The Empire Files Season 1

September. 04,2015      
Rating:
7.7
Trailer Synopsis

From inside history's biggest empire, host Abby Martin records a world shaped by war & inequality, and explores the U.S. Empire, its rise to world hegemony and its impact on people and the planet.

Episode 14 : Rigged Corporate Elections and Clinton Criminals
December. 19,2015
Abby Martin interviews American political figure Ralph Nader about the 2016 presidential race—from the “Brown Shirt” Trump movement to “corporate criminal” Hillary Clinton—and the reality of who has power in America.
Episode 13 : Bush Military Official: The Empire's Ship is Sinking
December. 13,2015
Abby Martin interviews retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, former national security advisor to the Reagan administration, who spent years as an assistant to Secretary of State Colin Powell during both Bush administrations. Today, he is honest about the unfixable corruption inside the establishment and the corporate interests driving foreign policy.
Episode 12 : The US School That Trains Dictators & Death Squads
December. 05,2015
On November 22, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, GA at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Americas to memorialize the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives at the hands of the U.S. Empire’s brutally repressive juntas it used to rule Latin America by force. The dictators and death squad leaders, who committed acts of genocide, were trained within the gates of Fort Benning, at the School of the Americas – otherwise known as the “School of Assassins.”
Episode 11 : Thanksgiving to 'Redskins' - Dispelling American Myths That Hide Native Genocide
November. 20,2015
Each November, Americans celebrate a mythical version of U.S. history. Thanksgiving Day's portrayal of the experience of Native Americans under the boot of settler-colonialism is one of the Empire's most cherished falsehoods.
Episode 10 : Palestine's Rebellion, Israel's Fascism
November. 13,2015
Abby Martin interviews journalist and author Max Blumenthal on the current situation in Palestine and the Israeli occupation. This episode covers what is behind today's rebellion, the rising dominance of far-right, ultra-racist ideology in Israel, eye-witness accounts of the aftermath of the Gaza war, and the Israeli government's fear of Palestinian resistance.
Episode 9 : The Distortion & Death Behind Israel/Palestine Coverage
November. 06,2015
A crisis in Palestine is again all over the headlines. From stabbings and molotov cocktails, to killing of protesters and anti-Arab lynch mobs--how much of the mass media coverage can we really trust? Abby Martin takes a look at how the so-called "Israel-Palestine conflict" has been covered by the mainstream press during the last crisis in the region, and the variety of tactics employed by the state of Israel to control the narrative: from its Hasbara propaganda machine, to outright killing of journalists.
Episode 8 : The Censored Reality of the Refugee Crisis
October. 30,2015
Today 60 million human beings are displaced from war and extreme poverty. Many European countries are responding to the crisis with racist hysteria, polices and police state measures.
Episode 7 : The Empire's Election Extravaganza
October. 25,2015
Abby Martin interviews world-renowned philosopher and linguist Professor Noam Chomsky. Prof. Chomsky comments on the presidential primary "extravaganza," the movement for Bernie Sanders, the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, modern-day libertarianism and the reality of "democracy" under capitalism.
Episode 6 : America's Unofficial Religion: The War on an Idea
October. 10,2015
The Empire has a range of weapons to maintain its power: from its courts to its military. But it also has effective ideological weapons.
Episode 5 : Butchery, Slavery & History of Revolt
October. 02,2015
Meet the new head of the United Nations panel on Human Rights: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abby Martin takes us inside the brutal reality of this police-state monarchy, and tells the untold people's history of resistance to it. With a major, catastrophic war in Yemen and looming high-profile executions of activists, The Empire Files exposes true nature of the U.S.-Saudi love affair.
Episode 4 : War, Propaganda & the Enemy Within
September. 26,2015
Abby Martin interviews Chris Hedges on American myths, war and revolt. Hedges explains the 'folly of Empire,' the dangers posed by right-wing extremism and the urgent need for a new system.
Episode 3 : Tortured & Enslaved: Enter the World's Biggest Prison
September. 18,2015
The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. Abby Martin explores the dark reality of America's prisons: their conditions, who is warehoused in them, and the roots of mass incarceration.
Episode 2 : 9/11 and the Belligerent Empire
September. 11,2015
Abby Martin examines the two major wars launched under the "Global War on Terror"--their historical development and their aftermath. Featuring former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, this episode digs into the tragedy of a region shaped by Empire.
Episode 1 : The Rise of History's Biggest Empire
September. 04,2015
Abby Martin debuts The Empire Files, exploring the U.S. Empire, its rise to world hegemony and its impact on people and the planet.

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