Abby Martin

Abby Martin with Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine

Abby Martin

Empire Files

Empire Files is Hosted, directed & written by Abby Martin and Produced & written by Mike Prysner. Empire Files is described as "[A]n independent documentary & interview series hosted by Abby Martin - reporting on war & inequality from the heart of Empire"

Artists Against Apartheid

Artists Against Apartheid Initial Signatories

Artists Against Apartheid is associated with The People's Forum.,,

Artists Against Apartheid was founded after the October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel by Hamas. Artists Against Apartheid asks supporters to sign a letter that justifies the terror attack by stating part that "the armed resistance...is a direct and natural response to nearly a century of occupation, [yet it] is characterized by the corporate media and Biden as 'sheer evil.'"

On October 18, 2023, Glenn Garner wrote about the "People Forum's Artists Against Apartheid letter:

"Musicians and artists around the world are signing a letter to call for the liberation of Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters, Kehlani and Mykki Blanco are just a few of the first names to sign the People Forum's Artists Against Apartheid letter, calling out the "Zionist occupation of Palestine."

Although there is no official list of signatories for the Artists Against Apartheid letter, there are two graphics that lists initial signatories. Abby Martin was an initial signer.

Defending Rights & Dissent

In an article titled "McCarthyism is back, and it’s coming for the peace movement" dated August 10, 2023, Defending Rights & Dissent defended Code Pink and the The People's Forum after the New York Times cited them in an article about Chinese Communist Party infiltration of leftist activist groups in America. The Tricontinental Institute also published a statement titled "McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It" criticizing the New York Times article. Abby Martin was listed as a signatory.

Protest Russian Sanctions after Ukraine Invasion

March 18, 2023 Answer Protest Flyer

Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine! From BreakThrough News. Streamed live on Mar 18, 2023

ANSWER has heavily advertised a demonstration held on March 18, 2023 filmed by BreakThrough News to protest sanctions on Russia in the wake of their invasion on Ukraine. Abby Martin was listed as a speaker. The rally was live-streamed on BreakThrough News.

Screenshot of portion of flyer for ANSWER protest for March 18, 2023

From a flyer on their website:

The war in Ukraine and the sanctions on Russia are making it harder for people to pay their rent, fill their gas tanks, put food on the table and keep the lights on. Much of the damage is due to the sanctions placed on Russia, a major producer of everything from oil to wheat. The US Federal Reserve admits that the conflict is “pushing up inflation” while slowing down growth.

To fight inflation we need to end the US’s massive international sanctions regime and demand they stop sending weapons to fuel the Ukraine war, and stop blocking peace negotiations.

The Wall Street Journal now says: “Gas Prices Poised to Rise Again as Sanctions on Russia Take Effect,” while global economists say the “massive shock” of the war will produce new “inflationary pressures, sapping confidence and household purchasing power.”

US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran are further impacting the market in oil and gas prices, driving up prices and driving the climate crisis destroying the planet. It’s clear as ever that the US’s own policies of sanctions, and the proxy war provoked by NATO policies, is directly impacting the cost-of-living crisis for working class people. Meanwhile the military industrial complex and Wall Street get richer. This is criminal — the time to act is now!

'Mother of all Talk Shows'

George Galloway interviews Sulaiman Ahmed

George Galloway has a show on YouTube and Rumble called MOATS (Mother Of All Talk Shows). George Galloway has interviewed Sulaiman Ahmed, Max Blumenthal, Garland Nixon, Scott Ritter, Rachel Blevins, Abby Martin, Chris Hedges, Richard Medhurst, Bryce Greene, Craig Murray, Douglas MacGregor, and others.,,

Pro-Russia Propaganda

Neville Roy Singham has been accused of being behind a "vast dark money network [which] has fueled BreakThrough News and a raft of other online outlets pushing Moscow and Beijing’s favorite narratives." Excerpt from the leftist outlet Daily Beast:

Since it started posting to Instagram and Youtube in early 2020, nearly all BreakThrough News’ camera-facing personalities have been veterans of Kremlin-backed outfits: former Radio Sputnik host Eugene Puryear; pundit Rania Khalek of video generator ‘In the Now;’ Kei Pritsker, Abby Martin, and Brian Becker of defunct propaganda organ RT America. BreakThrough’s earliest productions lambasted America’s presidential system and persistent racial inequality, and attacked the American and Brazilian responses to the COVID-19 outbreak while praising policies in China.

But beginning in January 2022, amid the build-up to Russia’s unprovoked assault on Ukraine, the channel began sharing videos with titles like “Risking World War III with Russia: Why?” and “​​If NATO Goes to War, U.S. & European Soldiers Will Be Called On to Kill & Die.” More recent clips have carried such headlines as “Leaked Pentagon Docs Show US Elites Want Never-Ending Ukraine War” and “G7 Sends F-16 Jets to Ukraine: Flirting with Disaster, Direct War on Russia.”

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But however typical BreakThrough’s characters and proclivities might be, the lavishly funded network behind it awed Michel and the other experts The Daily Beast consulted. Unlike the stations from which its anchors hail, BreakThrough is not officially affiliated with any foreign power—rather, it’s part of the “International People's Media Network”: a coalition of eight outlets targeting not just the U.S. but Latin America, India, the Middle East, and parts of Africa. BreakThrough and its seven associate channels claim to be “a network of independent media projects from across the globe that collaborate, working collectively to uplift people’s voices and stories.”

But even the International People's Media Network’s webpage makes it clear its members all work in conjunction with the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, a Massachusetts-based think tank whose founder, controversial academic Dr. Vijay Prashad, is both a vociferous defender of China’s repressive policies toward its Uighur minority and a recurring guest on BreakThrough and its international siblings. All Network members share the same preoccupations, and even some of the same personnel—all unanimously depicting the U.S. as oppressive and imperialistic, China as admirable and benevolent, and Russia as blameless for its invasion of Ukraine.

And all the International People's Media Network’s affiliates, including Tricontinental, appear to drink from the same torrent of dark money pouring out of the bank accounts and nonprofits of tech mogul Neville “Roy” Singham. Efforts to reach Singham for this piece, including through his partner Jodie Evans of the protest group Code Pink, proved fruitless.

Pivot to Peace

Webinar: Why there should be a Pivot to Peace not war with China

ANSWER is behind an anti-American, pro-Chinese Communist Party pressure campaign called Pivot to Peace designed "to educate and mobilize public opinion" on United States Policy toward China. A petition an and online webinar launched the campaign, which was announced in an email dated July 10, 2020.

Abby Martin was listed as a signatory.

Media Roots Radio

Robbie Martin is the co-host of Media Roots Radio with Abby Martin and the filmmaker behind the documentary series A Very Heavy Agenda. He is producer/sound designer Fluorescent Grey, founder of RecordLabelRecords.

Aggressive Progressives

Abby Martin appeared on a show "Aggressive Progressives" at The Young Turks hosted by Jimmy Dore with Steve Oh. The inaugural show was dated August 28, 2016. Guests/hosts included Stefane Zamorano, Ron Placone, Malcolm Fleschner, Graham Elwood, Abby Martin, Mike Prysner, Max Blumenthal, Amy Vilela, James Cromwell, Pramila Mallick, Judah Friedlander, Randy Abreu, Jordan Chariton, Dave Dayen, Michael Lighty, David Hildebrand, Norman Soloman, Denis Kucinich, Nomiki Konst, Krystal Ball, Graham Elwood, Michael Wood, Michael Tracey, Greg Palast, Kshama Sawant, and Cenk Uygur.,,,

Day of International Actions Against the War on Iraq

Abby Martin of the Empire Files was listed as a speaker for ANSWER's January 18 2002 National March on Washington DC and San Francisco (joint action); This was part of a Day of International Actions Against the War on Iraq.