Black Agenda Radio October 31, 2025
This week’s segment includes excerpts of a discussion regarding the New York City mayor’s race and the focus on Zohran Mamdani. But first, we hear… Black Agenda Report — October 30, 2025 5:14 PM ET
U.S. Threats Against Venezuela Target the Entire Region
Gerald Perreira is the chairperson of the Organization for the Victory of the People in Guyana. He joins us from Guyana to discuss Donald Trump’s re… Black Agenda Report — October 30, 2025 5:14 PM ET
Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Mayor's Race
Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on James Fauntleroy’s YouTube program, Jaybefaunt. They discussed the upcoming mayoral election in New York… Black Agenda Report — October 30, 2025 5:14 PM ET
The Shutdown and Neverending Hostility to the Welfare State
The federal government shutdown is a fight between Trump and democrats, but it is also emblematic of the tenuous nature of the welfare state in the U. Black Agenda Report — October 30, 2025 5:14 PM ET
The United States and Israel: The Tale of Two Rogue Settler-Colonial States United by A Commitment to White Supremacy and Barbaric State Violence
The genocide in Gaza, the threat to Venezuela, and the targeting of Iran are not isolated crises. They are coordinated fronts in a single war effort a… Black Agenda Report — October 30, 2025 5:14 PM ET
Trump Admin’s New Rules Seek to Ban Affirming Care for Trans Youth Across US
The vast majority of research indicates that gender-affirming care for trans kids is safe and beneficial. TruthOut — October 30, 2025 4:44 PM ET
UN Expert Says US Boat Strikes Are “Crime Against Humanity,” With 61 Killed
Amnesty International USA said the strikes are nothing more than a “murder spree.”… TruthOut — October 30, 2025 4:39 PM ET
Senate Republicans Vote to Gut Arctic Protections
This comes after Trump’s Interior Department wrenched open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing. TruthOut — October 30, 2025 4:38 PM ET
Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War
Hacked emails show how Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak tried to engineer a Russian-led solution to remove Bashar al-Assad… Drop Site News — October 30, 2025 4:21 PM ET
Pentagon Orders States to Train Hundreds for “Quick Reaction Forces”
Critics call the order an escalation of Trump's militarization of cities across the country. TruthOut — October 30, 2025 3:47 PM ET
Trump Is Moving Relentlessly Toward Illegal War in Venezuela
The Trump administration’s murderous strikes on small boats at sea constitute unlawful extrajudicial killings. TruthOut — October 30, 2025 3:09 PM ET
Sierra Club Statement on Senate Vote to Overturn Arctic Protections
Today, the U.S. Senate voted to overturn environmental protections in the Western Arctic, clearing the way for oil and gas companies to greatly increa… Common Dreams — October 30, 2025 2:34 PM ET
Caitlin Johnstone: Everyone Is 12 Now
The mainstream western worldview is like a children’s cartoon, with the Bad Guys doing Bad Things simply because they are Bad, and the Good Guys str… Consortium News — October 30, 2025 2:00 PM ET
Arms companies pay shareholders more cash than they generate
Polygraph | Newsletter n°320 | 30 Oct 2025… Polygraph — October 30, 2025 1:57 PM ET
Trump’s Social Security Commissioner Should Resign Immediately
The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works: “This week, Fiserv’s stock price plunged by over 40 percent. T… Common Dreams — October 30, 2025 12:14 PM ET
Palestinianism & the Global Call for Disarmament
Dr. Ghassan Shahrour on expanding the concept of disarmament beyond arsenals to dismantling the systems that arm injustice. Dr. Ghassan Shahrour Commo… Consortium News — October 30, 2025 12:00 PM ET
10 new Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis; Trump agrees to one-year trade truce with Xi; Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces execute at least 460 people inside a hospital
Drop Site Daily: October 30, 2025… Drop Site News — October 30, 2025 11:07 AM ET
The Death House
The genocide in Gaza is not a freakish anomaly. It is a harbinger of what awaits us as the ecosystem disintegrates and governments embrace climate fas… The Chris Hedges Report — October 30, 2025 9:48 AM ET
New Painting: "Has Anyone Seen The Antichrist?"
The other day I read an article about how Peter Thiel has been going around giving strange speeches in which he speculates about who the Antichrist mi… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — October 30, 2025 8:20 AM ET
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
The post “Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America appeared first on ProP… ProPublica — October 30, 2025 6:00 AM ET
Details of DHS Agreement Reveal Risks of Trump Administration’s Use of Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks
The post Details of DHS Agreement Reveal Risks of Trump Administration’s Use of Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks appeared first on… ProPublica — October 30, 2025 5:30 AM ET
The Left Wins the Presidential Election in Ireland by a Landslide
Both Catherine Connolly and Michael D are unabashedly left-wing, absorbed by the struggle for people to live with dignity in Ireland itself and grippe… ScheerPost — October 30, 2025 5:20 AM ET
Rural America Deserves Dependable Broadband, Not More Billionaire Handouts
The Trump administration’s new rules for broadband funds favor giveaways to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk over reliable internet for rural communities. ScheerPost — October 30, 2025 5:15 AM ET
Attorneys General Sue Trump for Using Shutdown to Disrupt Food Assistance for Millions
Critics say Trump is exploiting the federal shutdown to unilaterally slash the safety net and cause unnecessary pain. ScheerPost — October 30, 2025 5:10 AM ET
Ellen Brown: How a Fed Overhaul Could Eliminate the Federal Debt Crisis, Part II: Curbing Fed Independence
History shows that sovereign money creation can be a tool for public good when wielded wisely. It is time to reclaim that tool, not to serve the banks… ScheerPost — October 30, 2025 5:05 AM ET
The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse.
The post The EPA Let Companies Estimate Their Own Pollution Levels. We Discovered Real Emissions Are Far Worse. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — October 30, 2025 5:00 AM ET
‘Groundhog Day’: Israel Breaks Ceasefire to Attack Gaza, Killing 104 People, Including 46 Children
Netanyahu is trying “everything possible to resume the genocide in Gaza,” says Muhammad Shehada, a writer and analyst from Gaza. ScheerPost — October 30, 2025 5:00 AM ET
Dazed and Confused and Bigly Kingly For A Day
As our decrepit despot traipsed across Asia, he was fêted by leaders anxious to dodge his peevish trade wars by assiduously plying him, as one would… Common Dreams — October 30, 2025 3:36 AM ET
The Powerful Who Stand with Israel
Genocides are, by their nature, asymmetrical. But to describe these past two years as asymmetrical is obscene: this was one-directional violence, the… CounterPunch — October 30, 2025 1:59 AM ET
The Land is a River, Not a Fortress: A New Path to Peace in Palestine
For decades, the world has watched a tragic cycle repeat itself in Palestine and Israel: violence, Western-led “peace processes” that go nowhere,… CounterPunch — October 30, 2025 1:59 AM ET
Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War
The Trump administration has been blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean — and now one in the Pacific — claiming without evidence that they’r… CounterPunch — October 30, 2025 1:57 AM ET
Renewable Energy in the USA: Stupid is as Stupid Does 
“The days of stupidity” are alive and well in the USA after the Department of the Interior cancelled a Nevada solar farm slated to become the worl… CounterPunch — October 30, 2025 1:57 AM ET
Why the Bill Gates Climate Memo is Full of Shit
The fact that billionaire Bill Gates wrote a memo recommending that the world shift its focus on climate (particularly on emissions reductions) to “… CounterPunch — October 30, 2025 1:56 AM ET
Is Israel 'On the Brink?' (w/ Ilan Pappé)
In spite of Israel’s military dominance over its regional foes, is the Zionist entity actually at its most vulnerable point in history? And more imp… The Chris Hedges Report — October 29, 2025 8:37 PM ET
Notice Which Genocides You Are And Are Not Allowed To Oppose
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — October 29, 2025 8:29 PM ET
The Right To Resist Is The Right Of The People!
Just days after the Zionist entity of “Israel” signed the ceasefire agreement with the Palestinian resistance in Gaza, numerous violations were al… Popular Resistance — October 29, 2025 7:33 PM ET
Palestine Solidarity In US Labor Will Come From The Rank And File
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza intensified in late 2023, a small number of U.S. labor unions began calling for a ceasefire. Others soon joined in, and… Popular Resistance — October 29, 2025 7:22 PM ET
UAE Funnels British Weapons To Sudan Militia Committing Genocide
UK weapons and military equipment supplied by the UAE to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are being spotted on the Sudanese battlefield, according to a… Popular Resistance — October 29, 2025 7:19 PM ET
Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is A Sham For Oil
On October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000… Popular Resistance — October 29, 2025 7:15 PM ET
Trump, Russian Oil And Tomahawk Missiles
U.S. President Donald Trump has seemingly shifted gear in the U.S. strategy to stop Russia on its tracks from creating new facts on the ground in Ukra… Popular Resistance — October 29, 2025 7:06 PM ET
Patrick Lawrence: A Worldwide Anti–Israel Movement
Catherine Connolly’s rise to the Irish presidency marks a progression in global politics we ought not miss. A critical mass is gathering against the… Consortium News — October 29, 2025 6:38 PM ET
The Aftermath of a Massive Wave of Israeli Airstrikes that Killed Over 100 Palestinians
“Every time we wake up in this nightmare—they surprise us with the nightmare of returning to war.”… Drop Site News — October 29, 2025 5:47 PM ET
Video: Families living on Gaza beach have nowhere to go
Thousands of Palestinian remain displaced after Israel decimated entire neighborhoods. Electronic Intifada — October 29, 2025 3:39 PM ET
Unrest in the Himalayas
Ladakh’s geography makes it crucially important to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. To put it directly under his government’s control, Modi took away… Consortium News — October 29, 2025 2:32 PM ET
Report: AI Data Center Boom Threatens U.S. Climate Goals
A fossil-fueled surge in U.S. data center growth to serve the artificial intelligence boom threatens to sabotage the country’s already faltering cli… Common Dreams — October 29, 2025 1:21 PM ET
US Arms Firm Secures UK Ban on Palestine Protests
Court documents reveal aerospace firm Moog has obtained an injunction against protesters in Britain and even consulted the police about Declassified U… Consortium News — October 29, 2025 12:00 PM ET
Olive harvest season marked with assault by Jewish settlers
Settlers emboldened by government with ambitions for annexation. Electronic Intifada — October 29, 2025 11:52 AM ET
Israel kills over 100 Palestinians in overnight bombardment of Gaza; thousands killed in Sudan's El-Fasher
Drop Site Daily: October 29, 2025… Drop Site News — October 29, 2025 10:30 AM ET
The National Press Club of Australia Cancels My Talk on Our Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists - Read by Eunice Wong
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of who… The Chris Hedges Report — October 29, 2025 10:05 AM ET
New Data Shows Just Four Global North Countries Responsible for Derailing Oil and Gas Phase-out Progress since Paris Agreement
Just four Global North countries, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Norway, are overwhelmingly responsible for blocking global progress on pha… Common Dreams — October 29, 2025 9:36 AM ET
It's Just Wall-To-Wall News Stories About The US And Its Allies Abusing The World
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — October 29, 2025 8:32 AM ET
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
The post Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It. appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — October 29, 2025 5:30 AM ET
Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma
The post Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma appeared first on ProPublica. ProPublica — October 29, 2025 5:25 AM ET
Does Trump’s Gaza Plan Stop Israel’s Agenda for the Palestinians? | The Bottom Line
Trump’s Gaza plan is in danger of going the way of the Oslo Accords, argues US journalist Chris Hedges: Never to be implemented beyond the first pha… The Chris Hedges Report — October 28, 2025 7:47 PM ET
Overnight Israeli strikes across Gaza breach “ceasefire” again; over 26,000 people flee El-Fasher in Sudan amid paramilitary takeover
Drop Site Daily: October 28, 2025… Drop Site News — October 28, 2025 11:32 AM ET
Fares was devoted to his baby daughter, then Israel killed him
Baby Razan was named after her grandmother, who died of starvation. Electronic Intifada — October 28, 2025 11:23 AM ET
You Believe The Mainstream Narrative? Of Course You Do, You're Twelve
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — October 27, 2025 7:00 PM ET
Livestream: "We're unable to trust that it has really ended"
Gaza City is determined to rebuild, but promises of aid and equipment are already being broken, says Asem Alnabih. Electronic Intifada — October 27, 2025 5:57 PM ET
Livestream: Is the genocide over? Inside the Gaza ceasefire deal
Jeremy Scahill gives insight from resistance negotiators and stresses need for ongoing activism. Donya Abu Sitta in Gaza on hopes after genocide. Figh… Electronic Intifada — October 27, 2025 5:55 PM ET
Hi-Tech Holocaust: How Microsoft Aids The Gaza Genocide
From storing Palestinian data to fueling A.I. kill lists, Microsoft’s Azure cloud has become a key weapon in Israel’s Gaza war. The post Hi-Tech H… MintPress News — October 27, 2025 9:48 AM ET
Capitalism Is Shoving AI Down Our Throats Because It Can't Give Us What We Actually Want
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):… The Caitlin Johnstone Newsletter — October 25, 2025 9:03 PM ET
The Speech That the National Press Club Censored: The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
Chris Hedges details the access-based journalism that pervades the mainstream media and has betrayed the Palestinian press. The Chris Hedges Report — October 24, 2025 10:22 PM ET
Big profits, rare losses among the top military contractors
Polygraph | Newsletter n°319 | 24 Oct 2025… Polygraph — October 24, 2025 5:44 PM ET
Nobel “Peace” Prize of Shame & the UK/Israeli Crackdown, with Tadhg Hickey
Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey joins Mnar Adley to expose Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel “Peace” Prize farce and the UK’s crackdown on pro-Palestin… MintPress News — October 22, 2025 1:56 PM ET
Israel still holds thousands of Palestinians hostage
Polygraph | Newsletter n°318 | 15 Oct 2025… Polygraph — October 15, 2025 6:46 PM ET
Aaron Maté: Gaza, Gas, and the Real Estate Empire Behind Trump’s Deal
Journalist Aaron Maté joins Mnar Adley to discuss Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas, the lopsided prisoner exchange, and how Larry Ellison’s CBS take… MintPress News — October 15, 2025 4:53 PM ET
US has spent at least $38 billion on Israel since October 2023
Polygraph | Newsletter n°317 | 10 Oct 2025… Polygraph — October 10, 2025 5:19 PM ET
Social Media Spies Exposed: Profiles Vanish After MintPress Report
After MintPress exposed ex-CIA and FBI officials working at Facebook, Google, and Twitter, many deleted their profiles and erased incriminating eviden… MintPress News — October 10, 2025 3:12 PM ET
Lebanon Under Siege with Ghadi Francis: Inside Israel’s Plan to Disarm Hezbollah 
Ghadi Francis joins Mnar Adley to unpack how US and Israeli plans to disarm Hezbollah could ignite new chaos in Lebanon. The post Lebanon Under Siege… MintPress News — October 10, 2025 2:43 PM ET
$38 billion and counting: US military spending on Israel since October 2023
Polygraph | Newsletter n°316 | 9 Oct 2025… Polygraph — October 9, 2025 7:48 PM ET