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Solidarity Without Exception
by The Real News Network (TRNN)
Oppressed and exploited people from Puerto Rico to Palestine and Ukraine are fighting for self-determination against imperialism and autocratic regimes. This series sponsored by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US) and TRNN will feature interviews with intellectuals and activists discussing particular countries and peoples’ struggles for liberation, and stress the importance of building solidarity between them. In these shows, we will discuss the challenge the movements face in attempting to steer clear of the trap of becoming a catspaw for one or another imperial or regional power. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/solidarity-without-
Episodes
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Under Putin’s Thumb: War, Repression, and Resistance
Over the last two decades, Vladimir Putin has transformed his government in Russia from a managed democracy into an authoritarian regime. Many now view it as neofascist. Abroad, it has launched war after war to rebuild Russia’s former empire, while, at home, it has crushed the democracy movement,...
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Venezuela and the challenge of international solidarity
Throughout 2025, the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has faced growing and violent pressure from the United States, with President Trump’s administration deploying naval fleets in the Caribbean, ordering lethal and illegal strikes on suspected drug trafficking vessels departing from the...
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The US never stopped treating Mexico like an imperial colony
From military invasions, occupations, and annexations of Mexican territories in the 19th century to the post-NAFTA capture of Mexican industries, resources, and labor markets by American companies and investors, US-Mexico relations have always been defined by American imperial domination.…
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Palestine, genocide, and the imperialist lie of the 'rules-based international order'
Israel’s US-backed genocidal destruction of Gaza has exploded the fiction of the “rules-based” international order and exposed the violent, people-destroying, land-grabbing imperialism it was always based on. Over the last two years, the US and Israel have carried out a genocidal war in Gaza,...
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Caught between the US and China, Taiwan’s future is uncertain
Today, Taiwan is caught in the crosshairs of two imperial rivals: the US and China. This is nothing new for the island nation, which has been a battleground for competing empires for centuries, but what is new is the critical role Taiwan plays in the 21st-century world economy. For example…
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US empire is dying, and it’s more dangerous than ever
During its reign as the dominant global superpower, the US imposed its will and wreaked imperialist havoc around the world. But as the power of US empire declines and the global order is restructured, hypernationalism and violent competition between imperial and regional powers are surging around...
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Genocide, imperialism, & grassroots resistance in Sudan’s civil war
For the last two years, the civil war in Sudan, the largest contemporary war in Africa, has ripped the country apart. As Beverly Ochieng, Wedaeli Chibelushi, and Natasha Booty report at the BBC, “The war, which continues to this day, has claimed more than 150,000 lives. And in what the United...
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Will the Philippines be a battleground for US-China war?
Since 1565, the Philippines has been in the grip of one imperialist power after another. Even after independence, the archipelago remains a kind of functional US colony. Now, territorial conflict in the South China Sea could turn the Philippines into a battleground for US-China war. Josua Mata...
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Unmasking PROMESA: The unelected board perpetuating colonialism in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico first became a US colony in 1898—and remains so well into the 21st century. Today, that colonial relationship is structured through PROMESA, an unelected board that controls the island’s budget and has unleashed a vicious cycle of debt and privatization that has mired Puerto Ricans in...
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Can Syria's revolution bloom after Assad?
Editor's note: This episode was recorded on March 4, 2025. In Syria, Assad is gone, but the country's challenges remain. Over a decade of civil war and foreign intervention has devastated the country's economy and politics, but a fragile optimism still exists. Joseph Daher and Ramah Kudaimi join...
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The War in Ukraine: An internationalist, working-class perspective
Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, roughly 20% of the Ukrainian territory remains occupied by Russian troops. Before the invasion, there were 41 million people living in Ukraine; today, the UN Refugee Agency estimates that 3.7 million people still in Ukraine have…
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How the wars in Ukraine and Gaza blew up the old world order
As we cross the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russia has launched its largest drone attack in Ukraine to date, and Israeli tanks are rolling into the Occupied West Bank for the first time in decades. US President Donald Trump has issued repeated threats to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Oppressed and exploited people from Puerto Rico to Palestine and Ukraine are fighting for self-determination against imperialism and autocratic regimes. This series sponsored by the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US) and TRNN will feature interviews with intellectuals and activists discussing particular countries and peoples’ struggles for liberation, and stress the importance of building solidarity between them. In these shows, we will discuss the challenge the movements face in attempting to steer clear of the trap of becoming a catspaw for one or another imperial or regional power.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/solidarity-without-
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