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Empire Files

The podcast version of a documentary & interview series on war and inequality from the heart of Empire hosted by Abby Martin. Empire Files is donor-funded, independent and add free. Help keep us g... Read more

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Episode 64 - What the Russian Revolution Proved Possible

Episode 64 - What the Russian Revolution Proved Possible

Nov. 7, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the seizure of power by workers and peasants in the Russian Revolution, rega... Read more

19 Dec 2017

27mins

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Episode 41 - Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: Trump, the Alt-Right & Christianized Fascism

Episode 41 - Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: Trump, the Alt-Right & Christianized Fascism

For the first time in modern history, a fringe wing of Christian extremists have obtained the highest seats of power in ... Read more

19 Dec 2017

25mins

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Episode 4 - Abby Martin & Chris Hedges: War, Propaganda & the Enemy Within

Episode 4 - Abby Martin & Chris Hedges: War, Propaganda & the Enemy Within

Abby Martin interviews Chris Hedges on American myths, war and revolt. Hedges explains the 'folly of Empire,' the danger... Read more

27 Nov 2017

28mins

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Episode 34 - The Untold History of Palestine & Israel

Episode 34 - The Untold History of Palestine & Israel

Previewing Abby Martin’s on-the-ground investigation in Palestine, The Empire Files looks at the long history of Zionist... Read more

30 Nov 2017

22mins

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Episode 63 - Trump Expands Police-State Crackdown on the Left

Episode 63 - Trump Expands Police-State Crackdown on the Left

At Trump's inauguration, around 200 protesters and journalists were mass arrested and now face up to 70 years in prison ... Read more

19 Dec 2017

25mins

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Episode 3 - Tortured & Enslaved: Enter the World's Biggest Prison

Episode 3 - Tortured & Enslaved: Enter the World's Biggest Prison

The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. Abb... Read more

27 Nov 2017

27mins

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Episode 21 - Marxism 101: How Capitalism is Killing Itself with Dr. Richard Wolff

Episode 21 - Marxism 101: How Capitalism is Killing Itself with Dr. Richard Wolff

Despite a concerted effort by the U.S. Empire to snuff out the ideology, a 2016 poll found young Americans have a much m... Read more

29 Nov 2017

35mins

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Episode 5 - Inside Saudi Arabia: Butchery, Slavery & History of Revolt

Episode 5 - Inside Saudi Arabia: Butchery, Slavery & History of Revolt

Meet the new head of the United Nations panel on Human Rights: the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Abby Martin takes us inside ... Read more

27 Nov 2017

27mins

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Episode 54 - Peter Joseph: Eviscerating Capitalism & Building New Alternatives

Episode 54 - Peter Joseph: Eviscerating Capitalism & Building New Alternatives

Peter Joseph is the founder of the Zeitgeist Movement, a grassroots, worldwide organization that advocates an alternativ... Read more

19 Dec 2017

45mins

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Episode 81 - Giants: Who Really Rules The World?

Episode 81 - Giants: Who Really Rules The World?

Abby Martin sits down with Peter Phillips, former director of Project Censored and professor of Political Sociology at S... Read more

15 Apr 2019

31mins

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Episode 29 - Imperial Japan, the Bomb & the Pacific Powder Keg

Episode 29 - Imperial Japan, the Bomb & the Pacific Powder Keg

Obama’s high-profile trip to Hiroshima was accompanied by a media storm that gave endless justifications for the US use ... Read more

29 Nov 2017

27mins

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Episode 40 - Post-Soviet Russia: America's "Colony" to #1 Enemy

Episode 40 - Post-Soviet Russia: America's "Colony" to #1 Enemy

The increased aggression towards Russia from US politicians and media is made more clear when taking into account the re... Read more

1 Dec 2017

27mins

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Episode 27 - Propaganda & Engineering Consent for Empire with Mark Crispin Miller

Episode 27 - Propaganda & Engineering Consent for Empire with Mark Crispin Miller

With thousands of advertisements seen by Americans everyday, and a corporate media that reinforces the needs of Empire, ... Read more

29 Nov 2017

25mins

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Episode 12 - The US School That Trains Dictators & Death Squads

Episode 12 - The US School That Trains Dictators & Death Squads

On November 22, thousands gathered at the gates of Fort Benning, GA at the 25th annual protest of the School of the Amer... Read more

28 Nov 2017

28mins

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Episode 84 - Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: No Way Out Through Elections

Episode 84 - Chris Hedges & Abby Martin: No Way Out Through Elections

Keep Empire Files independent and ad-free: https://www.patreon.com/empirefilesAbby Martin sits down with Pulitzer Prize-... Read more

3 Dec 2019

28mins

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Episode 56 - American Revolution Waged For Slavery — Professor Gerald Horne

Episode 56 - American Revolution Waged For Slavery — Professor Gerald Horne

Abby Martin interviews Professor Gerald Horne about the the real story behind the creation of the United States in 1776,... Read more

19 Dec 2017

33mins

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Episode 28 - Monsanto, America's Monster

Episode 28 - Monsanto, America's Monster

Few corporations in the world are as loathed—and as sinister—as Monsanto. But the threat it poses to people and planet c... Read more

29 Nov 2017

23mins

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Episode 73 - Leftist Debunks John Oliver's Venezuela Episode

Episode 73 - Leftist Debunks John Oliver's Venezuela Episode

The week of Venezuela's presidential election, John Oliver dedicated an ENTIRE episode of his HBO show "Last Week Tonigh... Read more

26 Feb 2019

46mins

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Episode 49 - Modern-Day Slave Trade by Human Rights Diplomats

Episode 49 - Modern-Day Slave Trade by Human Rights Diplomats

Human trafficking is a hidden industry that brings in $150 billion in illegal profits every year. In the United States, ... Read more

19 Dec 2017

25mins

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Episode 48 - Privacy, Control & the Darknet – Alex Winter with Abby Martin

Episode 48 - Privacy, Control & the Darknet – Alex Winter with Abby Martin

Out of the periphery of most online users, there’s a vast, hidden space used by people who want to remain anonymous, whi... Read more

19 Dec 2017

26mins

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