Abby Martin

Abby Martin is an artist, activist and citizen journalist. She graduated from SDSU with a B.A. in political science where she was involved in community organizing for multiple causes.

Watch | Abby Martin & UN Rapporteur Expose Venezuela Coup

On the eve of another US war for oil, Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela and uncovers how US sanctions are crimes against humanity with UN investigator and human rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas.

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Juan Guaido

 Top Photo | A screenshot from an Empire Files video shows a partial portrait of Venezuela's self-proclaimed president, Juan Guaido Abby Martin is an artist, activist, and citizen journalist. She graduated from SDSU with a B.A. in political science where she was involved in community organizing for multiple causes. Source | Empire Files

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How Donald Trump is Expanding the US Empire

Any corner of the globe we look to, we see that Trump is indeed expanding the US empire’s influence and operations––he has ratcheted up, with new fire and veracity, covert and overt regime change operations; expansion of military bases, massive increases in bombings and civilian casualties, and belligerent escalations that put us on the brink of catastrophic war on multiple fronts.

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By Abby Martin
U.S. Army M2A2 and M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles are unloaded at a pier in Busan, South Korea, June 29, 2011. (AP/Yonhap, Kim Sun-ho)

Media Roots -- In the first installment of this multi-part series, Trump Expanding the Empire, Abby Martin debunks the notion that Trump is an anti-interventionist president, outlining his first two years of aggressive foreign policy that has expanded US wars and occupations. From the biggest military budget in history to removing its

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How the Bush Administration Used the 2001 Anthrax Attacks to Manufacture Consent for the Iraq War

In a deep investigative piece, Abby and Robbie Martin explore the 2001 Anthrax Attacks––what led to them, why they happened, and how the Bush administration used them to manufacture consent for the illegal invasion of Iraq.

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Robbie Martin
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And Robbie Martin
American Anthrax

 ABBY MARTIN : 17 years ago, less than one month after the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001, weaponized anthrax was sent through the mail in a biological attack that stunned an already traumatized nation. The first American died from anthrax infection on October 5th. During the weeks that followed, letters sent through the US postal

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Watch | Deciphering Propaganda vs. Reality: War With North Korea

Abby Martin interviews Tim Shorrock–journalist and expert on US-Korea relations–to learn what is left out of the debate and the potential cost of a new war.

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By Abby Martin
In an April 15, 2012 photo, North Korean soldiers attend a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate 100 years since the birth of the North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. Spectacles in North Korea exist at the intersection of dogma, tedium and entertainment. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

On top of overtly genocidal threats, the Trump Administration has announced new terms: that they “will never accept a nuclear North Korea.” But, the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea already has nuclear weapons.  Does that mean a war is imminent? While the bipartisan warmongering is receiving no push-back from the mainstream media, Abby Martin

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Watch | Death & Biostitutes – Mike Papantonio on the US Opioid Crisis

Behind America’s opioid epidemic is a multi-billion dollar industry that feeds drug manufacturing giants, distributors and more.

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By Abby Martin
Opioid epidemic

 A new phenomenon has emerged in the United States: 64,000 people died in 2016 of a drug overdose—with 80% from opioids—with levels of addiction nearly 500% higher over the last six years. Behind this epidemic is a multi-billion dollar industry, that feeds drug manufacturing giants, distributors and more. With the U.S. government failing

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Head of Venezuela National Guard on Insurgency & US Threats

“All we want is to be free, all we want is to be independent, all we want is to be a sovereign country. We just want to be a happy, united nation with its own national spirit. If that’s a threat to the United States, then we will be a threat.”

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Head of Venezuela National Guard on Insurgency & US Threats

Use of force by Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard has become a regular sight in corporate media, and those actions are used by foreign powers as justification for intervention. With very real possibilities of another US-backed coup, Abby Martin interviews the head of Venezuela’s Armed Forces and Minister of Defense, General Padrino López.

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Watch: New Documentary Reveals Horrors Of Modern Day Slave Trade

Abby Martin recalls the history of the colonization of the Philippines and how it has led to a dramatic rise in human trafficking of Philippine workers.

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By Abby Martin
Seafood From Slaves

In this two part series on the US/Philippines human trafficking epidemic, Abby Martin recalls the history of the colonization of the Philippines and how it has led to a dramatic rise in human trafficking of Philippine workers. She interviews the executive director of Damayan, the 8,000 member strong New York City based organization created and

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