the severe shortage of doctors in their neighborhoods and the widespread lead poisoning that afflicted poor children. They piled up garbage in the streets and lit the piles on fire to protest over the failure by New York’s sanitation department to provide services to poor neighborhoods. They at once built community campaigns and a revolutionary party, one of the very few waves of radical socialists in the United States led by people of color. The Young Lords, part of the new left of the 1960s, fundamentally altered the relationships between people of color and the white majority. Their militancy forced city governments and wider society to acknowledge and respect their most basic civil rights. Johanna Fernandez is a professor of history at Baruch College of the City of New York, and author of ‘The Young Lords: A Radical History’.

On Contact: ‘The Young Lords – A Radical History’

Chris Hedges, the author and presenter of RT’s On Contact, joins Lee Camp for a conversation around his latest book about teaching in American prisons. They also discuss corruption in the media and the US justice system. The persecution of Julian Assange and Steven Donziger have garnered attention over the past few weeks for their egregious displays of judicial corruption in service of the world’s most powerful people. Hedges provides context for your outrage in their cases. He then reveals his experiences teaching prisoners in maximum security facilities and expresses support for incarcerated people who have chosen to protest over their living conditions. Jaffer Khan reports on another case of judicial corruption from Tennessee. A judge in Rutherford County has been exposed by ProPublica for sending children – most of whom were black – to juvenile detention at an outrageous rate. Her court recently settled an $11 million fine over corruption but a lot more needs to be done to protect children from her court. Anders Lee ends the show with a look into the history of the French people’s 19th century experiment with democracy now known as the Paris Commune. The commune was short-lived and extinguished brutally but it has echoed through left-wing history.

Redacted Tonight: Teaching prisoners with Chris Hedges, Tennessee County caught jailing kids

From an early age, we strive to understand the world around us. But maybe we should do more to understand ourselves. Well, today I'm putting life's big questions about love and happiness to the philosopher and founder of The School of Life – Alain de Botton.

SophieCo. Visionaries: Human beings are made to suffer – philosopher

Virginia has roared and Democrats are reeling. Republican Glenn Youngkin’s gubernatorial win was nothing less than stunning. He is a political novice and not a Trump surrogate. This bellwether election will have far-reaching implications. And it may signal the end of the Biden presidency. CrossTalking with Jen Kerns, Dee Dawkins-Haigler, and Christopher Metzler.

CrossTalk: Virginia roars!

Markets have shattered records in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s tapering announcement this week. Boom Bust’s Christy Ai and Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies offer their insight into the markets and the newest measures from the nation’s central bank. And as cryptocurrency adoption has become more mainstream, could we soon see some of the world’s largest nations adopt a central bank digital currency? Boom Bust’s Ben Swann fills us in on the potential benefits of a hypothetical adoption. Plus, we take you to the auto sector, where a rebound in US sales is boosting optimism in the industry. We’ll break it all down with Lauren Fix, the Car Coach.

Boom Bust: Markets boom on Fed’s taper announcement & US auto sales rally in October

Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar, who is currently performing in his sold out Las Vegas residency, has conquered a new spirit in his entrepreneurship. The rock legend has a new line of sparkling rum drinks and he’s performing four shows in Texas in December to celebrate.

Dennis Miller+1: Sammy Hagar ditched tequila for rum with new cocktail & concert experience

Alex Salmond interviews Brian Cox about his new autobiography and about acting, politics, and his screen alter ego, Logan Roy. After more than half a century as an award winning actor, Cox has now achieved superstar status through his portrayal of Roy in the global hit series ‘Succession’.

The Alex Salmond Show: ‘Succession’ – the Brian Cox interview

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