WATCH | AN INDIGENOUS LEADER BATTLES WILDFIRES IN INDONESIAN BORNEO

Wed 13 November 2024: A new fire season crackles to life in Kalimantan as 29-year-old Emmanuela Shinta monitors the air quality and distributes face masks to thousands of villagers expecting the worst. But she knows it is not enough. Each year, the region is prone to deadly fires caused by deforestation, trapping Borneo in a […]

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WATCH | COULD ISRAEL BECOME A FAILED STATE? | AARON BASTANI MEETS ILAN PAPPE

Tue 05 November 2024: At the time of writing, war is spreading throughout West Asia. Of course, this is widely understood as an outgrowth of Israeli expansion and the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. This week’s guest is back on Downstream to provide a century’s worth of historical context to enrich the way in […]

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WATCH | ADVERSARIAL JOURNALISM: GAZA, THE US VOTE AND THE FUTURE OF NEWS

Fri 01 November 2024: Jeremy Scahill is an American investigative journalist and author. He co-founded Drop Site News, a non-partisan organisation dedicated to reporting on major stories while focused on accountability and accuracy. Scahill joins Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle, to dissect the 2024 US presidential election, American interests in the Middle East, Israel’s war on […]

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ISRAELISM: THE AWAKENING OF YOUNG AMERICAN JEWS

Sat 26 October 2024: When two young American Jews raised to support Israel unconditionally witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, it changes their lives. They join a movement of young American Jews campaigning to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel and reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity. Israelism sparked huge debate on American […]

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WATCH | A SEXUAL ABUSE SURVIVOR IN CHINA CONFRONTS HER FATHER AND SEEKS JUSTICE

Tue 15 October 2024: After eight years of silence, Li, who works in Ethiopia, is finally ready to confront her father for sexual abuse crimes he committed against her during her teenage years. Determined to seek justice before it’s too late, she returns to China with her fiance to collect evidence and initiate legal proceedings against […]

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WATCH | HOW A BRITISH SPY DIVIDED THE MUSLIM WORLD [UNTOLD STORY]

Tue 08 October 2024: In this episode CJ Werleman discusses how Western powers, particularly Britain and France, undermined Arab democracy post-World War I, leading to colonial rule and division in the Middle East. It highlights the betrayal of promises made by Western leaders, the impact of historical narratives, and the ongoing consequences of these actions […]

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HOW US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL HARMS EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN

Sun 22 September 2024:   Hidden cost every American pays for US Government support of Israel   ______________________________________________________________  FOLLOW INDEPENDENT PRESS: WhatsApp CHANNEL  https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaAtNxX8fewmiFmN7N22 TWITTER (CLICK HERE)  https://twitter.com/IpIndependent  FACEBOOK (CLICK HERE) https://web.facebook.com/ipindependent YOUTUBE (CLICK HERE) https://www.youtube.com/@ipindependent Think your friends would be interested? Share this story! 

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WATCH | HOW A BANGLADESH FORMER LAND MINISTER SAIFUZZAMAN SPENT MORE THAN $500M ON LUXURY PROPERTY

Sat 21 September 2024: Bangladesh’s former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury spent more than $500m on luxury real estate in London, Dubai, and New York but did not declare his overseas assets on his Bangladesh tax returns, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has revealed. The I-Unit went undercover in the UK to investigate how the 55-year-old […]

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