EXPOSED: Israel and the American Empire | Matt Kennard, Lowkey, Huda Ammori & Ahmed Alnaouq
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Published 2024-06-18
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Footage from our live streamed book launch event at the Frontline Club, London for The Racket by Matt Kennard with Lowkey, Huda Ammori, Ahmed Alnaouq.
Eight months into Israel’s ongoing genocide on Gaza - one funded, armed and enabled by the United States - it has never been more urgent to shine a spotlight on the American Empire and the mechanics of its operation. Matt Kennard’s 'The Racket' does just that.
Purchase The Racket: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/racket-9781350422711/
Matt Kennard is co-founder and chief investigator at Declassified UK
Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers
Lowkey is a critically acclaimed hip-hop artist, political campaigner and journalist,
Huda Ammori is a Palestinian-Iraqi researcher, campaigner and co-founder of Palestine Action
0:00 Intro
1:19 Ahmed Alnaouq: Welcome
4:29 Q to Matt: Why did you write this book, The Racket?
11:20: Matt: The American Empire in the spotlight
15:00 Matt: America is not a beneficent power spreading peace and democracy
16:00 Q to Matt: Why does the Western media never mention “American Empire”?
18:47: Q to Matt: How did visiting Palestine change your life?
26:00 Declassified UK’s investigations into US influence in Britain
26:30 There are 12,000 US troops stationed in the UK
26:40 Julian Assange
27:30 Lowkey: The story of the killing of Harry Dunn
31:30 Lowkey: Grenfell Tower and F35 production: Arconic
34:00 Lowkey: US military personal in Israeli war rooms and US and UK military aircraft helping with “target acquisition”
35:20 Lowkey: Watch the movement of ships and planes - all that’s said on a political level is PR
36:20: Lowkey: Western media lies to manage people’s perceptions of the genocide
37:00 Lowkey: Palestinian resistance on the ground
37:15 Lowkey: Zodiac Maritime, British ships and Yemen
38:30 Lowkey: We should focus on material infrastructure more than what is said politically
40:00 Lowkey: Sitting with representatives of the British government means you are sitting with Israel
41:00 Lowkey: Direct action works - Palestine Action
41:45 Ahmed: The bomb that killed my family
42:00 Huda: Direct Action and starting Palestine Action
45:00 Huda: The crushing of Jeremy Corbyn and his politics
46:50 Huda: Palestine Action’s expansion to the United States
51:30 Huda: The Legality of direct action - “We are respecting international law”
55:00 Lowkey: A coup attempt against Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Mark Rowley
56:00 Lowkey: Palestine Action and the UK legal system
1:02:00 Lowkey vs The Israel Lobby
1:04:00 Matt: It has never been more urgent to discuss the Israel Lobby & Zionism
1:10:00 Matt: Alan Duncan vs The Israel Lobby
1:14:00 Lowkey: Zionism defined
1:15:20 Huda: Zionism defined
1:16:40 Matt: Why the US supports Israel - The Israel Lobby
1:23:30 Lowkey: The UK-Israel Tech Hub and its relationship with UK government
1:26:00 Lowkey: Oracle, UK data and Benjamin Netanyahu
1:26:40 Lowkey: Jonathan Pollard exposed
1:29:00 Huda: John Woodcock (Lord Walney) and the ‘proscription light’ against Palestine Action
1:32:30 Q to Matt: Would you live in American again?
1:34:00 Matt: Gaza has changed the world - the world is waking up
1:37:08 Audience Question: We talk a lot about Israel’s strength and power in various arenas, but where are Israel’s weak spots? Where is its Achilles Heal?
1:41:46 Audience Question: We generally get our information now from alternative media - Do any of you see a time and space for mainstream media producing hard hitting investigations holding power to account like we used to?
1:46:59 Audience Question: Huda, your first actions with Palestine Action were inside Keir Starmer’s constituency, has Starmer ever commented about that?
1:49:47 Audience Question: Resistance to Israel on the ground in Palestine and in the region has not stopped since October 2023. Can you help me understand why terms like ‘resistance’ are not heard much in pro-Palestine organising in the West, and why Israel’s losses on the ground to resistance groups are rarely talked about in the West?
All Comments (21)
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I feel ashamed, that it took the bloody Genocide in Gaza 2 activate my thirst 4 knowledge on Palestinian history, Zionist politics & culture, including literature, food & art. My heart is now occupied in Gaza.
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Free Palestinian ❤❤❤
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I'm 55 from California . I was arrested at 16 on UCB campus to divest from South Africa and other protest at weapons manufacturers. Life took me in many directions of advocacy. It's not easy to stand up for what's just as you make yourself vulnerable to retaliation. I have less financially, But can live knowing I did my best against injustice . I'm so glad to see the tide change for Palestine with pubic awareness . So sad it had to come to Genocide .
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Freedom and justice for Palestinians 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
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“Israel” asked Palestine: “Palestine, why do the Western governments love me but hate you?” Palestine responded: “Because you are a beautiful lie and I am a painful truth.” =🇵🇸=…CatSense…=🇮🇪=
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Thank you for sharing this, my family in Gaza lost about 350+ people during this genocide in Gaza, the indigenous Shehaiber family
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One of the most important conversations of our time. Thank you SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU!!! The world is a much better place because of your voices and your courage.
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Lowkey never misses a beat in relaying this information. Same with Matt. Both highly capable of articulating the facts. These guys are no doubt being monitored closely. The establishment are scared of these guys. And having personally been a target of the Israeli lobby in my own country (Ireland) I can totally understand what they're up against.
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A few good people, totally outclass our so called British Broadcasting Corporation 👌
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Deep respect for Ahmad and the other brave journalist that work for justice That matter human life and rights
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There are so many kind compassionate people around the world and to think a few evil leaders can control and also kill us.
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Thank you for your bravery and honesty. You truth-tellers are the heroes of our time. No more WAR! peace and coexistence in our world!:hand-purple-blue-peace:
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Matt is a hero, our John Pilger, Chris Hedges, Julian Assange great love him
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"The more you listen to mainstream media, the more stupid you become" - Matt Kennard 🔥Excellent panel🌟 Thank you 🍉🫒
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Lowkey never ceases to impress, that man is an encyclopedia. Not to mention that this panel is stellar; their collective experience and knowledge are priceless.
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28 years ago ( when I was 18 ), I saw a picture of a Palestinian man holding his limp son, in another picture of the same man you could see the back of the child's head, which was blown out, no brain just a empty cavity. The pain on the Palestinian man's face still lives with me. That's when I started to look into Palestinian struggle. For year people have been mocking me and calling me a conspiracy theorist. But finally the truth is coming out. The British empire did something similar in punjab India, but not on the scale of Palestin, and the stories of British cruelty in punjab were horrific.
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just wanted to show some love as an american who refuses to be complicit in this and is taking action to try and change things. thank you for uplifting these amazing voices and advocates for palestine. 🇵🇸 from the river to the sea
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An important conversation by such wonderful people.
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Great discussion with wonderful people. Thank you.
