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About Abby Martin

Abby Martin (@AbbyMartin) is founder of Media Roots, BOD Project Censored, Former Host of Breaking the Set, host of teleSUR's The Empire Files (FB | YouTube).
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    Ron DeSantis’s Military Secrets: Torture & War Crimes

    Originally published: Empire Files on November 19, 2022 (more by Empire Files)

    In this Eyes Left/Empire Files exclusive, Mike Prysner sheds light on the shadowy military career of Ron DeSantis.

  • We Must Band Together in this Age of Repression

    We must band together in this age of repression: Abby Martin on resistance and the role of CovertAction Magazine

    Originally published: CovertAction Magazine on July 5, 2022 (more by CovertAction Magazine)  |

    Time and again, CovertAction Magazine (originally founded as CovertAction Information Bulletin) has been one of the only publications that has been willing to tackle some of the most uncomfortable truths about Deep State crimes against democracy, from CIA backed political assassinations to false flag operations.

  • US Anti-War Movement w/ Abby Martin & Brian Becker

    Questions for the U.S. Anti-War Movement w/ Abby Martin & Brian Becker

    Originally published: Empire Files on February 26, 2022 (more by Empire Files)

    Abby Martin and Brian Becker discuss the Ukraine war and what it means for the anti-war movement.

  • Earth's Greatest Enemy

    Earth’s Greatest Enemy – A New Film by Abby Martin [OFFICIAL TEASER]

    Originally published: The Empire Files on July 12, 2021 (more by The Empire Files)

    Abby Martin’s second feature film is an anti-imperialist environmental documentary.

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    Biden’s first act of war hits 3 Countries

    Originally published: Empire Files on March 3, 2021 (more by Empire Files)

    Biden’s Feb. 26 strike in Syria was a crime, and risks major war with three countries.

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    Empire Files: U.S. empire exploits COVID-19 for more war

    Originally published: Media Roots on April 8, 2020 (more by Media Roots)  |

    Abby Martin breaks down all the hidden acts of US foreign policy aggression under the cover of the COVID19 pandemic.

  • Russian Revolution

    What the Russian Revolution proved possible

    Originally published: teleSUR Youtube Channel on November 7, 2017 (more by teleSUR Youtube Channel)

    Nov. 7, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the seizure of power by workers and peasants in the Russian Revolution, regarded as the most world-altering event in the history of civilization.

  • Plan Colombia

    Human rights hypocrisy: Colombia vs. Venezuela

    Originally published: The Empire Files interviewing Dan Kovalik on August 19, 2017 (more by The Empire Files interviewing Dan Kovalik)

    To contrast the human rights realities, Abby Martin interviews human rights attorney Dan Kovalik, who has recently returned from both countries.

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    Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly: dictatorship or democracy?

    Abby Martin and teleSUR Desk

    Abby Martin addresses the criticisms with Head of the Presidential Commission to oversee the Constituent Assembly process, Elias Jaua, speaks to supporters and participants of the Assembly, interviews historian Chris Gilbert and explains what is at stake in Venezuela if the social programs instated under Chavez are terminated by the opposition.

  • Pasqualina Curzio

    Empire Files: Abby Martin in Venezuela: supermarkets to black markets

    Originally published: Youtube on July 11, 2017 by Abby Martin (more by Youtube)

    Abby Martin talks to Venezuelans on the streets of Caracas and investigates the main claim that there’s no free press, and that there is no food in the supermarkets. Using hidden cameras, she takes you through local grocery stores and the underground black market currency exchange, the main source of inflation in the country. Abby sits down with economist Pasqualina Curzio to learn more about the nature of the black market and chronic shortages of goods. Knowing that world leaders are calling for foreign intervention, Abby finds out if locals agree.

  • Empire Files: Abby Martin meets the Venezuelan opposition

    Originally published: teleSUR English on July 3, 2017 (more by teleSUR English)  |

    Abby Martin goes on the deadly front lines of the anti government protests in Venezuela and follows the evolution of a typical guarimba—or opposition barricade. She explains what the targets from the opposition reveal about the nature of the movement and breaks down the reality of the death toll that has rocked the nation since the unrest began, and how a lynch mob campaign came after her and the Empire Files team for reporting these facts.

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    In “The Dialectics of Dependency,” Ruy Mauro Marini developed a theory of dependency and unequal exchange that is still invaluable today.

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