In
a world in which media consolidation has given the average American
fewer options to choose from, independent outlets have become all the
more important. Without them, the narrative—which is already tilted in
the neoliberal order’s favor—would be wildly skewed, giving the
government and their corporate allies free rein to abuse an ostensibly
democratic system.
Social media and the internet in general, for all its faults, have
enabled independent reporters and activists to push back against
conventional wisdom, whether they’re correcting the record about an
ahistorical narrative or something timely and newsworthy that’s so
obviously one-sided.
One such journalist is Abby Martin, the indefatigable, unrelenting,
probing, and uncompromising reporter who for more than a decade has
helped shine a light on the excesses and wide-ranging abuses of the U.S.
empire.
While there are plenty of journalists similarly confronting American
hegemony with thought-provoking coverage and analysis, Martin, to her
immense credit, takes the time to visit regions systematically crushed
by Western influence, such as Palestine and Venezuela.
To say Martin is fearless would be wholly insufficient. Her coverage
of colonialism and criticisms of the United States has not won her any
favors from a government that often dismisses alternative journalism as
enemy-influenced propaganda.... READ MORE https://www.unftr.com/blog/progressive-spotlight-abby-martin
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Abby Martin just exposed the media's role in normalizing genocide.
"Palestinians telling their own stories, dictating their own narratives for the first time. That's why we see the urgency to censor their voices and to consolidate these narratives on social media.
Israel's supporters often say Gaza's suffering is quote unquote tragic, but complex. Is complexity the new weapon of obfuscation in genocidal politics? This is the propaganda that's made it so overly difficult to talk about this issue, but it's the most simple issue in the world. It's the most clear cut issue in the world. It's an occupation that is illegal. And this occupying force is besieging a population in a ghetto and committing genocide against them.
In what reality would 2.3 million Jewish people be allowed to be caged inside of an Arab nation, half children, cut off their electricity and water and then indiscriminately bomb them for two years? In what reality in our world would that be allowed to be possible? It is only the nature of anti-Islam, anti-Muslim bigotry that has made this justified.
This is the most documented atrocity of our time. And it is a disgrace that it took a genocide for people to wake up"
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Journalist Abby Martin’s new documentary takes aim at one of the world’s largest polluters: the U.S. military
On Oct. 18 [2025], The Empire Files premiered its highly
anticipated film about the devastating impact our environment and planet
are experiencing due to the United States military-industrial complex.
Titled “Earth’s Greatest Enemy,”
it follows journalists Abby Martin and Mike Prysner who spent years
researching, studying, and traveling the world to report on the effects
of the military's massive carbon footprint.... READ MORE https://thesouthlander.com/abby-martin-earths-greatest-enemy/
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