Media Roots @MediaRootsNews
Anti-Empire journalism reporting outside party lines. Listen to Media Roots Radio w/ Abby & Robbie Martin on all platforms: https://t.co/x4LdzuYOxn patreon.com/mediarootsradio Oakland, CA Joined March 2010-
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this psychotic empire baby son of a bitch wants to go full Kent State over the gaza solidarity encampment, america is a mental illness powder keg
this psychotic empire baby son of a bitch wants to go full Kent State over the gaza solidarity encampment, america is a mental illness powder keg
why didn't Tucker Carlson talk about how he thought dropping nukes on Japan was bad while he was on mainstream television for 30 years?
Shai Davidai comes from a long line of assholes. A short piece on his family's ties to the weapons industry (and other shady dealings). counterpunch.org/2024/04/22/col…
The payout for Havana Syndrome
The payout for Havana Syndrome https://t.co/WLD95GK54x
another one for my collection
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New Media Roots Radio w/ @AbbyMartin & @FluorescentGrey Israel’s Brazen War Criminality a Net Benefit for US Empire on.soundcloud.com/m93bX9f4mUPWFR…
These are testimonies of Palestinians who thought they heard children and women screaming for help in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, only to realize that the cries were coming from an Israeli drone broadcasting distress calls to lure them out so it could shoot them.
The United States says it will launch a nuclear first strike if its “interests” are threatened—@pawelwargan explains this insane policy of nuclear blackmail
New @MediaRootsNews with @AbbyMartin : Israel’s Brazen War Criminality a Net Benefit For US Empire soundcloud.com/media-roots/is…
I continue to suspect that for parts of the US establishment, the complete destruction (or threat of that as a means of leverage) of international law may be an actual goal, not a cost.
I continue to suspect that for parts of the US establishment, the complete destruction (or threat of that as a means of leverage) of international law may be an actual goal, not a cost.
#Gaza: "The incalculable collective trauma will be experienced for generations to come," - @FranceskAlbs calls on States to fulfil their obligations under the Genocide Convention to prevent further loss of life. ohchr.org/en/press-relea… #HRC55
If you try to feed them we will kill you
Former IDF Sergeant @EranEfrati tells @AbbyMartin how he realized he was enforcing apartheid and committing terrorism against Palestinians.
video showing the Israeli army shooting a Palestinian civilian several times after he managed to get an aid package thrown from the air . The Israeli army continued shooting him after he was injured while he was trying to crawl away. Then he was left to bleed to death and his…
Every time
Every time https://t.co/V55Q1WW1Wo
Here’s how Israel can get the hostages back today and stop the civilian carnage in Gaza.
I make the case for how Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and why they must be stopped immediately on my debate with Piers Morgan.
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Fascism is so mainstream in US politics that sitting Republican Congressmen are fantasizing about throwing immigrants out of helicopters, like US-backed fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet did to leftists in Chile.
A sitting member of Congress suggested murdering an innocent man because he sassed the race-baiting paparazzi vultures shoving cameras in the first brown face that walked out of the precint. He wasn't even involved in assaulting a cop, he was just Latino.
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Our hero, the man of the year Wael Al-Dahdouh has left Gaza for medical treatment. His wife, daughter, two sons, grandchild all killed by Israel. His own life almost taken multiple times. A symbol of Gazan resilience. May Allah heal all his wounds, physical and emotional. Ameen
@MediaRootsNews @AbbyMartin @FluorescentGrey Another great episode
@MediaRootsNews @AbbyMartin @FluorescentGrey I've been listening to @EmpireFiles of late, but always to good to hear Abby and Robbie connect on these issues. Thank you for everything you do.
This may sound conspiratorial to some, but partly based on the quiet rapid growth of anti BDS laws all over the United States, the fears about college campuses being ‘too woke’ was always partly about college kids being too pro Palestinian imo
Zionists are pretending there's no relationship between @HananyaNaftali – who initially admitted Israel bombed al-Ahli hospital in Gaza – and his boss @netanyahu. Netanyahu spoke at Naftali's wedding about the "content" he makes. Little did he know what a liability his employee…
I have seen a lot of evil unfold over the years in the Middle East but I have never seen something this morally vicious and cruel. I truly mean it. I never have. If you can afford to turn away from this I have no interest in you as a person.
Signs it’s an airstrike: size of the explosion, A/V evidence corresponding with JDAM strike signature, Israel saying that hospitals were fair game, previous israeli attacks on this building, almost all governments blaming Israel Signs it was a Hamas rocket: Israel says so
Watching disinformation-obsessed liberals soak up every lie told by the Netanyahu regime just so they can finger wag at oppressed Palestinians trying to free themselves from apartheid and occupation.
RIP to the antiwar Right, it was nice to have you for a little while.
@MediaRootsNews @AbbyMartin @FluorescentGrey "there might as well have been slop buckets from televangelists in ads for the debate" Great informative episode but comments like this from Abby always crack me up. Can't believe how normal a survival food bucket advertised on a major party's debate broadcast would be in 2023.
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@FluorescentGrey @MediaRootsNews @AbbyMartin Thanks for a great episode that really encouraged me to think outside the box. These are frustrating times, yes but you can't let it sink you into talking points and oblivion. By the way, regarding your claim that Rumble is a right wing mafia organization. What about Lee Camp?
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