{"id":8458,"date":"2020-12-03T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=6784"},"modified":"2020-12-03T11:13:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T10:13:12","slug":"abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/opinions\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\/","title":{"rendered":"EDITORIAL PICK: Empire Update: Afghanistan\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam; Trump Weighs WWIII"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 pb-3\">\n<p><strong>EDITORIAL PICK: Empire Update: Afghanistan\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam; Trump Weighs WWIII<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span>In this week&#8217;s editorial pick, we select an update on U.S. imperialism produced by The Empire Files and narrated by Abby Martin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>T<\/span><span>he Empire Update for Nov. 23 covers the following topics: Grand Finale of Trump&#8217;s promise to end the Afghanistan War; what&#8217;s really behind the Somalia troop withdrawal; US-backed monarchy sparks new potential war in Africa; State Department takes new action for Israel against BDS movement; and potential for Trump to start war with Iran on his way out.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>To read the transcript of this video:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Empire-Update_-Afghanistan_Somalia-Withdrawal-Scam-Trump-Weighs-WWIII.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empire Update: Afghanistan\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam &#8211; Trump Weighs WWIII<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>VIDEO 1:\u00a0Empire Update: Afghanistan\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam; Trump Weighs WWIII<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Afghanistan\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam; Trump Weighs WWIII\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-iE4fv2Pjw?start=26&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To watch our entire video playlist with Abby Martin,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mdCcaX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Donate today to support independent &amp; non-profit media!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0or on the picture below:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4434 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/28_acTVism_Webseite_Donation-Image_EN_700x233px_Future-300x100.jpg 300w\" width=\"700\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>ABOUT ABBY MARTIN<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/abby_martin_black_white_actvism.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/abby_martin_black_white_actvism-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"67\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a>Abby Martin<\/strong>\u00a0is a visual artist and independent journalist. She is the founder of Media Roots, board member of Project Censored, former host of RT\u2019s Breaking the Set, creator and host of The Empire Files on teleSUR.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about Abby Martin\u2019s work, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theempirefiles.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/theempirefiles.tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In der redaktionellen Auswahl dieser Woche w\u00e4hlen wir ein Update zum US-Imperialismus, das von The Empire Files produziert und von Abby Martin erz\u00e4hlt wird.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,886],"tags":[],"channel":[],"class_list":["post-8458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-opinions"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Empire-Update mit Abby Martin: Betrug beim R\u00fcckzug aus Afghanistan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/opinions\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EDITORIAL PICK: Empire Update: Afghanistan\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam; Trump Weighs WWIII - acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/opinions\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/acTVism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-03T10:13:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"atv_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@acTVismMunich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@acTVismMunich\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"atv_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"atv_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc2c8684912eb2289fe0009f5ca451d6\"},\"headline\":\"EDITORIAL PICK: Empire Update: Afghanistan\\\/Somalia Withdrawal Scam; Trump Weighs WWIII\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-03T10:13:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":471,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"LATEST\",\"IMPORT\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/\",\"name\":\"Empire-Update mit Abby Martin: Betrug beim R\u00fcckzug aus Afghanistan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.actvism.org\\\/opinions\\\/abby-martin-empire-afghanistan-rueckzug\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-03T10:13:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"Empire-Update auf acTVism Munich mit Abby Martin: Betrug beim R\u00fcckzug aus Afghanistan\\\/Somalia; Trump w\u00e4gt den 3. 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