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About Andre Vltchek

Andre Vltchek is a philosopher, novelist, filmmaker and investigative journalist. He has covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries. Three of his latest books are his tribute to The Great October Socialist Revolution a revolutionary novel Aurora and a bestselling work of political non-fiction, Exposing Lies Of The Empire. View his other books here. Watch "Rwanda Gambit," his groundbreaking documentary about Rwanda and DRCongo and his film/dialogue with Noam Chomsky “On Western Terrorism”. Vltchek presently resides in East Asia and the Middle East, and continues to work around the world. He can be reached via his website or twitter.
  • White House Washington

    Regime change is urgently needed…in Washington

    Originally published: OffGuardian on February 27, 2019 (more by OffGuardian)  |

    It is not Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Iran that are in dire and crucial need of ‘regime change’. It is the United States of America, it is the entire European Union; in fact, the entire West.

  • In Countries Destroyed By The West, People Should Stop Admiring The U.S And Europe

    In countries destroyed by the West, people should stop admiring the U.S and Europe

    Originally published: New Eastern Outlook republished on February 16, 2019 by Counter Currents (more by New Eastern Outlook republished)  |

    Everything is connected to this, including the fear and hate that the West feels and spreads about countries like Venezuela, Russia, China, Iran, South Africa, Syria or Cuba.

  • Filming in the most depressing city on Earth–Jakart

    Filming in the most depressing city on the Earth: Jakarta

    Originally published: NEO (New Eastern Outlook) on November 7, 2018 (more by NEO (New Eastern Outlook))  |

    It stinks, it is the most polluted city on earth, but that is not the most terrible thing about it.

  • Magic imperialism and the great American wall

    Magic imperialism and the great American wall

    Originally published: New Eastern Outlook (NEO) on October 28, 2018 (more by New Eastern Outlook (NEO))  |

    You all know how the saying goes: “Poor Mexico–too far from God, too close to the United States.”

  • Wuxi – medieval ecological village (photo by Andre Vltchek)

    China’s determined march towards the ecological civilization

    Originally published: Investig'Action on May 12, 2018 (more by Investig'Action)  |

    There is no time for long introductions. The world is, possibly heading for yet another catastrophe. This one, if we, human beings will not manage to prevent it, could become our final.

  • In the Tropical Forests of Sumatra: Notes from Climate Change “Ground Zero”

    Andre Vltchek and Geoffrey Gunn

    Introduction by Geoffrey Gunn It is probably a cliché to observe that tropical rain forests host the greatest known concentrations of bio-diversity on the planet.  Together, the three great global equatorial biozones are central Africa, the Amazon basin, and the Indonesian archipelago, including southern Sumatra Island, and the even more remote tin-rich offshore island of […]

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Money on the Left Episodes

  • Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
    Andre Vltchek

    Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]

  • Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
    Andre Vltchek

    This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]

  • The Public Banking Institute
    Andre Vltchek

    In this episode, we speak with Walt McRee (President) and Peter Winslow (Vice President) of the Public Banking Institute (PBI) about their past and ongoing advocacy for public banking. Founded in 2011 by author Ellen Brown and a core collective of advocates, PBI aims to break the monopoly of Wall Street’s private banking system by […]

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Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • Honor the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them
    Michael D. Yates A Vietnamese stamp depicting two Vietnamese resistance fighters shooting down a US Army helicopter.

    Only the courage of those who opposed the war, including the soldiers who did so at great risk, should be respected.

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