Pushback with Aaron Maté

In Navalny poisoning, rush to judgment threatens new Russia-NATO crisis

Aaron MatéSeptember 6, 2020

Veteran Russia correspondent Fred Weir on the Navalny poisoning and the Western media's dysfunctional coverage of allegations against Moscow. ... Read More

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NBA All-Star David West on the walkout and standing up to racism, exploitation

Aaron MatéSeptember 5, 2020

Retired NBA All Star and 2x champion David West on the NBA walkout, the NCAA's cartel, and rejecting the demonization of China. ... Read More

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‘We live in a right-wing country’: Malaika Jabali on Kenosha, rebellions, and the election

Aaron MatéAugust 30, 2020

Reporting from Kenosha, attorney and writer Malaika Jabali on the protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake; the free reign granted to armed white vigila... Read More

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Crushing US sanctions devastate Syria’s people and post-war reconstruction

Aaron MatéAugust 21, 2020

Leading Syria scholar Joshua Landis on how crippling US sanctions are devastating Syria's people and hindering post-war reconstruction. ... Read More

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Dem impeachment attorney on Mueller, Ukrainegate, and the case vs. Trump

Aaron MatéAugust 14, 2020

Former House Judiciary attorney Norman Eisen, author of a new insider account of Trump's impeachment, joins Pushback to debate and discuss the Mueller probe, Uk... Read More

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Disparaging Stokely Carmichael, Bill Clinton attacks the black freedom struggle

Aaron MatéAugust 12, 2020

During a historic upsurge of black activism, Bill Clinton attacked the late Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture, a leading black power revolutionary. Dr. Peniel Josep... Read More

PushbackUS Domestic Politics

Lebanon’s corrupt, colonial system leads to explosion catastrophe

Aaron MatéAugust 7, 2020

Beirut's explosion disaster is the product of a corrupt, sectarian political system maintained by foreign powers, Rania Masri argues. ... Read More

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UK ‘Russia report’ fear-mongers about meddling yet finds no evidence

Aaron MatéJuly 25, 2020

A long-awaited UK report finds no evidence of Russian meddling, but that hasn't stopped the fear-mongering. ... Read More

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Nancy Pelosi, leader of corporate Democrats, challenged by leftist Shahid Buttar

Aaron MatéJuly 16, 2020

Shahid Buttar on his campaign to unseat Nancy Pelosi, the country's most powerful Democrat. ... Read More

PushbackUS Domestic Politics

Max Blumenthal: ‘Cancel Culture’ hypocrites cancel open debate and foreign countries

Aaron MatéJuly 13, 2020

Max Blumenthal says that signatories of the "Cancel Culture" letter fail to practice what they preach, while fueling an internecine liberal debate that sideline... Read More

MediaPushbackUS Domestic Politics

US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous

Aaron MatéJune 30, 2020

Max Blumenthal breaks down the "Russian bounty" story's flaws and how it aims to prolong the war in Afghanistan -- and uses Russiagate tactics to continue pushi... Read More

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Finkelstein: Israel will pretend that illegal annexation is a compromise

Aaron MatéJune 23, 2020

Israeli PM Netanyahu will annex valuable West Bank land while pretending to be making a compromise, Norman Finkelstein says. ... Read More

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