The Opperman Report'

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How I Lost By Hillary Clinton: by Hillary Clinton (Author), Julian Assange (Foreword), Joe Lauria (Introduction)Judging by the stance of the leadership of the Democratic Party and much of the media, Hillary Clinton's devastating loss in the presidential election of November 2016 was all the fault of pernicious Russian leaks, unwarranted FBI investigations and a skewed electoral college. Rarely blamed was the party's decision to run a deeply unpopular candidate on an uninspiring platform. At a time of widespread dissatisfaction with business-as-usual politics, the Democrats chose to field a quintessential insider. Her campaign dwelt little on policies, focusing overwhelmingly on the personality of her opponent. That this strategy was a failure is an understatement. Losing an election to someone with as little competence or support from his own party as Donald Trump marked an extraordinary fiasco. The refusal of the Democratic leadership to identify the real reasons for their defeat is not just a problem of history. If Democrats persevere with a politics that prioritizes well-off professionals rather than ordinary Americans, they will leave the field open to right wing populism for many years to come. Drawing on the WikiLeaks releases of Clinton's talks at Goldman Sachs and the e mails of her campaign chief John Podesta, as well as key passages from her public speeches, How I Lost By Hillary Clinton also includes extensive commentary by award-winning journalist Joe Lauria, and a foreword by Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks. It provides, in the words of the Democratic candidate and her close associates, a riveting, unsparing picture of the disastrous campaign that delivered America to President Trump, and a stark warning of a mistake that must not be repeated. "Clinton lost the 2016 election, Trump didn't win it. How I Lost by Hillary Clinton is a vital rallying call against the type of triangulating politics that may defeat Trump in 2020, but will never defeat Trumpism." -Bhaskar Sunkara, editor, JacobinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

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Scott Camil was a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War who testified at the 1971 Winter Soldier hearings on U.S. war crimes in Vietnam.He has been active in peace movements since the end of the Vietnam War and currently lives in Gainesville, Florida.Scott can be reached at scott.camil@gmail.com.From Covert Action MagazineThis year marks the 50-year anniversary of the end of the U.S. war against the country and people of Vietnam. Americans refer to the war as the Vietnam War, but it was actually an American war.This war had a huge impact on me, my generation and, of course, the Vietnamese.Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s during the Cold War, we were inundated with anti-communism. I didn’t really know what a Communist was but I knew that they were bad and we were made to feel threatened by them. I believed that it was okay to kill the Communists before they could come to my country. Continue Reading.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

Jen Gatien - Men Of WarMen of War Is the Wild but True Tale of a Mississauga MercenaryMen of War is a 2024 documentary film directed and produced by Jen Gatien and Billy Corben. It follows Jordan Goudreau and Operation Gideon (2020).It had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2024. It was released in a limited release for awards consideration on May 30, 2025, prior to video on demand on September 9, 2025, by Neon.Operation Gideon (Spanish: Operación Gedeón) was an unsuccessful attempt by the Active Coalition of the Venezuelan International Reserve, Venezuelan dissidents, and a private security firm, Jordan Goudreau's Silvercorp USA, to infiltrate Venezuela by sea and remove Nicolás Maduro from power. The plan executed from 3 to 4 May 2020 was for expatriate Venezuelan former military personnel living in Colombia to enter the country by boat at Macuto, take control of an airfield, capture Maduro and other high-level figures in his administration, and expel them from the country.WebsiteInstagramBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-opperman-report--1198501/support.

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