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Who blew up Nord Stream – and why, four years on, there is still no official answer! Documentary filmmaker Moritz Enders on his film "Nord Stream – The Sabotage", the cinemas that quietly dropped it, and the story that was built after the explosion. 🎬 In this episode On 26 September 2022, three of the four Nord Stream pipes were torn open at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Sweden and Denmark closed their investigations without naming anyone, and a trial in Hamburg now targets a single Ukrainian ex-officer. Moritz Enders, historian and documentary filmmaker (ZDF, arte), traces the history of pipelines as instruments of power, from the Baghdad Railway to Nord Stream, and asks who benefits. 📺 Watch the film (stream or DVD) 👉 https://nordstreamfilm.com 📖 Moritz Enders' novel "Die Prinzessin von Centocelle"  👉 https://buchhandel.de/buch/Die-Prinzessin-von-Centocelle-9783910568990✍️ My daily headline analysis on Substack 🇬🇧 English (international): https://karat.substack.com 🇩🇪 German (for Germany): https://thomaskarat1.substack.com 🔔 Please check that you're still subscribed. Many viewers tell me they were unsubscribed without them knowing. Time Stamps:0:00 Trailer: Nord Stream – The Sabotage 3:50 Introduction 8:04 Welcome, Moritz Enders 9:19 The Filmmaker 17:09 Why Nord Stream? 19:26 History Repeats Itself: The Baghdad Railway 23:23 Pipelines and Power: 1982, Schmidt, Schröder, Merkel 29:10 Who Benefits? 38:24 From Factories to Missiles 42:20 The RAND Memo 52:19 At the Bottom of the Baltic 1:00:03 Who Pulled the Strings? 1:03:55 The Film Nobody Wants to Show 1:09:27 The Trial and the Verdict⚠️ Some background visuals in the introduction are AI-generated illustrations, not footage of real events. #NordStream #NordStreamSabotage #Documentary #MoritzEnders #Germany #GeopoliticsSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

Language manipulation and media framing shape how we see war, fear, enemies and political “common sense” — often before we realise it. Professor Ruth Wodak explains how political language influences public opinion, normalises conflict and makes certain choices appear inevitable.🗣️ In this conversation, Ruth Wodak and Thomas Karat examine the power of language in politics, media and everyday communication. They discuss persuasion, rhetoric, emotional triggers and the framing techniques that influence how audiences interpret war, geopolitical conflict and the rise of the far right.The conversation explores how repeated phrases, metaphors and “us versus them” narratives can narrow the range of alternatives people perceive—and how the deletion of agency in media language can obscure responsibility for political decisions and violence.📌 Join me on my Substack for deep dive analysis:https://karat.substack.com (EN)https://thomaskarat1.substack.com (GE)Time Stamps:00:00 Intro06:30 The Power of Language in Communication09:19 Understanding Language Behavior and Power Dynamics12:41 Persuasion and Rhetoric: The Art of Influence15:42 Emotional Triggers in Language and Communication18:36 The Impact of Language on War and Conflict21:39 Media Framing and Public Perception of War24:42 Geopolitical Context and Military Preparedness27:23 The Rise of the Far Right and Its Implications30:23 Framing and Its Power in Shaping Narratives38:55 Understanding Framing and Its Implications45:43 The Power of Repetition in Communication51:31 Censorship and Control in Modern Media58:24 The Influence of Money in Politics1:01:24 Identifying Manipulative Language in Media👤 Guest: Professor Ruth Wodak🎙️ Interviewer: Thomas KaratSubscribe for interviews on media, propaganda, political language, geopolitics and public opinion.#LanguageManipulation #MediaFraming #PropagandaSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

"Kill them all." An Israeli Zionist linguist explains how Netanyahu turns words into weapons — and how one biblical name makes genocide sound acceptable.Dr. Ruvik Rosenthal is one of Israel's most respected authorities on the Hebrew language — a Sokolov Prize–winning journalist, lexicographer, and author of more than 30 books. In this conversation he dissects the machinery of political language from the inside: the euphemisms that sanitize killing, the pronouns that signal who's really in charge, and the framing that quietly redraws the line between "left" and "traitor."We get into how propaganda works in democracies (not just dictatorships), why Netanyahu shifted from "convincer" to authoritarian, how militarism becomes a national identity, and why he calls the way Israel treats its war dead "the fuel for the next war."A rare, unflinching look at how words prepare a society for violence — from someone who loves the language they're built from.🎙️ Guest: Dr. Ruvik Rosenthal — linguist, journalist, author🔔 My International Substack: https://karat.substack.com🔔 My German Substack: https://thomaskarat1.substack.comTime Stamps:00:00 – Intro04:45 – Who is Ruvik Rosenthal & The Language Arena06:18 – How language shapes public opinion13:38 – Democracy's enemies "from within"15:39 – Netanyahu's rhetoric: from convincer to authoritarian27:02 – Pronouns and power: "I," "you," "them"38:14 – Euphemism and the "eighth front"47:22 – "Amalek": the language of "kill them all"47:49 – Schoolbooks, indoctrination, and the army53:04 – When war language enters daily life1:03:45 – The language of death: martyrs and "halal"1:07:45 – "Laundering" language & the euphemisms of killing1:11:45 – Jewish terrorists and the West Bank1:16:45 – Bereavement as a national asset1:32:45 – Where is Israel heading?🔔 Subscribe for more conversations on propaganda, credibility, and power#Israel #Netanyahu #Propaganda #Linguistics #Gaza #Language #Zionism #Rhetoric #MiddleEastSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

⚖️ Tony Greenstein faced 14 years in prison on terrorism charges for a single tweet supporting Palestine — and a London jury acquitted him in just over two hours.In this interview, the 72-year-old anti-Zionist activist walks through the counter-terror raid on his flat, the four-day trial, the judge who tried to shut down his defence, and why he turned the case into a free-speech showdown he was determined to win.🔍 We cover:🇬🇧 How the UK Terrorism Act criminalises support for Palestinian resistance🗣️ Why he refused his barrister's advice and gave his own closing speech🇪🇺 The wider crackdown on free speech across the UK, Germany and the EU🎓 Sanctions lists, sacked academics, and the pre-emptive policing of dissent🕊️ What "from the river to the sea" really means — and who else has said it📌 Chapters and links below.🔔 Don't forget to Subscribe for more interviews on propaganda, power and free speech.💬 Share your thoughts in the comments.Time Stamps:00:00 Intro08:30 The Dawn Raid — Arrested on Terrorism Charges for a Tweet 14:18 What Was at Stake — 14 Years, Age 72, and a Liver Transplant 17:36 The Trial — Defying the Judge and Taking His Own Defence 26:57 Two Hours to Acquittal — How the Jury Saw Through It 2:26 One Rule for Him, Another for al-Julani — The Double Standard 51:32 The Wider Crackdown — Free Speech in the UK, Germany and the EU#FreeSpeech #Palestine #TonyGreenstein #Censorship #UKPoliticsSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, returns to explain why he believes Trump is the first US president to actually be an economic hitman — and why he calls it The Art of the Steal.In this conversation, the former economic hitman turned whistleblower argues that Trump isn't a break from the system, but that same system finally operating in plain sight: covert corruption dragged into the open and made shameless. We get into the machinery of debt, leverage and manufactured dependency that captures nations — and what it means now that it's pointed inward, at the American people themselves.My first interview with John:https://youtu.be/IGEBRG8kIvo🎯 What we cover:📕 Why Trump is both an "economic hitman" AND a "jackal" — and what that distinction means💰 Jared Kushner's billions from the Gulf and the death of "conflict of interest"⚖️ The collapse of the balance of powers and the slide toward authoritarianism🗣️ Criminalizing dissent — the parallels between US and European speech crackdowns🌍 Why John still sees this moment as a possible gift, not just a catastrophe🌋 The warning from a shaman in the Andes about a planet that's starting to "twitch"🔗 More on John Perkins: https://www.JohnPerkins.org⚠️ A note on reach: interviews on this channel that once reached 150,000 people now reach around 1,500 — not because anything changed, except what the platform decides to show. If this one found its way to you, consider it rare.📬 The reliable way to never miss these conversations is my Substack — nobody there gets to quietly decide whether you see it: https://karat.substack.com⏱️ Timestamps:00:00 Intro05:30 The Art of the Steal — a system that's failing us07:30 Kushner's billions and corruption in the open09:45 Why Republicans and Democrats won't act11:45 Dismantling institutions and criminalizing speech01:04:30 Trump stealing America's character and reputation01:08:00 The shaman's warning — a planet starting to twitch#JohnPerkins #EconomicHitman #TrumpSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

🔴 Fired by her own university for a book that turned out to be right — political scientist Ulrike Guérot on how dissent became a punishable offence in Germany.When the University of Bonn publicly distanced itself from one of its own professors ten days after she published a book questioning the official Ukraine narrative, it wasn't an academic dispute. It was a warning shot. Three years and four courtrooms later, Ulrike Guérot is at Germany's Constitutional Court — and her case is no longer about her.In this conversation we sit with the uncomfortable question underneath the headlines: what happens to a democracy when disagreement gets reclassified as disloyalty? Guérot argues the machinery now exists to make critics disappear quietly — from the balance sheet, from the faculty, from the conversation — and that most people won't notice until it reaches them.Recorded the day before the Saxony-Anhalt election, with Germany's political ground visibly shifting beneath both of us.🎙️ Full-length, unedited. Make up your own mind.🔴 Primary Links:Ulrikes Website: www.ulrike-guerot.deUlrike on YT: https://www.youtube.com/@UlrikeGuérot-OfficialThomas’ Substack: https://karat.substack.com📍 We meet again at the East-West Forum, Istanbul — 26 September → https://www.east-west-forum.com🔔 Subscribe if the people getting silenced keep ending up on this channel🔴 Further Links:Dirk Pohlmann @UN about North Stream:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQVEXMyxUGQ&pp=ygUiRGlyayBQb2hsbWFubiBVTiBhYm91dCBOb3J0aHN0cmVhbQ%3D%3DTrailerr North Stream Documentary:https://www.barucker.press/p/nordstream-sprengung-filmSimon Hersh about North Stream:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream&ved=2ahUKEwiszbiL59eWAxUBBNsEHXJKFekQFnoECC8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3XJr_r4C38SdsulhRDeXPeUlrkike Guérot case files & documents :https://westendverlag.de/Die-Akte-Guerot/2480Removals from German universities (German): https://www.medimops.de/wer-stoert-muss-weg-die-entfernung-kritischer-professoren-aus-universitaeten-paperback-M03864894751.htmlIn English: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Disrupting-university-stifling-academic-Switzerland/dp/3864894999&ved=2ahUKEwjQ2ter6NeWAxVmRvEDHbMyIR0QFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2ENTCYOPSMJdLl68tb1vwqPress Conferences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTKxeJDZL70&t=90s&pp=ygUcUHJlc3Nla29uZmVyZW56IEFrdGUgR3XDqXJvdA%3D%3Dhttps://www.europeanpeaceproject.euETI, a new Initiative: https://www.European-Transcontinental-initiative.orgPutins reaction to the Leipzig drones:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBMa5OU5kto#UlrikeGuerot #FreeSpeech #GermanyTime stamps:00:00 Intro05:00 The East-West Forum in Istanbul08:24 Cancelled: the University of Bonn case & the plagiarism pretext26:01 Systematic purge — 60 professors and "ideological deviation"31:25 EU sanction lists: Jacques Baud, frozen accounts, travel bans41:37 NATO's cognitive & neurological warfare49:49 A war with Russia by 2029–2030? 1:02:31 Optimism, magic & the meaning of resistance1:05:40 Saxony-Anhalt elections & the Leipzig "false flag" drone1:12:43 Closing the Russian consulate & blocking Russian voters1:21:00 Merz, BlackRock, and the DAX vs. the Mittelstand1:34:00 Rheinmetall, the war economy & the churches1:37:59 Nord Stream: "the biggest false flag operation"Send us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

Can the Deep State colonize your mind — and can psychology free it? Clinical psychologist Benji Schoendorff makes the case, from Oxford to Gaza to a new "liberation psychology." Founder of the Contextual Psychology Institute in Montreal, Schoendorff explains how the identities we inherit from history and society can limit us — and how the work of dismantling them is fundamentally anti-colonial.Drawing on relational frame theory, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and process-based behavior therapy, he makes the case for a new "liberation psychology" rooted in science. Along the way, he shares his personal journey: becoming an anti-imperialist at age ten, visiting Beirut and the Sabra and Shatila camps in 1981, his Oxford years (including knowing a young Keir Starmer), and why he finally decided to speak out publicly.The conversation ranges across Western hegemony, the idea of the "crusading society," multipolarity, and his provocative critique of Noam Chomsky's famous review of B.F. Skinner. It closes with a deeply personal reflection on what he calls "nourishing the resistance" and being a "free person of the world."🔗 CONNECT THOMAS KARAThttps://karat.substack.comhttps://medium.com/@thomas.s.karatUpScrolled: @ThomasKarat🔗 CONNECT WITH BENJI SCHOENDORFFhttps://resistanceisfertilepodcast.substack.com/https://x.com/b_schoendorffhttps://www.youtube.com/@indications/💬 What did you think of this conversation? Let us know in the comments below. If you found it valuable, please like, subscribe, and share.Time Stamps:00:00 Introduction05:24 Introducing himself: clinical psychologist & anti-imperialist07:52 The Contextual Psychology Institute & behavioral psychology 09:46 ACT, relational frame theory & process-based therapy 13:41 Knowing a young Keir Starmer at Oxford 20:04 Beirut 1981: Sabra, Shatila & the Gaza Hospital 38:06 A contrarian view of Noam Chomsky & Skinner 45:25 Confronting imperialism on a civilizational level 53:14 The "crusading society," Armageddon & Hollywood 60:07 Clash of civilizations & narrative warfare 01:16:06 Nourishing the resistance & rehumanization 01:23:00 Where to find Benji#LiberationPsychology #BenjiSchoendorff #ACT #Psychology #AntiImperialism #Palestine #Multipolarity #KeirStarmer #Chomsky #ContextualPsychologySend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

Former US Marine Kenneth O'Keefe disarmed Israeli commandos on the Mavi Marmara — now he's warning America is next.In this frank follow-up interview (our first conversation reached 250,000+ viewers), Kenneth O'Keefe holds nothing back on Iran, Israel, Gaza, Trump, Netanyahu, and the deliberate collapse of the American empire. From being detained under the UK Terrorism Act, to the ballistics reports nobody talks about from the 2010 Freedom Flotilla, to his prophetic warning about Pax Judaica replacing Pax Americana — this is one of the most fearless interviews of 2026.🔥 What you'll discover in this conversation:⚔️ Why Ken calls himself a "warrior" — and why he's prepared to die for the truth 🚢 The full story of the Mavi Marmara: 10 killed, 6 executed, and what the autopsy reports really show 🇮🇷 Why Iran's restraint during Saddam's chemical attacks proves they'd never build a nuke ✝️ Jesus, the Ethiopian Bible, and why Christians and Muslims have more in common than they think 🏛️ Pax Britannica → Pax Americana → Pax Judaica: the prophecy playing out in real time 💰 Who controls the money, the media, and the wars — and why "the goyim" keep falling for it 🕊️ The best-case scenario Ken still believes is possible — and what it will cost us🔗 FURTHER LINKS:Thomas Karat:https://karat.substack.com🐦 X: @KenOkeefe 📸 Instagram: @kenokeefe🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more uncensored interviews. 👍 LIKE if you believe these voices deserve a platform. 💬 COMMENT your thoughts — Ken reads them. 📤 SHARE this with someone who still thinks the mainstream narrative adds up.#KennethOKeefe #Iran #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #MaviMarmara #USMarine #Geopolitics #PaxAmericana #FreePalestineTime Stamps:00:00 – Reunion & The Terrorism Act02:45 – Mavi Marmara & BBC Hard Talk10:47 – The Warrior's Code32:57 – Faith, Jesus & False Doctrine41:49 – Iran, Iraq & Manufactured Wars01:06:27 – Pax Judaica & The Fall Of America01:14:00 – Best Case Scenario & Final MessageSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

In this explosive conversation, Irish tech founder and Tech For Palestine co-founder Paul Biggar joins me to discuss AI censorship, Israeli influence networks inside Big Tech, shadow banning, algorithmic suppression, NATO’s cognitive warfare doctrine, media ownership, VPN surveillance, Unit 8200, and the battle over who controls truth in the digital age.⚠️ Are AI systems already politically engineered?⚠️ Is anti-Zionism being algorithmically suppressed?⚠️ Are social media platforms quietly throttling dissent?⚠️ Why are younger generations increasingly rejecting mainstream narratives?⚠️ And how deeply are intelligence networks embedded inside Western tech companies?📌 Further Links:https://techforpalestine.orghttps://blog.paulbiggar.com📌 Thomas Karat on Substack:https://karat.substack.comTime stamps:00:00 - Intro04:40 — Irish Identity, Palestine & Tech Industry Alienation16:00 — AI Bias, Wikipedia Manipulation & Israeli Narrative Control25:46 — Larry Ellison, Big Tech, Media Power & Behavioral Surveillance31:03 — NATO Cognitive Warfare Against Its Own Population40:07 — Attacks on Upscroll, ADL Pressure & Platform Censorship45:59 — Israeli VPNs, Unit 8200 & Intelligence Embedded in Big Tech53:00 — AI-Driven Shadowbanning, Algorithmic Suppression & Narrative Control58:11 — Tech for Palestine, Ethical AI & Building Alternative PlatformsSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.

They say Israel has a PR problem. No. They have a genocide problem.Mohammad Al-Turk reached out from Gaza City and asked for a microphone. We talked for 90 minutes — about October 7th, the journalists Israel has killed for telling the truth, how Gaza was bulldozed neighborhood by neighborhood, the "ceasefire" that hasn't stopped the killing, and why the shift in US public opinion might be the thing that finally changes everything.He's still there. Still talking. Listen.📍 Recorded 27 April 2026 🎙 Mohammad on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mohalturkgaza?igsh=Y2NoOTd3YjlteWFn🚢 Global Sumud Flotilla tracker: https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/#Gaza #Palestine #FreePalestineSend us Fan MailDon't forget to follow or subscribe to our Podcasts on your favorite platform so you never miss an update. If you loved it, leave us a review and let us know what you think!You can follow us on YouTube, Twitter (X), TikTok, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and many more.