Moderate Rebels was a political podcast and video show hosted by journalists Max Blumenthal and Benjamin Norton. It ended in January 2022.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 days 7 hours 47 minutes
Correcting WWII history: How the USA erased the USSR victory over Nazi Germany - with Peter Kuznick
The Soviet Union played the leading role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II, but the US government has tried to erase its unimaginable sacrifice. Historian Peter Kuznick discusses the real history of WWII, and how 80% of Nazis were killed on...
Israel protects fascists suspected in bombing terror attack on Palestinian American
Israeli journalist David Sheen tells the shocking story of how extremists suspected of murdering Palestinian American activist Alex Odeh in a terrorist attack in California in 1985 are living openly in Israel. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton also...
Netanyahu's coronavirus coalition consolidates apartheid: Inside Israel's extremism with David Sheen
Israeli journalist David Sheen discusses how Netanyahu lost three elections and faced corruption charges but still managed to stay in power in his fifth term as prime minister. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton talk about King Bibi's coalition...
How the US makes countries pay for its wars: Economics of American imperialism with Michael Hudson
Economist Michael Hudson explains how American imperialism has created a global free lunch, where the US makes foreign countries pay for its wars, and even their own military occupation. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss the economics of...
US coronavirus 'bailout' scam is $6 trillion giveaway to Wall St - Economist Michael Hudson explains
Facing the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Congress rammed through the CARES Act — which economist Michael Hudson explains is not a "bailout" but a massive, $6 trillion giveaway to Wall Street, banks, large corporations, and stockholders. Max Blumenthal...
Bernie Sanders and the black hole of the Brooklyn media left (Part 2)
Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton continue discussing the end of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, and how the professional media left, largely based in Brooklyn, opportunistically capitalized on his movement to push a soft-imperialist branding of...
Bernie Sanders goes out with a whimper - An obituary on an aborted 'revolution' (Part 1)
Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the US presidential race. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton discuss what went wrong in his campaign, from being unwilling to take on the Democratic Party, treating right-wing war criminal Joe Biden like a friend, refusing...
The coronavirus pandemic and US hybrid war on China - with Pepe Escobar
As the deadly coronavirus pandemic rampages across the world, Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with independent geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar about the new US cold war with China, potential origins of the Covid-19 virus, the collapse of the...
The Kafkaesque trial and torture of political prisoner Julian Assange - with Randy Credico
Ben Norton joins Randy Credico to co-host his program "Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom," dedicated to exposing the prosecution and persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, a political prisoner who is being tortured for the "crime" of publishing...
Joe Biden, same old wars, same old interventionism: Ex-State Dept adviser warns of VP's hawkishness
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has for decades supported wars and military interventions across the planet. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with former State Department Russia adviser James Carden about his experience in the Obama...