In this video, investigative journalist and human rights lawyer, Dimitri Lascaris, discusses the recent election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City and the political significance of his victory. Lascaris reviews Mamdani’s progressive platform, compares it to the broader U.S. political landscape, and reflects on past Democratic administrations to question whether Mamdani can […]
In this video, journalist Aaron Maté interviews investigative reporter John Solomon, who outlines what he describes as a politically motivated misuse of U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies during the 2016 presidential election. Solomon argues that newly declassified documents reveal efforts by key officials to promote the now-debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative, allegedly initiated by the […]
On the 23rd of April 2016 a coalition of 20 activist networks organized a demonstration under the banner “Stop TTIP & CETA” in Hanover (Germany) against so called transnational free trade agreements such as TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) – a day before the arrival of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama, who will be opening the Hanover exhibition together with the aim of promoting these agreements.
In this video acTVism Munich interviews William Binney to talk about his experience at the National Security Agency (NSA) where worked for circa 36 years and how he uncovered fraud, crime and corruption at the agency. Other issues that are discussed in detail include the role & significance of whistleblowers in society, scope & capacity of the US intelligence state and solutions that the government as well as the individual can employ to reform the NSA.