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Mar 13, 2025 • 17min

Mahmoud Khalil & the Coup Against Democratic Rights w/ Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard

WATCH the video of this interview at https://youtu.be/6y3KH7jhXeE?si=edpS7vjOMoUiPU7G Constitutional lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, speaks with Abby Martin about the detention and attempt to deport US resident Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestine speech. FOLLOW Mara's work at https://x.com/thepcjf or visit them on the web at https://www.justiceonline.org/ EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Feb 21, 2025 • 39min

Abby Martin & Mohammed El-Kurd on the Politics of Appeal

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/dpZu11yE0XQ?si=ax3wTJ7BGNyceZgr Abby Martin interviews Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd, author of the new book Perfect Victims. Buy PERFECT VICTIMS at https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Victims-Politics-Mohammed-El-Kurd/dp/B0D4PGSZ2V FOLLOW Mohammed at https://x.com/m7mdkurd EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Feb 13, 2025 • 31min

Global South ‘Hague Group’ Challenges Israel’s Impunity

WATCH THE VIDEO of this interview here: https://youtu.be/Lc58gE0FpPs?si=696B_DTU5_y0b935 Abby Martin interviews Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Chair of The Hague Group & Co-General Coordinator of Progressive International and Chrispin Phiri, Spokesperson for the Foreign Minister of South Africa, on the efforts of nine Global South countries to hold Israel accountable under international law. LEARN MORE about The Hague Group here :: https://thehaguegroup.org/ EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Feb 9, 2025 • 31min

Gaza Journalist Abubaker Abed on Trump's Ethnic Cleansing Threat

WATCH the video of this interview on YouTube: https://youtu.be/D0LaSJqnI-I Abby Martin speaks with Abubaker Abed in Gaza City, a Palestinian journalist who reported through the 15 months of Israeli genocide, about Trump's threats and the status of the ceasefire. FOLLOW Abubaker on Twitter: https://x.com/abubakerabedw READ his work on Substack: https://substack.com/@abubakerabedw EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Dec 19, 2024 • 1h 6min

CEO Lives Matter: The Media Freakout w/ Taylor Lorenz & Abby Martin

WATCH this interview at: https://youtu.be/8uHuPgFkhxQ?si=5gckMIYWfpsZ-lcU Abby Martin talks to journalist Taylor Lorenz about the latest media frenzy over the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, media literacy in a landscape dominated by propaganda and censorship, the corporate media's pro-Israel bias and her ongoing feud with Libs of TikTok's Chaya Raichik. FOLLOW Taylor's work at https://www.usermag.co/ or on X at https://x.com/TaylorLorenz EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Nov 27, 2024 • 45min

Roger Waters & Abby Martin: Voices of Reason in a Time of Genocide

WATCH the video of this interview here: https://youtu.be/aTVsVUqjjDo?si=6BTS2tyka41Tiyut Legendary artist Roger Waters talks to Abby Martin about Trump's landslide victory and what to expect in his administration, reflects on the year of genocide in Gaza, excoriates Radiohead for their stance on Palestine, and urges to seek out the rare voices of reason that exist to counteract the prevailing insanity. EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Nov 20, 2024 • 41min

Israeli Youth Targeted Over ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom’ Screening

WATCH the video version of this interview: https://youtu.be/F6huCGHTtsI Anti-Zionist Jewish Israelis tried to organize a local screening of our film ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom.’ Israeli police threatened torture. Abby Martin speaks with one of the targeted activists, Gaia Dan, about what happened, the current scene in Israel, and how she broke out of what she describes as "the Zionist cult." Watch 'Gaza Fights For Freedom' here: https://youtu.be/HnZSaKYmP2s?si=VmMa-nL4pWrrG_AW EMPIRE FILES PODCAST + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles Music by Fluorescent Grey
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Nov 8, 2024 • 1h 21min

The Democrats Deliver Trump

Abby Martin & Mike Prysner review the election results to see what was really behind the catastrophic failure of the Harris campaign, and how the Democratic Party is responding by charting a path further right. EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: linktr.ee/empirefiles
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Nov 5, 2024 • 7min

Empire Files LIVE on Election Night 2024 [TEASER]

FULL 2hr episode only on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/115500220
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Oct 26, 2024 • 42min

Pro-Palestine Journalist Raided for “Supporting Terrorism”

WATCH the video version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/_yu_O-1BM0E?si=uF8z3bq5nhVqs7yB Journalist Asa Winstanley was raided by police counter-terrorism forces on October 17 as part of a wider crackdown by UK authorities on Palestine solidarity activism and reporting. He joins Abby Martin to discuss the raid, and his investigative reporting which proved Israel intentionally killed hundreds of their own people on Oct. 7. Asa is associate editor at The Electronic Intifada (https://electronicintifada.net) and author of the book 'Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn' Follow him on Twitter at https://x.com/AsaWinstanley EMPIRE FILES VIDEOS + MERCH + SOCIALS + PATREON + EXCLUSIVE CONTENT :: https://linktr.ee/empirefiles Music by Anahedron

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