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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Trump Declares WAR On Europe - The West FALLS APART

Owen Jones 'Donald Trump has declared war on the rest of the West. He's planning a military invasion of Greenland, and he really is, and thus annexing 2 million square kilometers of territory belonging to Denmark, a fellow NATO member, and thus a military ally. He's declared economic war on his allies, announcingtariffs on the likes of Denmark itself, Germany, France, and indeed the UK over his plans to invade Greenland. And with the UK, he has completely humiliated the prime minister Starmer whose strategy of disappearing up the backside of Donald Trump has achieved zilch...'

The Video Trump Doesn't Want You To See

Everything you've been told about Trump is a lie.'....And Trump is a neoliberal extremist. How can you blame Nicholas Maduro for all the ills of American society? If you want to solve the opioid crisis, take power away from the pharmaceutical companies. Invest in health. invest in education. Make your society work in a much more human way.Trump's doing the opposite. He's ravaging American society, blaming it all on immigrants and blaming it all on official enemies like Maduro who won't give their oil at the price they want.Blame the pharmaceutical companies.Blame the lack of investment in healthcare. Blame the billionaires that are hoarding the wealth and got substantially richer under co.

The law of the jungle is reigning supreme and it's been like that for a long time. But Trump is making it very hard for liberal imperialists because America has been an empire and been a brutal empire for 100 years, but it's always done it under the cloak of liberal ideology. It's used words like rules-based order or international law.

Trump doesn't truck with any of this stuff now. He just says what they're doing openly and he celebrates it. Even on the case of Venezuela, he said, "We want to go in for the oil. We're taking billions and billions of dollars worth of oil and it'll be hundreds of billions of dollar. It'll be trillions of dollars. That's a lot of oil. It's on its way to the United States right now....'

Fighting for the right to hate | The West Report

#auspol Prohibition does not work, neither will these laws work. We unpack what the Hate Speech Bill is trying to do, why “adjacent terms” could become a compliance nightmare, and why vague definitions can hand enormous power to the executive to decide who counts as a hate group, and who gets targeted next. David Shoebridge on the hate group plotting: https://x.com/DavidShoebridge/status/...

“Something Changed That Night”: An Eyewitness on Iran’s Crackdown with Ryan Grim

At Drop Site, our mission is to bring you journalism directly from the ground, handing the mic and the notebook to those who are living through what we are reporting. Covering the uprising and its suppression in Iran has presented a unique challenge. The clear involvement of outside forces, backed by the U.S. and Israel, make distinguishing authentic domestic grievances from foreign-backed, regime-change efforts difficult. 

The U.S. is openly soliciting intel on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and offering “rewards and relocation.” Meanwhile, the Iranian government enforced a lengthy and near-complete internet blackout just as the protests reached their zenith at the end of last week. Flights to and from Iran were canceled en masse last week, as the country prepared for another round of U.S. airstrikes. Those attacks may still be in the offing, but have yet to materialize. Now, flights have resumed, and one protestor, who had spent the last month in Iran, agreed to sit down for an interview on the condition that we protect her identity. 

We reviewed travel documents and verified other elements of her account where we could, including with footage she and her friends took at the marches. Much of the footage, some of which is included in the interview, shows overturned dumpsters and tires set aflame. 

The Financial Times reported that witnesses to the uprising observed groups of black-clad, well-organized men going from dumpster to dumpster, setting them on fire, while the woman we interviewed did not see that directly. Videos of the uprising, as well as testimony reported by FT, show “armed agitators” firing into crowds and at security services. Her account does not claim to be comprehensive; no single account could be. She is not part of a professional activist network, but she was visiting Iran in order to spend time with family. 

The interview is unique in Western coverage: it presents a first-hand perspective of a person directly involved with the protests—from someone who is opposed to the government there, but is also not a supporter of the U.S. or Israel, who have played a role in the unrest and have made no secret of their designs toward Iran.

The New York Times has reported that “a ragtag network of activists, developers and engineers pierced Iran’s digital barricades” and with the help of the National Endowment for Democracy, a CIA-adjacent American funding mechanism, managed to build a transnational network that smuggled some 50,000 Starlink devices into Iran, which is about $40,000,000 of hardware for that “ragtag” band. 

In our interview, the woman recounts a massive march in Tehran of nearly unprecedented size on Thursday, January 8, which she saw meet very little security service resistance. Elsewhere in the city, reports suggest it did turn violent. That march was followed by another on Friday, at which her friends saw people fall from gunfire but she did not. On Saturday, the government sent text messages to the public warning that another demonstration would be met with force. “Saturday was – I don’t think I’ll ever forget Saturday,” she told me. 

After the massacre, the city went quiet. Since then, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that “several thousand” people were killed in the protests. The death toll includes demonstrators, some armed and, Khamenei argued, trained by foreign adversaries, as well as personnel from Iran’s security services. 

Monday, January 19, 2026

Pro-Israel Iran SMEARS Taken Apart - All They Have Are LIES by Owen Jones

Owen Jones tears apart those who have hypocritically attacked him for not supporting the Opposition Movement in Iran, which he has and does, while opposing Israel’s continued Genocide in Gaza.

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Friday, January 16, 2026

Green Beret Anthony Aguilar Shows ICE's "Gaza Tactics" In Bodycam Video with Katie Halper

Whistle Blower & retired Green Beret Anthony Aguilar watches for the first time and reacts to the ICE Agent who murdered Renee Good's bodycam video, exposing how Israeli oppression tactics are being imported to the U.S. 

00:00 Trump explaining why deadly force justified against Renee Good 05:10 ICE should do a serious investigation and release all the video 09:45 PTSD & it’s relationship to the ICE agent who killed Renee Good 16:30 People who are defending the ICE agent are bringing up irrelevant stuff 20:15 ICE Agent’s footage of killing of Renee Good 23:15 ICE is using IDF’s tactics - imperialism turned inward 29:45 This is the death penalty, he murdered her 35:00 Anthony’s plan to go to congress and get them to do their job Anthony Aguilar is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel & Special Forces officer (Green Beret) who served for 25 years in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jordan & the Philippines. He is also a whistle blower who exposed crimes he witnessed as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.  

The OmniBus Crash of the Hate Speech Laws | The West Report by Michael West

The Albanese government is trying to ram through a new set of vilification laws, bundled into an “omnibus” bill alongside gun reforms, and it’s already exploding before Parliament resumes. Labor calls it the Combating Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026, but that title alone tells you what’s going on, one form of racism gets special priority, right there at the top. The Liberals and Greens are both refusing to support it, and for good reason. The Bill lowers the legal threshold from speech that incites violence to speech that merely “promotes hate”, and hands huge power to a highly subjective “reasonable person” test. Not a law anchored in harm, but a law anchored in vibes. 

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00:00 Hate speech laws, the “biggest hate crime” carve out 01:41 Adelaide Writers Festival meltdown, Murdoch spin cycle 08:38 The Omnibus Crash, “Combating Antisemitism” bill breakdown 20:54 Wrap up, final hit + call to action


Thursday, January 15, 2026

The Party Line on ICE, Adelaide Writers' Week & Hate Speech Laws by Anneke Demanuele, Josh Lee & Jordan van den Lamb

Episode 17 - The party line on ICE, Adelaide Writers Week and Hate Speech This week the gang voted Omar off the Island. Producers had a surprise up their sleeves, with Josh Lees as a special guest. We discussed the violent killing of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agents, and the full throated support for the murderer from JD Vance, Trump and the US regime. We then discussed the fallout from the removal of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week, and the solidarity she received from 180+ other guests and writers. The ruling class offensive against the Palestine movement continues, with the Royal Commission announced, plus the introduction of hate speech laws that give the Attorney General the powers to prohibit organisations, and punishment of 15 years for people who support them.

Content Why we must oppose a royal commission | Red Flag: https://redflag.org.au/article/why-we...

Liberals’ hate speech hypocrisy after Bondi | Red Flag: https://redflag.org.au/article/libera...

I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide writers’ week: https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...

Sacked for Israeli flag: How Sydney Uni handled pro-Palestine encampment The march to the Bondi massacre began at Sydney Town Hall: https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and...

An inconvenient truth: Anti-Semitism flourishes in mainstream progressive politics and some Islamic cultures: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/comm...

Headlines: Trump’s Gold Card Already Passed $1.3 Billion In Sales. Is This The Future Of Immigration?: https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelv...

New UKIP logo slated over 'similarities to Nazi symbol' | The National: https://www.thenational.scot/news/257...

'I'm baffled': Viral TikTok video sparks debate over act of removing energy stickers: https://www.news.com.au/finance/cultu...

Details of Labor's new hate speech and gun laws revealed - ABC News: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-1...

Splits emerging within Coalition over hate speech bill: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/...

Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce use Gina Rinehart’s private jet to visit flooded parts of Queensland | One Nation | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

Gina Rinehart and fellow billionaires add record $3.3trn in wealth: https://www.afr.com/world/north-ameri...

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WATCH: ICE is Now Literally Breaking Down People’s Doors in 1930s Gestapo-Style Raids-The Humanist Report by Mike Figuredo

#HumanistReport #AbolishICE

The scene in Minneapolis looks eerily familiar to 1930s Germany. In the aftermath of ICE’s execution of Renee Good, the ICE gestapo has threatened, harassed, assaulted, and terrorized countless others in Minneapolis and elsewhere. To boot, hordes of ICE agents are now going door to door in Minneapolis just like JD Vance said they would. In this video we’ll talk about the parallels between Germany’s 1930s gestapo and ICE. We’ll also explain why they’re ramping up their repression and why this is a ‘hair on fire’ moment for the country.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Trump, Australia and the "Rules Based" Order by Michael West with Professor Emily Crawford & Rex Patrick

Michael West,'The world is getting smaller and more troubled by the day and these troubles and conflicts are spilling over to conflicts in our country in Australia throughout society. Even as parliament's going to be called back early to legislate speech laws on Monday arising from global conflicts essentially and international unrest. international law is right in focus with IR with the US looking like it's just about to um intervene in Iran again and we've just seen the invasion of Venezuela a few days ago. So tonight we've got a very special a very special guest, Professor Emily Crawford from theUniversity of Sydney Law School. It's great to have Emily on board for some technical legal assistance in looking at these things and wondering is Australia acting legally or not. And of course we've got Rex Patrick, the transparency warrior, the veteran legend of FOIs. Um, and Rex, of course, used to work as a serviceman in the Australian Defense Forces in a submarine or in various submarines back in the Colin class days and then became a senator for South Australia and served many years in parliament....'

Trump Plots IRAN ATTACK by Owen Jones

'Donald Trump's threatening to bomb Iran while also claiming Iran's leaders are seeking to negotiate. Now, the guy's a pathological liar, the bullshitter in chief. It's always difficult to know what's real, what isn't. But given his global rampage, including attacking Venezuela, the fact he's already attacked Iran, we should take it seriously......Ordinary Iranians are rising up because they've been sparked by an economic catastrophe that sanctions have much to do with and against the murderous theocratic regime which consolidated power by slaughtering Leftists. We're witnessing brutal repression against the Iranian people by the Iranian state. According to the organization Human Rights Access Iran, 544 have been killed so far, including 482 protesters, 47 security forces, one government official, five non-protesting civilians, eight children counted separately, 10 and a half thousand have been arrested. That's likely, all of those figures to be significant underestimates. What should we be saying on Iran if we're being politically and morally consistent?' Owen Jones

Randa Abdel-Fattah on the COLLAPSE of the Adelaide Writers’ Festival with Jan Fran

In this episode, Jan Fran speaks with the woman at the centre of the Adelaide Writers Festival, Palestinian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah. The conversation is blunt and urgent. They talk about censorship, lobby pressure on cultural institutions, what it means to keep speaking as a Palestinian Australian as media outlets launder bad faith attacks, and the focus drifts anywhere but Gaza. Randa Abdel-Fattah on the Adelaide Writer's Festival collapse-The blatancy of anti-Palestinian racism and censorship.-Author withdrawals, Louise Adler's resignation and what 'cultural sensitivity' means.-How media fuels personal attacks and ignores live genocide.-Coordinated attacks that attempt to silence critics.-Distinguishing cultural safety from political ideologies like Zionism.-Practical steps and power of collective solidarity.-How previous attacks on her: Macquarie Uni and Bendigo Writers Festival.-How lobbyists pick their targets.-Who has the right to cultural safety?-Cathy Wilcox cartoon and SMH quasi apology.

Green Beret Anthony Aguilar EXPOSES Israel's ICE Connections + Camila Escalante on Venezuela interviews with Katie Halper

Whistle Blower and retired Green Beret Anthony Aguilar exposes how Israeli oppression tactics are being imported to the U.S., including through training programs with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He also discusses the work he's doing to stop the U.S. from Israel's genocide which he witnessed first hand as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. But first Katie to Leena Widdi, an organizer with PAL-Awda NY/NJ, the oldest Palestinian-led organization in the NYC area about their campaign to stop Israeli real estate events selling Palestinian land in NYC and other cities around the country. Then Katie is joined by journalist Camila Escalante to talk about what's really happening in Venezuela. **THIS IS THE HORIZONTAL/DESKTOP ORIENTATION -- for the vertical/mobile orientation go to: https://youtube.com/live/6fhwMtvWj-8 Leena Widdi is a child of Palestinians in exile, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She is an organizer with PAL-Awda NY/NJ, the oldest Palestinian-led organization in the NYC area. For the past two and half years, PAL-Awda has led a campaign to stop israeli real estate events selling Palestinian land in NYC and other cities around the country. Leena is also a movement lawyer and civil rights attorney. Camila Escalante is a reporter who has been primarily based in South America since 2016, focusing on the region’s fight against U.S. imperialism and the process of building regional integration and socialism as an alternative. She spent several years as a broadcast editor, presenter and anchor at teleSUR English in Quito, Ecuador. Camila is the co-founder and Editor of Kawsachun News, an outlet which provides on the ground reporting from around Latin America. Recently she reported from Colombia and the Global Sumud Flotilla. She was in Venezuela a month ago and was supposed to return but got grounded by the US unilateral air blockade. Anthony Aguilar is a retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel and Special Forces officer (Green Beret) who served for 25 years in places like Iraq, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Jordan and the Philippines. He is also a whistle blower who exposed crimes he witnessed as a security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. ***Please support The Katie Halper Show *** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpe...



Honest Government Ad | Santoss Tour Down Under

Santoss made an ad for the 2026 Tour Down Under and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: The Weaponisation Of Jewish Trauma Post Bondi by Antony Loewenstein

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In the first episode of 2026, Antony Loewenstein unpacks the political aftershocks of the Bondi attack and the fight now raging over how it’s being used. From the push for a Royal Commission to the weaponisation of antisemitism claims, to the shrinking space for Palestinian and Muslim voices in Australia’s cultural institutions, this is a clear-eyed look at how fear becomes policy and how dissent gets managed. Antony also breaks down the Adelaide Writers’ Week fallout and why Gaza has been pushed off the front page when it matters most.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Exposed: This is why Trump's Venezuela plan will FAIL - and blow back on...

Donald Trump claims he will "run" Venezuela, after he bombed it and abducted President Nicolás Maduro. However, his plan makes no sense -- and will likely blow back on the USA. Acting President Delcy Rodríguez is still independent, and not cutting off China. US sanctions devastated Venezuela's oil infrastructure, and its heavy crude is expensive to produce -- and not profitable, amid a global supply glut. Ben Norton explains.

 

Topics

-US attack on Venezuela

 -Two main US demands for Venezuela

-Chavista government is intact

-Oil corporations are skeptical

-Trump's oil deal with Venezuela

-US oil industry benefits rich elites

 -China, Russia, Iran, Cuba ties USA wants heavy crude

-Economic war

-Marco Rubio targets Cuba

-China and Venezuelan oil

-Pete Hegseth threatens China & Russia -US seizes Russian-flagged tanker

-Trump wants $1.5 trillion military budget

 -Trump bombed 7 countries in 2025

-China's oil imports by country

-Imperialist Monroe/Donroe Doctrine

-Desperation of declining US empire

-International law & UN Charter

-China: South America's top trading partner 21:17 Forcing Venezuela to buy US products

-Latin America exports

-US is trade competitor with Latin America

-US National Security Strategy

-Pressure to cut ties with China

-Geopolitics vs trade

-USA threatens Venezuelan officials

-Opposition leader María Corina Machado

-Acting President Delcy Rodríguez

-Delcy Rodríguez reaffirms China support

-Trump will not have a US colony

-Chevron deal in Venezuela

-Sanctions exemptions in oil sector

-US sanctions devastated oil industry

-US purchases of Venezuelan oil

-US imports heavy crude

-US oil refineries want heavy crude

-Oil companies say it's "uninvestable"

-Oil deal possible, but not colonialism

-High cost of Venezuelan crude

-Global oil supply glut US oil companies want gov't benefits 


"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show) Novemeber 2025

#JesseWelles song about ICE before ICE’s Jonathon Ross murdered Renee Good in Minneapolis last week and Trump, the Mango Mussolini and his crew defended Ross, Bastards!

I’ve got my ticket to ticket to one of Jesse Welles’s gigs in Gadigal/Sydney.

John/Togs Tognolini 

'Viral musical sensation Jesse Welles brings his GRAMMY-nominated political folk to the Ed Sullivan Theater for a solo performance of "Join ICE," a tune from his latest EP, 'No Kings.' Keep watching for a bonus song from Jesse Welles and visit his website for tour date information:Jesse Welles Australian Tour Dates for this month.

Monday, January 12, 2026

How Lobby Pressure Wrecked Adelaide Writers Week | The West Report by Michael West

They've wrecked Adelaide Writers Week, South Australia's premier cultural event. We examine the Israel lobby's sabotage and the craven capitulation of Premier Peter Malinauskas and the board of the Adelaide Festival under pressure from the Murdoch press. This is just the latest destruction. We unfurl the list of other ideological demo-jobs from Bendigo Writers to assorted arts and media attacks; and Cathy Wilcox, the Herald and Age cartoonist who they just threw under the bus. #auspol #censorship Read more: Michael West Media 

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Special Ops Vet: Venezuela Is a Testing Ground for America by Katie Halper

Military veterans Greg Stoker and Mike Prysner break down why Mike Waltz says Venezuela is about Iran and Hezbollah, how USA's elite military will be used against its citizenry, and what Trump is really doing in #Venezuela.  

Main points:

All of this will be used against us!

Mike Waltz: Venezuela is about Iran and Hezbollah

The connections between Palestine and Latin America.

What is next for Trump’s military action?

Netanyahu wants to invade Iran  

Greg Stoker is a former United States Army Ranger. He has a background in special operations and human intelligence collection. He conducted 4 combat deployments to Afghanistan during the unfortunately named “Global War On Terror” and is now an anti-war activist, host of the Colonial Outcasts Podcast, and analyst at MintPress News.

Mike Prysner joined the Army 3 months before the 9/11 attacks, and in March 2003 was part of the invasion of Iraq. After 12 months in the occupation he became an outspoken opponent of the war, and became known for speeches, protests, and veterans' organizing against US imperialism. Since 2015 he has been the producer & co-writer for Abby Martin's show The Empire Files, and is also the host of Eyes Left, a socialist anti-war military podcast. Mike is co-director with Abby Martin of the documentary Earth Greatest Enemy.

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Sunday, January 11, 2026

The Narco-Trafficking Elite Set to Run Venezuela Chris Hedges interviews Maureen Tkacik- The Chris Hedges Report

Trump’s Security Adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in Latin America.

Friday, January 09, 2026

The Party Line on the Bondi Royal Commission, Venezuela & Iran by Anneke Demanuele, Omar Sherrife & Jordan van den Lamb

Episode 16 - The party line on the Bondi Royal Commission, Venezuela and Iran A big one this week. The unhinged attacks on the Palestine movement and Anthony Albanese have continued for another week, and so your faithful hosts do their duty to take up the cudgels against the lies once again. Our highlight is a Canberra Times editorial calling for “rabble rousers” to be forcibly brought before a House of un-Israelian Activities Committee. It takes us some time to respond to a bunch of the rubbish being put forward to justify this McCarthyist witch hunt by some of the most racist scum in Australia. But once that’s done, we take a look at Trump’s appalling aggression against Venezuela and what it says about international politics at the moment, before wrapping up with a look at the heroic protest and strike wave sweeping Iran right now with Iranian socialist Bella Beiraghi.

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The Biggest Propaganda Campaign in Australian History? | The West Report by Michael West

Australia now has a Royal Commission into antisemitism, announced belatedly in the wake of the Bondi attacks. But how did we get here, and who shaped the agenda? We examine the terms of the RC, and the coordinated media and lobbying campaign that followed the Bondi tragedy, the role of political advocacy groups, and the pressure placed on the federal government to narrow the scope of the inquiry. To stick a PR judge in the job. We look at attempts to derail the appointment of former High Court Justice Virginia Bell, questions around the proposed terms of reference, and whether the Commission will examine all drivers of antisemitism, including political extremism, foreign influence, and institutional failures. Will it cover the behaviour and role of Israel and its proponents in Australia? We also discuss the distinction between antisemitism and criticism of the state of Israel, the use of the IHRA definition, and the implications for free speech, protest rights, and social cohesion in Australia.

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ICE Agent Fatally Shoots Minneapolis Mother, Renee Good by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

We speak with two people who responded to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in Minneapolis Wednesday. Trump administration officials claim the agent acted in self-defense, but local officials, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, reject that claim.

Good vs. Ice by Jesse Wells [On the ICE Murder, fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. John/Togs Tognolini]

I've had more dangerous encounters at

gas station counters in the Walmart parking lot.

But the smaller the man,

the quicker the plan goes to somebody's getting shot.

Kevlar and jeans, a mask and a gun and a

badge for everyone in the mob.

You probably don't need to shoot someone in

the face to do the thing that you're

calling a job. How's work? Well, they

got us shooting women now. How's the

pay? Well, there's a bonus if you're wanting in.

How's the hours?

We shoot them in the daylight

and then we steal them away in the dark of the night.

Only the best and the brightest.

Only the finest get to put on the sacred mask.

If you ever been fired, congrats.

You're hired for this particular task.

Now they'll circle the wagons,

drape the man in a flag, and say,

"Don't trust what your eyes can see."

They'll say, "It's her fault instead for getting shot

in the head when we all watch the same damn thing.

Jesse Wells starts his Australian Tour in Naarm/Melboure at Richmond's Corner Hotel on January 19 and 21 here are his other gigs and cities.

ICE Agent MURDERS Woman In Minnesota - FASCISM Is Conquering America:Owen Jones

'The US is a country descending into fascism. Unless we fight back, a dark future beckons not just for the US, but for the whole West.' Owen Jones

It's long overdue to scrap AUKUS & ANZUS & Stuff the Crawling Shits to the Mango Mussolini Trump in the ALP/LNP/One Nation & Murdoch.

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Former Army Ranger Explains Trump's Venezuela Disaster:Interview with Katie Halper

Military veterans Greg Stoker and Mike Prysner break down what Trump is really doing in #Venezuela. Then Bolivia-based reporter Ollie Vargas discusses what is happening in Venezuela and it impacts the rest of South America. And Chris Gilbert joins us from Caracas. Venezulean journalist Diego Sequera joins at the end to explain what he's seeing on the ground.

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Thursday, January 08, 2026

USA admits it lied about Venezuela drug trafficking - while CIA supported cartels by Ben Norton

To justify bombing Venezuela and abducting President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump falsely accused him of leading the so-called "Cartel de los Soles". But the US Department of Justice was forced to admit that this "Suns Cartel" doesn't exist. The USA lied -- while the CIA actually has trafficked drugs in Latin America. Ben Norton reports.

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Why Trump Attacked Venezuela: Empire, Oil & China: Rania Khalek interviews Ben Norton

Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela—and what comes next. Norton explains how Trump’s bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro are not isolated acts, but part of a broader U.S. imperial offensive in Latin America. The goal: control strategic resources like oil, gas, rare earths, and critical minerals, reassert U.S. dominance in the region, and build a supply chain that cuts out China.’

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Dave Clark, Teacher & Unionist speaking at Venezuela demo against Trump at Gadigal/Sydney Rally 4/1/2025


A quote of Sam Lewis, former President of NSW Teachers Federation, quoted by a High School Teacher and Unionist Dave Clark, at the 4 January rally in support of Venezuela against Trump's Attack & Against Israel's Genocide in Gaza, Sydney Town Hall - these words spoken over 50 years ago ring so true to this day. This is Dave’s full talk at the rally. Dave and I both founding members of NSW Socialists/Socialist Party.

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NSW Socialists/Socialist Party Statement on Trump’s Attack on Venezuela

#FreePalestine #venezuela #teachers

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Australia’s New AUKUS Protest Police | The West Report

The Australian Federal Police has quietly created a new unit called AUKUS Command, tasked with protecting Australia’s nuclear submarine program and Defence bases. But internal documents obtained under Freedom of Information show its role goes further, explicitly including public order management and planning for protest activity linked to AUKUS. In this episode of The West Report, Josh walks through documents uncovered by Rex Patrick for Michael West Media, revealing how protest and political opposition around AUKUS is being framed as a national security issue. The reporting raises serious questions about transparency, policing priorities, and the future of the right to protest in Australia as the US and UK expand their military presence here.

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Maduro's Ex-Chief Tells Me TERRIFYING TRUTHS About Venezuela - Owen Jones interviews Temir Porris

'The level of insanity this has reached is astonishing. They abducted a president because his country was a sovereign nation in control of its own resources. Now, they are trying to escalate the situation from an abduction to a kidnapping, with the criminals demanding a ransom—this time in the form of oil contracts and infrastructure. They want their own organized crime venture capital firms to decide what happens next.'

Owen Jones.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Mehdi Unpacks Trump's Venezuela Attack and What's NEXT with Mehdi Hasan and Prem Thakker on Zeteo

#news #us #venezuela

Mehdi Hasan and Prem Thakker talk Donald Trump's Venezuela strikes, the US kidnapping Maduro, and more, on 'Ask the Editor.' Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela is brazenly illegal – but Democrats and the mainstream media answered with stern letters and complacency, while right-wingers like Lindsey Graham and podcaster Matt Walsh cheer ‘regime change!’ and ‘might is right.’ “These things always backfire,” says Mehdi as he and Prem take subscriber questions during 2026’s first episode of ‘Ask the Editor,’ Zeteo’s weekly Q&A series. Watch the full video above to hear Prem and Mehdi unpack the Trump administration’s latest bout of warmongering, including:

  • The US’s track record of toppling governments: “Show me a US regime change that’s gone well. Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Honduras…”
  • Republican hypocrisy on the UN and international law: “I remember George Bush and ‘Mission Accomplished.’ I’m old enough to remember that.”
  • Why the 2028 Democratic nominee must run on accountability and “put the fear of God into their Republican opponents.”
  • What this invasion may have to do with the Epstein Files
  • …and more.

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