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Following his kidnapping, Nicolás Maduro pleads not-guilty. Plus: Trump warns Europe they’ll be next, and the insider who made big bucks betting on Maduro’s kidnap. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Maduro appears In New York Court 36:37 Greenland In Trump's Crosshairs Again 58:47 Alleged Insider Wins Bet On Maduro’s Kidnap With Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani, and Juan David Rojas. Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, discusses the real motive behind the U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro, explaining the attacks are about controlling Venezuela’s oil and undermining the Bolivarian Revolution. Prashad breaks down the “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine and situates the attack in a long history of U.S. imperialism. He warns that Trump’s proclamation that the U.S. will “run Venezuela” would be a “worse fiasco than Iraq.” #breakthroughnews

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Rania Khalek is joined by Zoe Alexandra of People’s Dispatch and special guests for a live episode of Dispatches examining the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Venezuela. The US has invaded and bombed Venezuela, kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, and is openly threatening to expand its campaign against Venezuela’s neighbors and allies. We break down the lies used to justify this aggression — and what comes next. 📅 LIVE Tuesday, January 6 🕚 11 AM Eastern / 8 AM Pacific 🔔 Set a reminder and subscribe to Breakthrough News so you don’t miss it. Support independent media — become a Breakthrough News member today: 👉 Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://streamyard.com/pal/d/6515370351656960

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Venezuelan journalist Andreína Chávez Alava reports from Caracas after U.S. strikes and the kidnapping of President Maduro, describing how communities are coming together, listening to authorities, and preparing to “resist in the streets” while showing solidarity. She calls the attack “an illegal U.S. bombing against a civilian population” and a clear attempt at regime change, exposing Washington’s goal to control Venezuela’s political life and oil resources. Chávez warns this is just the beginning of a broader U.S. campaign in Latin America, calling it “another Monroe Doctrine” and pledging to “continue denouncing by every means necessary” the assault on Venezuela. #breakthroughnews

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ACT NOW TO STOP WAR ON VENEZUELA! Today, people in 100+ cities took the streets to demand NO WAR ON VENEZUELA, following the Trump administration’s bombing of the country, kidnapping of its president, and its announcement that it would “run” Venezuela and “sell” its oil. Across the U.S., people have made clear that we will not accept another endless war built on lies. Instead, we are building a powerful anti-war movement. This is only the beginning. Join us tomorrow, Sunday, January 4 at 2PM ET for an urgent webinar with leaders of the anti-war movement to discuss the current moment — and what comes next. Register ➡️🔗answercoalition.org/venezuela Featuring: Claudia De La Cruz (@1claud9) of IFCO Pastors for Peace (@ifco_pastors4peace) Brian Becker (@brianbecker2000) of the ANSWER Coalition (@answercoalition) Manolo De Los Santos (@manolo.socialista) of The People’s Forum (@peoplesforumnyc) Ashik Siddique (@ahsheek) of the Democratic Socialists of America (@demsocialists) Sarah Parker (@sarahxthegreat) of 50501 Movement (@50501movement) and Voices of Florida (@voicesofflorida). 📆 Sun Jan 4 🕑 2pm ET / 11AM PT 🛜 Online webinar - Register at answercoalition.org/venezuela

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Support our work: http://novara.media/support After 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' on October 7th, a specific narrative quickly emerged and pervaded the entire Western mainstream media. Namely, that unprecedented horrors were committed against the state of Israel and that whatever way it responded was justified. Any deviation from this narrative was quickly shut down. In the intervening years, the British state has aided Israel in its response, a response that organisations including Amnesty & B'tselem have called a genocide in Gaza. Peter Oborne is a journalist and author whose new book, 'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza', provides a forensic account and set of references defying anyone denying Britain's fuelling of genocide in Gaza. Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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Join BreakThrough News at 3pm ET for special live coverage of the US bombing of Venezuela and the capture and kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro, hosted by Rania Khalek, Eugene Puryear and Zoe Alexandra, joined by special guests Vijay Prashad, José Luis Granados Ceja, Andreína Chávez Alava, and Manolo De Los Santos. Trump’s “large-scale attack” on Caracas overnight Saturday targeted multiple sites in the capital city and followed months of administration officials openly stating their goal: US control of Venezuela’s vast oil and natural resources reserves. This even as Maduro and his wife are expected to face trumped-up drug charges in New York. #breakthroughnews

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Europe is ramping up for war. Entire economies – including the UK’s – are being restructured in favour of defence and to preserve the US’s commitment to the NATO alliance… The reason we’re given – the possibility of war with Russia… That raises the question: what would a war between Europe and Russia look like? And would you survive it? Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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In this end-of-year wrap-up, historian and journalist Vijay Prashad joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to analyze the tectonic shifts in global politics as we enter 2026. From the escalating genocide in Gaza to the resurgence of the far-right in Latin America, Prashad provides a deep-dive analysis into the "angry tide" sweeping the globe and what it means for the future of the Global South. He also breaks down the strategic shift in U.S. foreign policy, including the return of the Monroe Doctrine and the "Trump corollary" of using force and tariffs to discipline the Western Hemisphere.

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Support our work: http://novara.media/support Ash Sarkar and Aaron Bastani joined each other on 17th December for a special end-of-year Downstream, wrapping up the year in politics. 00:00 Intro 01:15 Russia, Ukraine & Nuclear Proliferation 11:02 The Middle East 21:27 Immigration 37:43 Labour & The British Economy 44:38 US & China 51:22 Your Party, The Greens & Zack Polanski 1:07:00 Reform Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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Ground beef prices are up nearly 13%, but American cattle ranchers told us that they just took a $17 billion hit. And every year, nearly 20,000 family farms disappear. We investigated the corporate cartel who's profiting off the crisis in American beef production.

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A new, pro-Western regime led by former ISIS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is now in power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, Israel conducts raids at will, occupies parts of the south, and pro-government forces conduct massacres against the Alawite population. And the country, now weakened and fragmented, has become a battleground for influence between Turkey and Israel. Veteran war correspondent and geopolitical analyst Elijah Magnier joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to break down what the events of the past year mean for the region, Palestine and the Axis of Resistance, and the people of Syria.

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President Trump has escalated his aggression against Venezuela to a “complete and total blockade.” Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra discuss Trump’s recent admission that his war on Venezuela is about controlling the country’s oil reserves, along with giving crucial context on the Bolivarian Revolution, the real reason behind two decades of U.S. attacks, and why this war for oil is reaching a dangerous new peak.

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Support our work: http://novara.media/support Norman Finkelstein is one of the West’s leading anti-Zionist scholars. The son of holocaust survivors, he has spent his life studying and critiquing Israel’s assault on Palestine, decades before it became socially acceptable to do so in the West. ​ Yet despite having dedicated his career to it, by the day before Hamas’ attack in October 2023, Norman had all but given up on the cause of Palestinian liberation. His most recent book on the subject had sold 370 copies. When news of the attack arrived, Norman knew people would want to hear from him. He wrestled with what to say, eventually coming to the view that Hamas’ actions could be viewed through the lens of the Slave Rebellions in the early 1800s: heinous acts of violence borne out of desperate circumstances. Acts that he could not condemn. ​ In conversation with Aaron Bastani, Norman tells the story of his parents’ lives before the war, and the life they built in the shadow of the Holocaust. Could they speak about what they had been through? How did their experience impact Norman’s work and his devotion to the truth? What was it like arguing with his mentor, Noam Chomsky? And what is Israel’s endgame? Norman’s latest book Gaza’s Gravediggers is available here: https://orbooks.com/catalog/gazas-gravediggers/ 00:00 Intro 02:42 Who Were Norman’s Parents, Before the Holocaust? 09:55 What Was Their Life Like, As Survivors? 17:16 What Drives Norman’s Work? 18:38 Stalinists: A Deep Debt to the Soviet Union 23:41 ‘My Words Are Not For Sale’ 28:25 In Pursuit of the Truth: Norman’s Anti Zionist Scholarship 34:26 On MAGA’s ‘Intellectually Void’ Figureheads 41:10 The Failures of the Left Today 46:36 The Great Noam Chomsky 50:53 Crocodile Tears: How Video Is Changing Our Culture? 52:53 Wrestling With October 7th 58:36 Hamas’ Violence and Slave Rebellions 1:02:44 ‘I Don’t Want to Get Adjusted to this World’ 1:07:16 On Religion 1:13:39 Fighting for Tiny Victories 1:18:26 Nat Turner’s Rebellion 1:22:34 Why Norman Won’t Condemn Hamas 1:25:43 Israel’s End Game Buy a copy of Gaza’s Gravediggers: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places by Norman Finklestein from OR Books here https://orbooks.com/catalog/gazas-gravediggers/ Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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In the immediate aftermath of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, Israeli officials rapidly moved to politicize the tragedy, with Netanyahu blaming it on Australia’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state earlier this year and Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar declaring it as a result of worldwide calls to “globalize the intifada.” Journalist Katie Halper joins Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to dismantle these claims. She analyzes how the shooting has been weaponized to attack the pro-Palestine movement, arguing that equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is not only inaccurate, but makes Jews less safe.

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On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 12/18 at 1pm ET, Rania Khalek and special guest host Zoe Alexandra are joined by special guests: Vijay Prashad, journalist, historian and director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, joins the show for a 2025 year-end wrap-up, spanning Trump’s pivot to Latin America, the war in Ukraine, Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Elijah Magnier, veteran war correspondent and political analyst, joins the show to discuss Syria one year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the recent ISIS attack on U.S. soldiers. Katie Halper, podcaster and political commentator, joins the show to discuss Israel’s politicization and weaponization of the Bondi Beach mass shooting in Australia. Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra discuss Trump’s escalating attacks on Venezuela and Cuba, and what this means for the rest of the region.

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2025 has been a rough year for Keir Starmer’s Labour, but was it enough to destroy the party? Plus: A fake AI Yanis Varoufakis is going viral, and Bernie Sanders has a message for the tech oligarchs. 00:00 Intro 01:33 Labour Party 23:19 The British YIMBY Revolution 38:45 Fake Yanis Varoufakis 51:45 Bernie Sanders On AI With Michael Walker & NoJusticeMTG. Support our work: http://novara.media/support Buy Novara Media merch: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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Sam Altman wants to make a deal with us: he'll give us a utopian future, if we give him... everything. $750 billion in investment. As much electricity as the population of India. And all of our data. And if he's wrong he'll still profit off of what comes next.

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