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This Saturday night (9-11 P.M. Eastern) we welcome Nick Brana to Strange Bedfellows. Nick Brana is an organizer of the Rage Against The War Machine coalition and National Director with theMovement for a People's Party, the national nonprofit at the helm of the rapidly growing movement for a new progressive political party in America. The Movement for a #PeoplesParty is building a coalition of labor and progressive organizations for a nationally-viable party for working people. Formerly Draft #Bernie, MPP was founded in 2017 by Bernie 2016 staff, delegates and supervolunteers. Nick was the National Political Outreach Coordinator with Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, where he lobbied the superdelegates and elected officials for Bernie, organized his political meetings, and planned convention activities. He went on to become a founding member of Our Revolution and its first Electoral Manager, where he created an endorsement plan and assembled the candidates. Before that he was the Deputy Director of Voter Protection on Terry McAuliffe’s gubernatorial campaign and worked on then-Sen. John Kerry’s PAC. He earned his BA in sociology and environmental policy at William & Mary and lives in Virginia, outside of Washington D.C. On tonight's show we will also introduce Nick to my co-host Rick Walker, a longtime active organizer with the People's Party of #Canada (#PPC). Should the People's Parties of the USA and Canada join forces as this movement continues to grow rapidly across North America? Tune in and find out!

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Episode 6 of the "Strange Bedfellows" podcast takes us to Poland, where we speak to our friend Mike Krupa of VotumTV. Michal Krupa is a Polish historian and commentator, currently completing his PhD on American paleoconservatism. He is the host of VotumTV podcast about history of #Poland of His work has appeared in many outlets, including The American Conservative and Consortium News. Tonight on the show we discuss the long, complex history of Polish/Russian relations, the birth of #Ukraine from what was once Poland, the Ukrainian nationalist movement which gave rise to the #NazisInUkraine, and what role Polish #NATO troops might play in the ongoing war between #Russia and Ukraine. Mike grew up in #Canada, and shares some interesting observations about how the Polish community of refugees regarded the Banderite #Nazis who settled in Canadian diasporas after the Second World War. In the 2nd hour of the show we will talk about some #Kennedy family history -- President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy's trips to Poland, the #JFK Assassination, and we will hear some shocking details #RFKJr revealed in an interview with Tucker Carlson this week! You can follow Mike on twitter: @MGKrupa VOTUM TV: https://votum.tv/Substack: https://krupatailor.substack.com/ If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

The Best of Caleb Maupin series continues tonight with Episode 6. On this edition of Strange Bedfellows we speak to Caleb Maupin, American correspondent for #Moscow’s #Russia Today Television (#RT) — and ask him what it’s like to work at the most censored network in the world. Accused by the West of spreading propaganda about the Russian invasion of #Ukraine a year ago this month, the news network has been banned, sanctioned, and restricted on every major TV provider and most social media platforms such as YouTube. RT is completely banned in Canada and Western Europe. In September 2017, RT America was ordered to register as a foreign agent with the United States Department of Justice under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. (RT America was forced to close it’s doors in March 2022, after all platforms in the U.S. dropped the channel, essentially shutting it down.) We also talk with Caleb about the current war in #Ukraine; the causes that led to it, and why #Putin decided it was time to intervene. Watch more of this series in my Caleb Maupin playlist on YouTube. Support the show at http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

The #ColdWar between capitalism and communism got very hot when the #KoreanWar erupted in 1950. Few living Americans know much about that war, which aborted Korea’s revolution, gave the U.S. a military and economic foothold in the Far East, and was used to justify the anti-communist crusade. Three million North Koreans and one million South Koreans are estimated to have died in the conflict, along with nearly a million Chinese and 54,000 U.S. soldiers. It is an unfinished war, with a heavily militarized truce hanging by the thread of a cease-fire between North and South. Anxious questions have been sparked by recent war games involving #NorthKorea and #SouthKorea, the latter backed by U.S. warships, air power, and the nearly 30,000 troops still based in the South. U.S. corporate media, following the State Department and Pentagon line, blame the hair-raising brinkmanship on maniacal, paranoia-fueled aggression by the North. In reality, the North has every reason to be paranoid, with the long-standing hostility of the U.S. now ramped up by the reckless military confrontational maneuvers and hostile acts of the US and its vassal forces. Pyongyang has once again rejected any dialogue and stated that it is not interested in any contact or dialogue with the US as long as it maintains “its hostile policy and confrontational line.” “The more dangerous the U.S. threat to the DPRK gets, the stronger backfire the U.S. will face in direct proportion to it,” it said. Meanwhile, mainstream media in the U.S. is demonizing North Korea once again, setting the stage for military escalation. CNN recently ran a story about Olivia Natasha-YuMi, a 15 year-old North Korean girl who has a popular YouTube channel, calling her a “propagandist” the North Korean regime and warning CNN viewers that “these North Korean YouTubers are NOT what they seem!” CNN implied very strongly in their article that #YuMi’s channel should be censored by YouTube, and taken down entirely. The counter-propaganda campaign evidently worked. Google, which owns YouTube, confirmed the removal of her channel in June, stating that it took this action in compliance with U.S. sanctions and trade restrictions related to North Korea. The company did not specify how the channels violated these policies, however. The Korea Communications Standards Commission, the ROK’s internet censorship body, reportedly blocked all three channels within South Korea at the request of the National Intelligence Service, but the channels initially remained available in other countries. We take a look at YuMi’s videos to find out why the U.S. government finds this North Korean teenager so threatening to our national security interests, and discuss the demonization of North Korea with our guest, RT reporter Caleb Maupin. Watch more of this series in my Caleb Maupin playlist on YouTube (unless they ban me, again, too!) If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

The Best of Caleb Maupin week continues on "Strange Bedfellows" tonight. In Episode 4 we spoke to Caleb about the rising tide of global #fascism in the 21st Century. Maupin is also the founder of the Center for Political Innovation and a reporter for RT News. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

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"The Best of Caleb Maupin" series continues on "Strange Bedfellows" this week with Part 3 of our "Libertarians & Communists" conversation. It might sound strange at first, but #libertarians and #communists agree on more than you might think. So, where do we disagree? I recently had a fascinating in-depth conversation with two American communists: @tylermcconnell -- an occasional co-host of "Strange Bedfellows" -- and @CalebMaupinTV (reporter for the Russian TV news network RT). Both are members of the Center for Political Innovation @CPIUSA a #communist activist group that is swiftly attracting new followers from all sides of the political spectrum. We wanted this forum to be a friendly conversation - not a debate -- to see what common ground we might have, what issues we agree upon -- and to identify points of disagreement here in Part 3. Our conversation lasted more than two hours. I'll be uploading it here in shorter videos -- you can find them all in the "Strange Bedfellows (Highlights)" playlist on my YouTube Channel. If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

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The Best of Caleb Maupin series continues this week on "Strange Bedfellows" with Part 2 of our conversation with Caleb Maupin and Tyler McConnell of the Center for Political Innovation. On this episode we search to find common ground on issues between #libertarians and #communists. This conversation just might surprise you! Support the show with a one-time donation or a monthly membership at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

It might sound strange at first, but #libertarians and #communists agree on more than you might think. I recently had a fascinating in-depth conversation with two communists: Tyler McConnell and Caleb Maupin (reporter for the Russian TV news network RT). Both are members of the Center for Political Innovation (CPI), a #communist activist group that is swiftly attracting new followers from all sides of the political spectrum. One thing we can all agree on is we want #peace between #Russia and #Ukraine now. That's our top priority. We wanted this forum to be a friendly conversation -- not a debate -- to see what common ground we might have, and what issues we agree upon. In Part 1, we introduce ourselves and talk about our individual understanding of what #communism actually is. We also discuss how the definitions of communism and #socialism have been misunderstood, particularly in America, because much of what we were told about it was #ColdWar propaganda: a LIE. Our conversation lasted more than two hours. I'll be uploading it here in shorter videos, which you can find in my YouTube playlist, "Strange Bedfellows (Highlights)". Support my independent journalism at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Follow me on Twitter: http://Twitter.com/RealLoriSpencer Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this broadcast! http://MaverickNews.ca

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On Episode 9 of "Strange Bedfellows" we continue our conversation with members of the #LaRouche Movement and the Schiller Institute. (Last week our guests were Schiller Institute volunteers Jose Vega and Kynan Thistlethwaite. Watch Episode 8!) This week our featured guests will be Independent U.S. Senate Candidate (N.Y.) Diane Sare, and Anastasia Battle of Humanity for Peace, an anti-nuclear war rally in New York City that took place on August 6th, to mark the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of#Hiroshimaand#Nagasaki,#Japanat the end of#WWII. Speakers included #RFKJr., Scott Ritter, Gerald Celente, 2024#Libertarianpresidential candidate Mike ter Maat, Jose Vega, Ahmadou Diallo, Rev. Dr. Terri L. Strong, Canadian recording artist Malcolm Burn, Garland Nixon, independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare, and many more. Learn more at: HumanityForPeace.net Guest Bio: Anastasia Battle Anastasia grew up in the East Bay of California, and became acquainted with political action working with civil rights and community organizations during her youth. She joined the LaRouche movement and Schiller Institute at age 18, and continues to be a leader in those organizations today. In addition to intervening on misbehaving politicians and recruiting people to a more noble mission for themselves, Anastasia started the Leonore magazine in 2021, and currently plays a leading role in an association called the International Peace Coalition. In her remaining time, Anastasia is also an amateur classical painter, and a classically-trained singer. Support the show with a one-time donation or a monthly membership! http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com (*This program originally aired August 4, 2023 on the Maverick News Channel)

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Maverick News will be simulcasting the livestream of Humanity for Peace, an anti-nuclear war rally and concert at the United Nations in New York City this Sunday, August 6th, to mark the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, #Japan at the end of #WWII. Speakers will include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Scott Ritter, Gerald Celente, 2024 #Libertarian presidential candidate Mike ter Maat, Jose Vega, Ahmadou Diallo, Rev. Dr. Terri L. Strong, Canadian recording artist Malcolm Burn, Garland Nixon, independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare, and many more. This is a performance of Mozart's "Requiem" to honor the victims of the 1945 atom bomb attacks on #Japan. Learn more at: HumanityForPeace.net Please support our efforts at http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

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Maverick News will be simulcasting the livestream of Humanity for Peace, an anti-nuclear war rally at the United Nations in New York City this Sunday, August 6th, to mark the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, #Japan at the end of #WWII. Speakers will include Scott Ritter, Gerald Celente, 2024 #Libertarian presidential candidate Mike ter Maat, Jose Vega, Ahmadou Diallo, Rev. Dr. Terri L. Strong, Canadian recording artist Malcolm Burn, Garland Nixon, independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare, and many more. Learn more at: HumanityForPeace.net

Join Rick Walker, Lori Spencer, and the Maverick News team of Freedom Reporters for the day's top stories! Our feature interview tonight from 7-9 PM Eastern will be Anastasia Battle of Humanity for Peace, organizers of an anti-nuclear war rally in New York City this Sunday, August 6th, to mark the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki, #Japan at the end of #WWII. Speakers will include Scott Ritter, Gerald Celente, 2024 #Libertarian presidential candidate Mike ter Maat, Jose Vega, Ahmadou Diallo, Rev. Dr. Terri L. Strong, Canadian recording artist Malcolm Burn, Garland Nixon, independent U.S. Senate candidate Diane Sare, and many more. Learn more at: HumanityForPeace.net Guest Bio: Anastasia Battle Anastasia grew up in the East Bay of California, and became acquainted with political action working with civil rights and community organizations during her youth. She joined the LaRouche movement and Schiller Institute at age 18, and continues to be a leader in those organizations today. In addition to intervening on misbehaving politicians and recruiting people to a more noble mission for themselves, Anastasia started the Leonore magazine in 2021, and currently plays a leading role in an association called the International Peace Coalition. In her remaining time, Anastasia is also an amateur classical painter, and a classically-trained singer. Support the show with a one-time donation or a monthly membership at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

Tonight at 9PM Eastern on "Strange Bedfellows," my guests will be Jose Vega and Kynan Thistlethwaite of the Schiller Institute and co-hosts of the "Declaring Independence" podcast. Jose and Kynan are antiwar activists who have made a series of incredibly popular viral videos of their public confrontations with politicians and mainstream media hacks, calling them out on their lies, reminding them that they work for US. This week they staged an intervention at an event in New York City with presidential candidate Robert F. #Kennedy, Jr. and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. We'll show you video of what happened, and find out why they challenged the candidate they both support. We will also learn more about their planned "Humanity for Peace" rally next weekend in #NYC commemorating the anniversary of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Japan. The group will march to the United Nations and will perform a concert of Mozart's "Requiem" to honor the victims of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. As befits "Strange Bedfellows," Jose and Kynan are my political opposites -- I'm a #libertarian; Jose and Kynan are part of the #LaRouche movement -- yet we are in agreement on most of the big issues facing our world today. Really look forward to another fascinating conversation with these two heroes! If you enjoyed this interview, please help support the show with a donation at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com Many thanks to the Maverick News Channel for hosting this program. http://MaverickNews.ca

Told ya reporting all this crazy news every day would make Rick lose his mind! Well, he finally snapped... Join Rick Walker, Lori Spencer, and the Maverick News team of Freedom Reporters for the day's top stories! Support the show with a one-time donation or a monthly membership at: http://StrangeBedfellowsPodcast.com

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