June 2018

The Real News Network / TRNN is a grassroots alternative video media outlet covering an extraordinary range of issues and presents an amazing and unique breadth of academics, activists, authors, experts, journalists, NGOs and individuals.

Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is
the very first Community Radio Station in the nation
to present content from The Real News Network!

GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The program is a one hour magazine format with a selection of their current, news, analysis and commentary.

Or listen at your convenience via the following links…

• Ex-CIA Interrogator Trains ICE Agents in ‘Counterterrorism’ as They Terrorize Immigrants
  US Immigration and Customs Enforcement pays a private security firm run by former top CIA interrogator Barry McManus to train ICE agents in intelligence and “counterterrorism.” TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein
• Trump Replaces Child Cruelty With Family Cruelty p1x2
  After public outcry forced him to end family separation, Trump’s new executive order calls for reviving a family incarceration policy that a court blocked in 2015. We speak to The Nation’s Juliane Hing and Amnesty International’s Denise Bell
• US Gov’t Regime Change Machine Exacerbates Nicaragua’s Violent Protests
  As Nicaragua’s leftist government faces a violent right-wing insurgency, journalist Max Blumenthal discusses with TRNN’s Ben Norton how the regime change machinery bankrolled by the US government’s National Endowment for Democracy boasted of “laying the groundwork for insurrection” against President Daniel Ortega
• Jewish American Explains Why She Supports Palestine and BDS
  CODEPINK organizer Ariel Gold discusses with TRNN’s Ben Norton why she supports BDS and the movement for Palestinian rights: “The actions of the state of Israel do not represent my values as an American Jew”
• Why Is the Anti-War Movement Still so Weak Under Trump?
  The anti-war movement, once strong under Bush, died under Obama, and still is weak under Trump. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with CODEPINK’s Ariel Gold about the power of the military-industrial complex and the campaign to stop the US-Saudi assault on Yemen

Though our broadcast of The Real News is limited to 1 hour, we would also like to provide these additional features via the following links…

• US Locks Up Central American Refugees That It’s Helped Displace p2x2
  On top of its legal obligations to asylum seekers, does the U.S. have a moral obligation to Central Americans fleeing countries that the U.S. has destabilized? We discuss the criminalization of immigration and asylum-seeking with The Nation’s Juliane Hing and Amnesty International’s Denise Bell
• Is Europe’s New Military ‘Intervention Force’ a Message to Trump?
  Nine European Union states have signed off on creating a new joint military intervention force. We speak to Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Turkey’s Erdogan Expands Authoritarian Powers with Fascist Coalition Election Victory
  After 15 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will serve another 5 years as president of NATO member Turkey. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with activist Aral Balkan about the AKP’s victorious coalition with the far-right extremist MHP, and the implosion of Turkish democracy

The Real News Network / TRNN is a grassroots alternative video media outlet covering an extraordinary range of issues and presents an amazing and unique breadth of academics, activists, authors, experts, journalists, NGOs and individuals.

Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is
the very first Community Radio Station in the nation
to present content from The Real News Network!

GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The program is a one hour magazine format with a selection of their current, news, analysis and commentary.

Or listen at your convenience via the following links…

• UN to US: Stop Separating Children From Their Parents on the US-Mexico Border
  The U.S. is in serious violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. As many 700 children have been separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border, some as young as one year old. We speak with ACLU border litigation lawyer Mitra Ebadolahi
• AT&T – TimeWarner Merger: A Disaster for Consumers when Combined with Net Neutrality Repeal p1x2
  The argument that this merger, which will create one of the world’s largest media giants, is not anti-competitive lacks all basis in reality, says Jeff Cohen of RootsAction.org and FAIR
• Seattle Buckles Under Corporate Pressure, Repeals ‘Amazon Tax’ to Fight Homelessness
  Socialist City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant says that as long as corporate Democrats run government, we should expect them to buckle under Amazon’s and Starbucks’ pressure
• Heated NY Primary Pits Corrupt Establishment Democrat Against Young Democratic Socialist
  In the closely watched upcoming primary in New York, democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is challenging neoliberal Joe Crowley, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus, who Howie Klein says is “the most corrupt Democrat in the House.”

Though our broadcast of The Real News is limited to 1 hour, we would also like to provide these additional features via the following links…

• Turkey’s Erdogan Allies with Fascists for Election, Repressing Leftists and Kurds
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formed a coalition with the fascist party MHP for the upcoming snap election. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with scholar Baris Karaagac about Turkey’s economic ills, the AKP’s neoliberal nationalist policies, and the repression of the HDP, leftists, and Kurds
• Trudeau Imposes Retaliatory Trade Tariffs Against the U.S.
  It is in the long term interest of Canada to unravel the intertwined economy between the two countries says Dimitri Lascaris
• Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites P1x2
  As Israel mows down protesters in Gaza with brutal military technology, Palestinians respond creatively, with kites and balloons. Shir Hever discusses the hidden rift within the Israeli military
• Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites P2x2

The Real News Network / TRNN is a grassroots alternative video media outlet covering an extraordinary range of issues and presents an amazing and unique breadth of academics, activists, authors, experts, journalists, NGOs and individuals.

Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is
the very first Community Radio Station in the nation
to present content from The Real News Network!

GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The program is a one hour magazine format with a selection of their current, news, analysis and commentary.

Or listen at your convenience via the following links…

• Are the Swiss Going To Revoke The Privileges of Private Banking?
  (Swiss Referendum 1/3)
  A proposal to strip banks of their ability to create money goes to vote in Switzerland, economist Jo Michell discusses the issues at stake and their relevance to all modern capitalist economies
• Embarrassing Defeat for the U. S. in Its Efforts to Expel Venezuela from the OAS
  At the OAS nineteen member states voted in favor, four against and eleven abstained when the US tried to have Venezuela sanctioned. US will not hesitate to bear tremendous pressure on member countries to get its way in Latin America. We speak to CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot about the vote and how it came about
• US Movement for Single-Payer Health Care Grows with Historic NY Bill
  As the demand for single-payer health care in the US becomes mainstream, the New York Health Act could lead the way. TRNN’s Ben Norton speaks with Ursula Rozum of Physicians for a National Health Program, who says NY state could soon adopt a universal system
• Study: Humans 0.01% of World’s Biomass, Cause 83% of Extinctions
  The world’s population of 7.6 billion humans represent only 0.01% of earth’s biomass, but contribute to 83% of extinctions and have caused domesticated mammals to represent the 60% of earth’s mammals
• Mexico’s Presidential Race: López Obrador has a 25% Lead, How Reliable are The Polls?
  López Obrador of the MORENA party is polling at 51 %, weeks before the July 1st election. We ask professor John M. Ackerman if such a lead is sustainable if PRI and PAN form an alliance to defeat him

Though our broadcast of The Real News is limited to 1 hour, we would also like to provide these additional features via the following links…

• What Do Private Banks Do For The Real Economy?
  (Swiss Referendum 2/3)
  Jo Michell explains the argument in favor of stripping banks of their ability to create money is based on a fundamental misconception of how the monetary and financial system operate and the economy would be more vulnerable without bank-created money
• Blaming Banks or Government for Not Enforcing Their Side of the Bargain?
  (Swiss Referendum 3/3)
  There is no easy monetary fix for the problems of modern capitalist economies says Jo Michell who argues that deep problems in the economy cannot be solved by trying to control the money supply while nothing is stopping the government from ensuring money gets created for good purposes, including government services and infrastructure
• Primaries Expose Bitter Fight in Democratic Party
  Down with Tyranny blogger Howie Klein says corporate Democrats fight to undermine and defeat progressive candidates in spite of Sanders’ proven success in working class districts
• UN to US: Stop Separating Children From Their Parents on the US-Mexico Border
  The U.S. is in serious violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. As many 700 children have been separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border, some as young as one year old. We speak with ACLU border litigation lawyer Mitra Ebadolahi