CovertAction Magazine
205 episodes listed below
Anti-imperialist news with a hard edge.
CovertAction Bulletin treats current events as evidence of larger systems: militarism, capitalism, surveillance, and U.S. intervention abroad. Its conversations move from breaking developments to movement strategy, often pairing sharp political analysis with eyewitness or organizer accounts.
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CovertAction Bulletin is a current-events program built around anti-imperialist analysis and movement-facing politics. It does not present politics as a contest of personalities. It looks for systems. Recent episodes treat the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the blockade of Cuba, ICE’s expanded surveillance tools, the detention and release of Mahmoud Khalil, and the Texas floods as connected expressions of state power, militarism, capitalism, and repression. The show’s register is urgent and argumentative. Short news briefs often arrive loaded with dates, agencies, military hardware, court actions, sanctions, and casualty figures. Then the conversation widens. A story about oil shipments to Cuba becomes a discussion of blockade and solidarity. A segment on soldiers and draft fears becomes a warning about stop loss, the individual ready reserve, and the human machinery behind war. A report on flooding becomes an indictment of infrastructure failure, climate change, budget cuts, and profit-first governance. The show is not trying to sound neutral. Its editorial position is clear: U.S. foreign policy and domestic policing deserve deep skepticism, and ordinary people need organized resistance rather than passive outrage. Chris Garaffa and Rachel Hu appear as recurring voices, with guests such as Phil Campbell and Cori Rosen adding firsthand movement or recovery perspectives. The conversations can be intense. They are also practical, asking what solidarity looks like beyond sympathy, whether that means aid, protest, political education, or building a broader movement. CovertAction Bulletin suits listeners who already distrust official narratives or want a sharper left framework for understanding them. It is best for people who prefer structural critique over horse-race politics, international context over cable-news reaction, and blunt moral judgment over polite balance.
Made for: For listeners who want current events analyzed through anti-imperialist, socialist, and movement-oriented politics. It especially fits people following war, sanctions, policing, surveillance, Palestine, Cuba, and U.S. foreign policy.
What sets it apart: The show connects breaking headlines to a long view of U.S. covert action, intervention, and domestic repression. It pairs sharp ideological analysis with organizer and eyewitness perspectives rather than treating events as isolated news cycles.
CovertAction Bulletin is the official podcast of CovertAction Magazine which began publishing in 1978 as a newsletter called Covert Action Information Bulletin (CAIB) and later as CovertAction Quarterly (CAQ). CAIB was cofounded and copublished by Ellen Ray, William Schaap, and Louis Wolf, along with former CIA agents such as James and Elsie Wilcott, and infamous whistleblower, Philip Agee.The magazine developed a following not as a conspiracy-theory-related publication, but as a source for reliable, consistent, and accurate investigative reporting. In 2018 we launched on the web at CovertActionMagazine.com where you will find hundreds of articles that blow the whistle on U...
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A sharp look at war messaging, wartime costs, and political fatigue.
The episode tracks Trump's April 1 war messaging into what sits underneath it: a U.S. F-15E downed over eastern Iran, a rushed search-and-rescue effort, and a CIA misinformation operation inside the country.
Cuba's fuel shortage becomes a forceful case for solidarity against the blockade.
Covert Action Bulletin frames Cuba's fuel shortage through the arrival at Matanzas Bay of the Russian tanker Anatoly Kudolkin, carrying over 730,000 barrels or 100,000 tons of crude oil on March 31.
A hard look at how war plans reach service members before the public notices.
Covert Action Bulletin treats war coverage as a practical problem: what happens when escalation starts landing on the people expected to carry it out. The episode moves from U.S.
A daily podcast following tax revolts, ICE crackdowns, and conflicts from Iran to Nigeria.
Sam Harris interviews scientists and journalists on AI risk, religion, and US politics.
WSJ reporters unpack the Epstein files, surrogacy industry abuses, and true-crime court battles.
Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway argue through tech, media, and Trump-era politics twice weekly.
Dan Carlin's solo essays connecting executive power, historical collapse, and American democracy.
Sharp political debate with policy detail and real disagreement.
Covert Action Bulletin examines May Day actions in more than 3,500 U.S.
Covert Action Bulletin examines age-verification proposals in the United States, the European Union, Australia, and the United Kingdom, including California Assembly Bill 1043, which takes effect January 1, 2027.
Covert Action Bulletin ties Donald Trump’s April 1 primetime claim that the U.S.
Cuba is set to receive oil for the first time in 2026 after the Russian tanker Anatoly Kudolkin arrived at Matanzas Bay with more than 730,000 barrels of crude.
Covert Action Bulletin centers on Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa speaking with Mike Preissner, executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, about service members seeking conscientious objector status during the U.S.
This episode analyzes the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, framing it as an imperialist war of aggression and critiquing the Trump administration's goals and messaging.
This episode discusses ICE's surveillance tactics, including subpoenas to social media companies and undercover online operations targeting sanctuary cities.
This episode discusses the Trump administration's campaign to destabilize Cuba through oil sanctions and naval blockade, framing it as part of a 60-year U.S.
The episode discusses the deadly flooding in Texas, attributing it to capitalism and systemic neglect, and interviews a socialist activist involved in recovery efforts.
This episode discusses the release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention and critiques Columbia University and the Trump administration.
Discussion of ICE raids in Los Angeles, community resistance, and political implications of Trump's immigration policies.
This episode discusses Palantir's expanding contracts with U.S.
The hosts discuss Trump's phone calls with Ukraine and Russia, the proposed ceasefire, and the geopolitical motivations behind U.S.
This episode discusses the 15th anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, its ongoing legal and health impacts, and broader climate and political issues under the Trump administration.
This episode discusses recent Trump administration actions including detention of students, deportations to El Salvador, and potential constitutional crisis.