PROGRESSIVE VOICES
Voices assailed and shunned by the mainstream, corporate media because they are a threat to corrupt power …..
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INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS
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John Pilger
Australian journalist, documentary film maker and activist. Throughout his career John has produced around 60 documentaries, his latest: The Coming War On China. A long-time critic of US foreign policy and imperialism and the supportive role of the Australian government. His current activism focuses on press freedoms, propaganda and the support of whistleblowers. He advocates strongly for the release of Julian Assange.
John has won numerous international awards for his journalism and human rights work. Most of his films are freely available to view on his website: JohnPilger.com.
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Max Blumenthal
An award-winning journalist, author and film maker. His latest book The Management of Savagery, deals with the blowback of terrorism and ultra-nationalism as a by-product of US foreign policy. Killing Gaza is his latest documentary. Blumenthal founded the independent news website, The Grayzone, in 2015 to shine a journalistic light on America's state of perpetual war and its dangerous domestic repercussions. He co-hosts the Moderate Rebels podcast with Ben Norton.
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Abby Martin
Independent, investigative journalist and activist. Creator and presenter of The Empire Files - a show that critically documents modern US imperialism. Her latest documentary, Gaza Fights for Freedom takes a raw look at the misery endured by Palestinians at the hands of Israeli occupation and genocide. Abby is on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Follow her on Twitter: @AbbyMartin.
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Eva Bartlett
Canadian independent journalist and rights activist. She has covered conflict from the Middle East, her reporting has mainly centred on Syria and occupied Palestine. Her work can be found on her blog In Gaza and other outlets.
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Matt Kennard
Investigative journalist and author of Irregular Army: How the U.S. Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, and Criminals to Fight the War on Terror and The Racket: A Rogue Reporter vs. the American Elite. He writes for the social justice media centre, Type Investigations. Follow him on Twitter: @KennardMatt.
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Vanessa Beeley
Award-winning, independent journalist. Vanessa has reported extensively on Middle Eastern geopolitics, Syria, the White Helmets and is drawn to challenge “the perpetual cycle of war and chaos that is being generated by the ruling establishment and their aligned institutions, including the colonial media.” Vanessa’s work can be found at The Wall Will Fall, she is a special contributor to 21st Century Wire, Mint Press News, Russia Today, UK Column, The Last American Vagabond, and Sputnik radio. Her work can be supported on her Patreon Page.
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Whitney Webb
A journalist for MintPress News and contributor to numerous independent media outlets. Co-host of the MintCast podcast. The 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.
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Cory Morningstar Independent investigative journalist, writer and environmental activist, focusing on global ecological collapse and political analysis of the non-profit industrial complex. Her recent writings can be found on Wrong Kind of Green, Counterpunch, and her website, The Art of Annihilation. |
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DISSIDENT VOICES
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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Radio journalist, author, former member of the Black Panther Party and supporter of Philadelphia’s radical MOVE organization, Mumia is the most well-known US political prisoner - formerly on death-row and incarcerated since 1981 for the alleged killing of a police officer. Mumia continues his journalism from within prison with the production of the Prison Radio podcast and has authored a number of books. His latest work is a three-part book series with Stephen Vittoria on US imperialism entitled Murder Incorporated.
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Chris Hedges
Veteran journalist, war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-winner. An outspoken and early opponent of the US plan to invade and occupy Iraq. Currently a senior fellow at the Nation Institute . Chris writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig and is host of the Emmy Award–winning RT America show On Contact. He currently teaches college credit courses to New Jersey state prisoners. He has authored books on the inhumanity of warfare; American fascism; activism and dissent; and the ills of US empire and culture.
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Yves Engler
Canadian activist and author critical of Canadian foreign policy. A contributor to Ricochet Media and rabble. Yves helped establish the Canada Haiti Action Network. His most recent book is Left, Right — Marching to the Beat of Imperial Canada. His website is: YvesEngler.com.
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Ajamu Baraka
A human rights activist and grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. An editor and contributing columnist for the Black Agenda Report and a writer for Counterpunch, Black Commentator, Common Dreams, Pambazuka, and Dissident Voice. National Organizer and National Spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace. Ajamu’s blog can be found at: AjamuBaraka.com.
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Ray McGovern
Former high level CIA analyst, co-founder of the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), and founder of Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence - an organisation that annually awards intelligence community truth tellers. Ray’s writings appear on Consortium News as well as his personal website: raymcgovern.com. Ray’s Twitter account: @raymcgovern.
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Dan Kovalik
Peace activist, labour and human rights lawyer. Dan teaches International Human Rights at the University of Pittsburgh. He has recently authored four books that focus on US geopolitics: The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Putin; The Plot to Control the World: How the US Spent Billions to Change the Outcome of Elections Around the World; The Plot to Attack Iran: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Iran; The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US Is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil. Follow Dan on Twitter: @DanielMKovalik.
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Douglas Valentine
Researcher, historian and author, Douglas has written on his extensive knowledge of the US Intelligence apparatus in a number of revelatory books, the most recent: The CIA as Organized Crime: How Illegal Operations Corrupt America and the World. The author’s website is: DouglasValentine.com.
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Medea Benjamin
Organizer, peace activist and author, Medea is co-founder of the Peace group CODEPINK and the co-founder of the human rights group Global Exchange.
Medea has authored a number of books, including: Kingdom of the Unjust: behind the U.S.-Saudi Connection and most recently Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
She has written regularly for The Guardian, The Huffington Post, CommonDreams, Alternet and The Hill. Follow Medea on Twitter: @medeabenjamin.
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Edward Snowden Whistleblower, now exiled in Russia following his leaking of classified government documents, that revealed the existence of a global mass spying program of the National Security Agency (NSA) which collects en masse internet and phone communications. His recently released memoir is titled Permanent Record. |
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John Kiriakou
Former CIA agent and whistleblower who revealed the participation of the US in the torture of captives in its War on Terror campaign. Typical of an imperial state, Kiriakou was imprisoned for his revelations, the perpetrators of the torture remain at large. Some, such as current CIA Director Gina Haspel, were promoted. Currently co-hosts on the Loud & Clear news program (available as a podcast) with Brian Becker. |
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Chelsea Manning(formerly Bradley Manning)
Courageous warrior of conscience, Army Intelligence analyst and whistleblower that leaked the Iraq and Afghan military war logs, and the infamous Collateral Murder video revealing war crimes and illegality on the part of the US empire. A political prisoner currently incarcerated for refusing to cooperate with the sham grand jury process that seeks to concoct charges against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.
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Miko Peled
Israeli dissident, author, peace activiist, critic of the Zionist project, and supporter of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in its attempt to bring humanity and liberation to the Palestinian people. He is author of The General’s Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine and Injustice: The Story of the Holy Land Foundation Five. |
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Julian Assange
Persecuted Australian publisher and founder of the WikiLeaks organization, whose ‘criminality’ extends purely to the public revelation of the war crimes and illegal machinations of governments and the global power elite. A political prisoner unsupported by the corporate media nor his own lapdog government. Julian deserves and requires the vocal and insistent support of all who value press freedom, transparent governance, and public accountability for all in positions of power. |