Parallax Views w/ J.G. Michael
Society & Culture
On this edition of Parallax Views, journalist James Bamford, known for his groundbreaking investigations into the NSA (The Puzzle Palace) and the Iraq War (A Pretext for War), returns to the program to discuss his recent The Nation piece entitled "Why Israel Slept" about the October 7th Israel intelligence failure and the Israel covert operation Project Butterfly back by the late billionaire Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson and involving a now defunct Israeli private intelligence firm known as Psy-Group. Psy-Group, for the uninitiated, was also a target of Robert Mueller in the Russiagate investigation. We'll also be going over some of the issues Bamford addressed in his latest book SpyFail: Foreign Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America’s Counterintelligence. Bamford explains how Project Butterfly used Israeli resources, which could've been used for security in Israel (ie: along the Gaza border), for a cover operation aimed at de-legitimizing pro-Palestinian voices in the United States. Bamford also discusses AIPAC, the Iraq War and neoconservatives, the FBI officials who've voiced frustrations with pro-Israel lobbying groups, the intelligence failure of the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel, and much, much more.
Is Turkey Preparing for a Ground Operation in Syria? w/ Giorgio Cafiero
Railroad Workers Sound Off on Their Grievances, Biden, Sick Leave, and the Rail Carriers w/ Marilee Taylor, Jeff Kurtz, and Maximilian Alvarez
U.S. Foreign Policy, Saudi Arabia, & the Arms Industry w/ Annelle Sheline & William Hartung/Geopolitics & U.S. Foreign Policy w/ Doug Bandow
Israel, Biden, and the FBI’s Shireen Abu Akleh Investigation w/ Mitchell Plitnick
The Iran Protests and The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran w/ Assal Rad
The FTX/SBF Crypto Scandal & Elon’s Twitter Takeover w/ Mike Swanson/A Critique of Psychedelic Capitalism w/ Daniel Pinchbeck
The Russia-Ukraine War w/ Patrick Cockburn/The Kyrie Irving Controversy and Black Hebrew Israelites w/ Jacob S. Dorman
The ADL and the FBI w/ Grant F. Smith
FIFA Uncovered and the Qatar World Cup w/ Miles Coleman/The World Cup & Qatar’s Soft Power Foreign Policy w/ James M. Dorsey
The Peaceful Transfer of Power w/ David Marchick/The Hidden History of Neoliberalism w/ Thom Hartmann
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in World War II w/ Bruce Henderson
The Far-Right’s Electoral Victory in Israel w/ Richard Silverstein
The Israeli Election and What Netanyahu’s Victory Entails w/ Yossi Gurvitz
Horror Cinema from the Italian Giallo to John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN w/ Troy Howarth
Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi w/ Sandra Niemi
Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters w/ Kevin J. Wetmore
Tod Browning and the Unmade 1930s Zombie Apocalypse Movie THE REVOLT OF THE DEAD w/ Gary D. Rhodes and Robert Guffey
The Wild Cinema of Spanish Horror Icon Paul Naschy w/ Rod Barnett and Troy Guinn
Rondo and Bob, the Parallel Lives of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE’s Art Director and a 1940s Monster Movie Star w/ Joe O’Connell
Jason Voorhess Back With a VENGEANCE in New Friday the 13th Fan Film w/ Jason Brooks/The Forgotten Nightmare on Elm Street TV Series w/ Henrique Couto and David Denoyer
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
Just Dumb Enough Podcast
Voices of Misery Podcast
House of Whimsical Terror
Stuff You Should Know
Timcast IRL