The Watchdog
The new MintPress podcast hosted by British-Iraqi hip hop artist Lowkey -- The Watchdog, closely examines organizations in the public interest including intelligence, lobby, and special interest groups influencing policies and that target dissent. The Watchdog goes against the grain by casting a light on stories largely ignored by the mainstream, corporate media. Listen to the latest Lowkey music on iTunes (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/lowkey/157616301) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/7lNJ1ZVAHcx6V4HqC68xRY)
Episodes
74 episodes
Dutch Rapper Appa: Amsterdam 'Pogrom' Was Self-Defense Against Israeli Hooligans
It was a pogrom, the likes of which have not been seen in Europe since the days of World War Two. Or at least that is how corporate media across the world presented last month’s violence in Amsterdam, as Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv came to pl...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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33:54
How the UK Powers Israel's War on Gaza: Matt Kennard Reveals Hidden Connections
Israel’s attack on its neighbors could not be sustained without support from the West. And much of that support comes from the United Kingdom. Only a few hundred kilometers from Gaza, the British military base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, serves as the...
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Episode 9
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1:10:24
Israel Killed 21 Members Of My Family In Gaza – Lowkey meets Ahmed al-Naouq
In less than one year, Israel has managed to turn Gaza into rubble. A recent estimate by a global health expert ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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50:45
How The Democrats And Labour Protect The Status Quo In The West
On this episode of The Watchdog, host Lowkey is joined by three guests to discuss how progressive or radical change is blocked in the U.S. and the U.K. by our political establishment, specifically by the Democratic and the Labour Parties. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:02:49
Israeli Spies Plant Fake News In The Media with Alan MacLeod
The British public has spoken, and they have collectively let out a sigh of apathy. The latest election results might have produced a landslide for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. But going beneath the surface, Britons appeared less than pleas...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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56:50
Israel's Vice-Like Grip Over British Politics, with John McEvoy
While the Labour Party may have triumphed in the recent British parliamentary elections, the real victors may have been Israel. Israel and its lobby have deep connections to the British Labour Party, headed by Sir Keir Starmer, and are likely p...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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55:47
Election Bombshell: Keir Starmer Faces Unexpected Challenge from Veteran Activist Andrew Feinstein
A surprise general election has been called in the United Kingdom, and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is the overwhelming favorite to become the next prime minister. But today’s guest is looking to upset that grim future.Andrew Feinste...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:01:57
Israel Killed My Mother! Lowkey interviews Dalloul Neder from Gaza
One of the most sickening aspects of the continued Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza is the near-total support it is receiving from Western governments. That is what our guest today on “The Watchdog” tells Lowkey. “Gaza ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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44:01
How Britain is Helping Israel to Bomb Gaza, with Matt Kennard
Even after more than 100 days of genocidal attacks on Gaza, the Israeli assault continues to rage. The onslaught itself is very well documented by courageous Palestinian journalists who risk their lives daily. However, the role of Western gover...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:25:39
The Israel Lobby Got Me Fired! - Lowkey Speaks to David Miller
For nearly a decade, Professor David Miller has been in the crosshairs of the pro-Israel lobby. But in recent years, their campaign against him has intensified. Miller was fired by Bristol University in the U.K. following a ferocious campaign b...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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52:47
Palestine Action On Trial, with Huda Amori
The British state – and quite possibly its Israeli counterpart – are attempting to shut down Palestine Action. Since its founding in 2020, the activist group has launched hundreds of operations against arms factories across the United Kingdom, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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38:59
The Other 9/11 with Roberto Navarrete and John McEvoy
9/11 is a date that will live in infamy. But for much of the world, September 11 conjures up images of another deadly assault against freedom and liberty. Exactly 50 years ago today, the democratically-elected socialist president of Chile, Salv...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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1:07:32
Understanding the Niger Coup, with David Hundeyin
The world holds its breath. Last month, the Nigerien military overthrew President Mohamed Bazoum, declaring an end to his corrupt reign and a new era of anti-imperialist, pan-African struggle. While most Nigeriens actually support the move (a n...
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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58:50
Keir Starmer’s Relentless Pursuit of Power, with Matt Kennard
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is many bookmakers’ favorite to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. Yet behind the politician’s bland, squeaky-clean image lies an individual relentlessly obsessed with power and how to attain ...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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1:16:13
The True Cost of Julian Assange's Persecution: An Exclusive Interview with Stella Assange
Today in “The Watchdog” studio, Lowkey is joined by Assange’s wife Stella. Stella Assange is a South-African born lawyer and human rights defender. Her most famous case is undoubtedly that of her husband, whom she married in 2022. For years, St...
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Season 1
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Episode 69
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48:20
How the UK Deep State Took Down Jeremy Corbyn, with Asa Winstanley
The election of longtime peace activist and anti-imperialist Jeremy Corbyn to the position of leader of the U.K. Labour Party inspired hope and dread across the nation. Hope from millions of ordinary people, who, for once, saw a politician that...
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Season 1
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Episode 59
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1:13:26
Surviving the Nakba, a One State Solution and Being Cancelled, with Ghada Karmi
It is often better to talk about solutions rather than problems. And today, on "The Watchdog," Lowkey talks to British-Palestinian intellectual Ghada Karmi about her new book, "O...
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Season 1
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Episode 58
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36:32
The Truth About Britain's "Grooming Gangs," with Ella Cockbain
The truth can’t be racist, wrote British Home Secretary Suella Braverman in April of this year, as she peddled xenophobic and debunked tropes about South Asian men being a particular threat to British children. Braverman’s comments come after n...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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36:12
The Fight To Free Julian Assange, with Kevin Gosztola
It is now over four years ago that Julian Assange was spirited away from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and detained in Belmarsh's maximum security prison. Being locked in a tiny concrete room for more than 1500 days has taken a serious toll ...
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Season 1
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Episode 56
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24:52
Shutting Down the Israeli Arms Industry, with Huda Amori
Even as Israel’s war against Palestine continues unabated, a new movement has arisen in the United Kingdom, challenging the Israeli war machine – and it has been winning some impressive victories.Founded in 2020, Palestine Ac...
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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21:31
Israel Protests and UK Spying on Palestinian Refugees, with Asa Winstanley
Israel is currently engulfed in strife, as hundreds of thousands have come out to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial power grab. Netanyahu is attempting to overhaul the judicial system and has dismissed defense mi...
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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38:29
Oracle, the Shadowy Tech Giant In League With the CIA and Israel, with Alan MacLeod
Is your data really safe online? Whether you like it or not, it is likely that much of it is stored by Oracle, a gigantic, U.S.-based company that has become one of the largest and most influential tech corporations in the world.Yet the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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32:01
The Shady Past of Keir Starmer, with Oliver Eagleton
From hotshot lawyer to head of the Crown Prosecution Services (CPS), Keir Starmer is perhaps not the first person many would associate with the British Labour Party. But the party’s shift in ideological stance under former Prime Minister Tony B...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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28:07
No2NATO: Former UK MP Chris Williamson on New Efforts To Free Britain From NATO
The No2Nato campaign was developed to challenge the “consensus in Westminster” and to prevent “a direct war between NATO and Russia.”NATO’s war has led to the death of 100,000 soldiers on each side and at least 6,900 Ukrainian civilians,...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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35:25
Farha: The Netflix Film the Israeli Government Fears, with Darin Sallam
Joining Lowkey on this special episode of “The Watchdog” is the creator of the Netflix film, “Farha”, a movie the Israeli government has gone to great lengths to prevent from reaching the masses. Darin J. Sallam begins the epi...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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