In This Mad World

Andrew Gavin Marshall

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Jun 23

Audio Article – Israel’s Fascist Imperialism and the Genocide in Gaza

How the combination of an Orwellian political language of euphemism with a brutal language of fascism manifested in the genocide in Gaza.
Jun 18

Audio Article – When Monsters Make Empires: What is Fascist Imperialism?

The one-sentence summary: understanding what fascist imperialism is and what its consequences are, and then establishing both the United States and Israel as currently constituting fascist governments, according to our previously established definition of fascism.
Jun 17

Audio Article – The Monster Method: Defining Fascism – Monsters and Machines, Part 2

Defining the characteristics of fascism using the examples of the two historical fascist regimes that came to power of their own accord, in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany.
Jun 11

In This Mad World – Monsters and Machines: The Political Language of Fascist Imperialism, Part 1

The one-sentence summary: Applying George Orwell’s concept of “political language” to understand empire, fascism, and fascist imperialism in the context of present-day Israel and the United States.
08/07/2025

Episode 24 – Killing Gaza

What is the current situation in Gaza? How far has the destruction gone? What is the legal definition of ‘genocide’ and why does it apply to Gaza? This episode is a deep dive into the escalating Gaza genocide, debunking some of the talking points used to silence critics, and finishes with an examination of things […]
07/25/2025

Episode 23 – Russian to War in Ukraine

In this episode, we take a look at where the Russia-Ukraine war is at presently, with record-level drone and missile attacks by Russia, a growing death toll, stalled “peace talks,” and Russia’s evolving nuclear doctrine. We put the war in its historical context, from the end of the Cold War to the Russia-NATO rivalry, the […]
07/16/2025

Episode 22 – The Israel-US Ethnic Cleansing ‘Aid’ Program

In this episode, recorded on July 12, we examine the first six weeks of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s so-called “aid distribution” program in Gaza. We place this program in the wider context of the Israeli strategy to undermine and dismantle the existing UN-run aid system in Gaza, as part of the overall Israeli plan to […]
07/10/2025

Episode 21 – Deploying Troops to LA and Dropping Bombs on Tehran

It’s been over a month since we last joined you, and a lot has happened! We begin our discussion with the protests in Los Angeles that resulted in the deployment of the National Guard and US Marines, a dangerous new precedent for democracy as the government clamps down on immigrants. As the standoff between protesters […]
05/30/2025

Episode 20 – The Gaza Concentration Camp Plan

This episode examines what the UN has called “the cruelest phase” of the Israeli war and genocide in Gaza. The IDF and Israeli government are enacting a plan to conquer the entirety of Gaza, coral Palestinians into three smaller areas, and hold territory. In a new turn, Israel and the US have proposed a new […]
05/16/2025

Episode 19 – Israel’s Ruthless War on Gaza

In this episode, Andrew Gavin Marshall and Chelsey G return to the subject of Israel’s war on Gaza, from the negotiation of the ceasefire in January, violations of the agreement, to Israel’s violent and destructive return to war in March. Moving from Trump’s Gaza plan to the role of Egypt and Jordan, this episode takes […]

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Giving You the History and Context Behind the Headlines

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Andrew Gavin Marshall
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2024 - 2026
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