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11 JUN. 2026 · Free speech in America was never given — it was fought for, bled for, and died for. In this episode, hosts Marc Steiner and Michael Fox dive into the history of the movements that built and defended the right to speak out: the abolitionists who continued to speak — even as mobs attacked the building where they gathered — Ida B. Wells, who exposed the truth about lynching in Jim Crow Memphis, and the students at UC Berkeley who launched the Free Speech Movement of 1964.
Michael takes us to Sproul Plaza, ground zero of the Berkeley free speech movement, and Marc shares his own story of carrying that fight from the civil rights movement to campuses on the East Coast. Together they trace a brutal pattern that runs from Elijah Lovejoy — the abolitionist editor murdered by a mob in 1837 — to the burning of Pennsylvania Hall, to today's crackdowns on student protest and the firing of professors for their political views.
Featuring law professor Mary Anne Franks, author of Fearless Speech, on the crucial difference between fearless speech and reckless speech — and why America has so often protected the wrong one. Plus UC Berkeley historian David Hollinger on why universities are "the hill to die on," and Princeton historian Fara Dabhoiwala on why free speech has always been a battle over power.
This is the second episode of The Battle for Free Speech. In this podcast series, in the lead-up to the country’s 250th anniversary, journalists Michael Fox and Marc Steiner look at the battle for our free speech rights today, and the attacks on people speaking out in the United States.
The Battle for Free Speech is a production of The Real News Network.
Hosted by Michael Fox and Marc Steiner. Theme music by https://foxviolin.com/, Jordan Klein and Daniel Nuñez. Other music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound. Production and Sound Design by Michael Fox and Stephen Frank. Editorial support by Kayla Rivara and Heather Gies. Research by https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-schweiger.
Guests:
- https://history.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/emeriti/david-hollinger
- https://www.law.gwu.edu/mary-anne-franks
- https://dabhoiwala.com/
Resources:
- Mary Anne Franks’ book, https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mary-anne-franks/fearless-speech/9781645030539/
- Fara Dabhoiwala’s book, https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674987319
- David Hollinger’s book, https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691233888/christianitys-american-fate?srsltid=AfmBOopGfVWWv1qlQpy9lQRVCSJ4QRfYwPYq3XS64BsYTysAQ6YdvTmL
- The full KPFA documentary about the Free Speech movement: https://kpfa.org/episode/voices-of-independence-the-free-speech-movement-sounds-songs-of-demonstrations/
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10 JUN. 2026 · Israeli military forces captured the latest convoy of humanitarian aid ships sailing to Gaza with the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSM) between late April and mid-May. Activists who were imprisoned by Israel for days and eventually deported have reported harrowing treatment by their captors, including targeted torture, abuse, broken bones, unauthorized injections of undisclosed substances, and sexual violence by Israeli soldiers. We speak with a panel of freed GSM participants—Thiago Ávila, Catríona Graham, and Ariadne Telles—about what they saw and endured, and about the successes, defeats, and future of the movement to break Israel’s siege on Gaza.
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9 JUN. 2026 · Imprisoned by fascist dictator Benito Mussolini in 1926, the prison writings of Italian Marxist theorist Antonio Gramsci remain essential 100 years later for understanding how fascism, policing, and incarceration function to suppress political dissent and preserve unequal systems of power. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, former Black Panther and political prisoner Mansa Musa speaks with renowned scholar Alberto Toscano about the importance and terrifying relevance of Gramsci today.
Guests:
- Alberto Toscano is a renowned Italian cultural critic, social theorist, philosopher, translator, and adjunct professor at the Simon Fraser University School of Communication. Toscano is a https://inthesetimes.com/authors/alberto-toscano and the (co-)author of numerous books, including: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2627-late-fascism; and https://www.versobooks.com/products/2134-fanaticism.
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8 JUN. 2026 · At a live event hosted at Red Emma’s Cooperative Bookstore and Coffeehouse in Baltimore, MD, TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez got to sit down for a deep and wide-ranging conversation with Chris Smalls, co-founder and former president of the Amazon Labor Union. Alvarez and Smalls discuss Smalls’ new book, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class; they recount the incredible story of the formation of the Amazon Labor Union and the unionization of the first Amazon warehouse in the US; and they talk about Smalls’ journey from warehouse worker and labor organizer to becoming an internationally recognized public figure and a human rights activist who has sailed with humanitarian flotilla missions to Gaza and Cuba.
Additional links/info:
- Chris Smalls https://www.instagram.com/chris.smalls_/?hl=en and https://www.instagram.com/chris.smalls_/?hl=en
- Chris Smalls, Penguin Random House, https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724036/when-the-revolution-comes-by-chris-smalls/
- Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “https://therealnews.com/chris-smalls-sabotage-attempts-death-threats-gaza-freedom-flotilla”
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8 JUN. 2026 · Are President Trump and MAGA Republicans publicly signaling that they plan to interfere in—and potentially rig—the 2026 midterm elections? If so, why is the media not taking the threat seriously? In this episode of Inequality Watch, Taya Graham and Stephen Janis investigate the connections between wealth inequality, political power, ICE funding, the influence of Super PACs on elections, and growing concerns about democratic accountability in Trump’s America.
Credits:
- Pre-Production: Taya Graham, Stephen Janis
- Studio Production / Post-Production: Cameron Granadino, Stephen Janis Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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4 JUN. 2026 · Mahmoud Khalil was detained and arrested at his Manhattan apartment. The video is chilling. Plainclothes agents are there. They refuse to give their names. He’s handcuffed and shoved into the back of a car. His wife — eight months pregnant — watches and tries to understand what’s happening.
This is not a scene from some dark chapter of a distant past filled with black-and-white photos of bygone dictatorships. This happened here, in the United States of America, in 2025.
In this podcast series, in the lead-up to the country’s 250th anniversary, journalists Michael Fox and Marc Steiner look at the battle for our free speech rights today, and attacks on people speaking out in the United States.
Hosted by Michael Fox and Marc Steiner.
Theme music by Michael Fox, Jordan Klein, and Daniel Nuñez.
Other music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.
Production and Sound Design by Michael Fox and Stephen Frank.
Editorial support by: Kayla Rivara and Heather Gies.
Research by Ben Schweiger.
Guests:
- https://www.eff.org/about/staff/elizabeth-lisa-femia, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- https://x.com/MullinCorinna, CUNY professor
- David Rubin, Staff Attorney, https://www.fire.org/college-free-speech-rankings?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21678461646&gbraid=0AAAAADvDJ5VIWfRfSuADc5j2gI3cTjyC0&gclid=Cj0KCQjwof_QBhCgARIsADaMzOeiCSmoZOCFSt6KVJa4H1TSE0gE9uXWoCd7-lmFX6F_FO1wwcTFZpgaAgZmEALw_wcB
- Allen Chaney, Legal Director, https://www.aclu.org/affiliates/south-carolina
Resources:
- https://www.reuters.com/investigations/charlie-kirk-purge-how-600-americans-were-punished-pro-trump-crackdown-2025-11-19/
- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/01/13/clemson-settles-professor-fired-kirk-comments
- https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg7pyjxjxrvo
- https://therealnews.com/the-war-on-our-sight Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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2 JUN. 2026 · We sit down for an hour-long discussion with legendary independent journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin to discuss her new blockbuster documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, and the existential threat that US empire in general—and the US military specifically—poses to humanity and to our planet. Editor’s Note: This conversation was recorded on Jan. 29, 2026, before the beginning of the illegal US-Israeli War in Iran.
Guests:
- https://www.instagram.com/fababs/?hl=en is an https://www.parkindymedia.org/winners-of-the-18th-annual-izzy-award/ independent journalist, filmmaker, and host of https://www.youtube.com/empirefiles. She is the director of the 2019 documentary https://gazafightsforfreedom.com/ and the 2026 documentary https://earthsgreatestenemy.com/.
Additional links/info:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc7bzUVtqX8.
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28 MAY. 2026 · On the morning of April 30, the Spanish website Diario Red and the television channel Canal Red began to release a series of leaked audio recordings between powerful right-wing figures in the Americas. They called it HondurasGate.
By May 6, the outlets had released a total of 37 WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram messages.
What they reveal is a shocking network pushing undermine leftist leaders in the region.
It’s one of the biggest political scandals in the Americas in years… and it implicates the Trump administration, Israel, Argentina's libertarian president, a load of right-wing Honduran officials in underhanded activities to take down political opponents… with thousands of dollars funneled into a right-wing propaganda outlet, allegedly located in the United States.
The messages have been independently verified twice, confirming that they are not AI-generated.
And you have likely heard little, if nothing, about them.
Today, host Michael Fox walks you through the leaks. What they are, what they mean, and the repercussions for the region.
This is Episode 11 of https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow, Season 2.
https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow is an investigative narrative podcast series that walks back in time, telling the story of the past by visiting momentous places in the present. Season 2 responds in real time to the Trump administration’s onslaught on Latin America.
Hosted by Latin America-based journalist https://www.patreon.com/mfox.
This podcast is produced in partnership between https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow and https://nacla.org/under-shadow.
It is supported, in part, by https://globalexchange.org/.
Theme music by Michael Fox’s band, https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nexDyQCZI89JH8zsYu5wa. Monte Perdido's 2024 album Ofrenda is available on https://open.spotify.com/album/1THq4wHHqkY8yydUMJRmWj, https://www.deezer.com/pt/album/587476202, https://music.apple.com/za/album/ofrenda/1746696244, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1lCcdFJEQczm-VSiraOuUpGcbzLxnRXs or wherever you listen to music.
Other music from Blue Dot Sessions and Epidemic Sound.
Script editing by https://www.heathergies.com/. Hosted, written, produced, mixed, and edited by https://www.patreon.com/mfox.
Guests:
- https://x.com/extremearturo
- https://biblio.ugent.be/person/94d04ae7-8f5b-11f0-906f-85d35100d026
Resources:
- You can check out https://www.patreon.com/c/mfox.
- Here is Arturo Dominguez’s latest piece on this, “https://www.antagonistmag.com/2026/05/08/how-far-will-trump-go-to-destabilize-latin-america/"
- Alberto Maresca’s latest article is, https://latinoamerica21.com/en/hondurasgate-and-the-tragedy-of-automatic-alignment-in-latin-america/
You can check out http://hondurasgate.ch/ for all the background and more information about the leaks.You can listen to the links at http://youtube.com/@hondurasgateYou can check out https://www.diario-red.com/author/valeria-duarte/. She is the journalist at Diario Red who broke the story.This is the https://www.youtube.com/@CanalRedAmericaLatina, the television news outlet that broke HondurasGate.
Under the Shadow, Season 1:
https://therealnews.com/under-the-shadow
- https://therealnews.com/the-beginning-monroe-and-migration-under-the-shadow-episode-1
- https://therealnews.com/panama-us-invasion-under-the-shadow-episode-13
- https://therealnews.com/he-legacy-of-monroe-under-the-shadow-bonus-episode-4
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27 MAY. 2026 · Nearly a year after workers voted to authorize a strike, non-union city and commercially contracted security officers in Baltimore, MD, walked off the job on April 9 on an Unfair Labor Practice strike against their employers, Abacus Corporation, Metropolitan Protective Services, and Urban Development Solutions. Now, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) say that workers have been retaliated against by Metropolitan Protective Services (MPS), alleging that the city contractor “fired and harassed workers following [the] lawful strike.” MPS denies these allegations and claims “that no employees have been terminated due to union involvement.” In this episode of Working People, we speak with Victoria Cox, a former MPS employee who worked to reach the rank of sergeant, and Daril Riley, a former MPS employee who reached the rank of corporal. Both Cox and Riley have had their shifts taken off the schedule—and, essentially, their jobs taken away—and both have been put under investigation by MPS since the strike in April.
Additional links/info:
- Maximillian Alvarez, Working People / TRNN, “https://therealnews.com/baltimore-security-guards-strike-for-union”
- SEIU Local 32BJ https://www.seiu32bj.org/, https://www.facebook.com/32BJSEIU/, and https://www.instagram.com/32bjseiu/
- Katherine Wilson, Baltimore Sun, “https://www.baltimoresun.com/2025/07/15/baltimore-security-officers-strike/”
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- Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song
Credits:
- Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor
Statement from Derrick Parks, CEO and President of Metropolitan Protective Services (5/26/26):
Metropolitan Protective Services, Inc. (MPSI) maintains that no employees have been terminated due to union involvement. We fully support our employees' right to choose whether or not to join a union.
The individuals recently removed from the schedule were terminated for failing to maintain the current Maryland guard license required by the Maryland State Police. Regarding Sergeant Cox, she was removed from the schedule at the specific request of the client following multiple advisements regarding violations of client policy and insubordination.
Of our 175 employees, only six have been removed from the schedule or terminated, all due to licensing issues or performance concerns. We find these allegations to be without merit and believe they are being used by the union to exert pressure on the company.
Furthermore, we have received reports of union representatives harassing employees who chose not to join, including unauthorized site visits and the use of derogatory language. MPSI is currently considering filing a cease and desist order and a harassment lawsuit to protect the rights of our staff. Our priority remains protecting all employees, regardless of their union status. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.
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27 MAY. 2026 · In 2026, fascism in the US is rising while “the left” descends further into powerlessness, goofiness, and irrelevance—but, author William C. Anderson argues, it doesn’t have to stay that way. In this episode of Rattling the Bars, Anderson returns to the show for an unflinching conversation with former political prisoner and host Mansa Musa about the state of the political left today and the lessons organizers and everyday people can learn from the Black Liberation Movement and figures like the late Russell Maroon Shoatz.
Editor's Note: This conversation was recorded on May 1, 2026.
Guests:
- William C. Anderson is a writer and activist from Birmingham, AL. His work has appeared in outlets ranging from The Guardian, MTV, Truthout, British Journal of Photography, to Pitchfork. He is the author of https://www.akpress.org/nationonnomap.html, and co-author of https://www.akpress.org/as-black-as-resistance.html. He’s also the co-founder of https://offshootjournal.org/ and provides creative direction as a producer of the https://blackautonomy.libsyn.com/.
Additional links/info:
- William C. Anderson, Prism / TRNN, “https://therealnews.com/another-way-out-we-need-a-mosaic-movement-not-fragmented-leftism”
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