January 6: Day of the Rope

A toxic army of trolls goes after women in the gaming industry, giving birth to an online movement of disaffected men. This "manosphere" contributes to the resurgence of Donald Trump and a constitutional crisis that holds American democracy in the balance. 

After the twin disasters of the massacre in Myanmar and the 2016 election, social media undergoes a reckoning in the halls of Congress… until a novel virus uncorks a global pandemic and a contagion of hoaxes, conspiracies, and lies online. 

North Korea hacks a movie studio over a screwball comedy, inspiring America’s enemies to launch cyberattacks against the U.S. To roil an election, one even unleashes a network of trolls pitting ordinary Americans against each other, online and in the streets. 

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<p>As two films focus on the 1960s political group, Matt Chorley speaks to the Black Panthers' photographer Stephen Shames about how the organisation was born, and how many racial injustices still exist today.</p><br><p>PLUS: Finkelvitch - Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch ... Show More

Protests erupt after police in Kenosha, WI, shoot unarmed Black man Jacob Blake seven times, and a white militia member goes on a shooting spree targeting demonstrators. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for pri ... Show More

<p>It’s been one year since a mob <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/clear-capitol-pence-pleaded-timeline-riot-shows-n1263729" target="_blank">stormed</a> the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. They were attempting to overturn Joe Biden’s presidential electi ... Show More

Dulcé Sloan digs into the history of July 4th, including Frederick Douglass's callout of its hypocrisy and the racist restrictions put on Black Americans' celebrations after the Civil War. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.c ... Show More

The EFF commander has been in the news repeatedly for making statements that many believe he should be charged for as he is inciting hate and violence against whites. Is Julius just being a populist leader?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

In March 1960, the South African police opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the township of Sharpeville, killing 69 people and injuring nearly 200 more. The massacre outraged black South Africans, leading to a radicalisation of anti-apartheid organisations such as the ANC ... Show More

<p>The rioters on January 6th were overwhelmingly <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/pro-trump-whites-afraid-being-replaced-attacked-capitol-s-race-n1263216" target="_blank">white and male.</a><i> </i>But sprinkled throughout the mob were several Black people and other people ... Show More