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Operation Carwash has been lauded as one of the best anti-corruption investigations. It has gained praise, even from those on the left.  However, Operation Carwash is not as it sounds.  Instead of exposing corruption, it has been used to target a pro-worker, anti-us business interest party. The judge who oversaw Operation Carwash is now the Justice Minister.  Today, Brian Meir from Brazil Wire joins us to discuss the true dirty and bloody history of Operation Carswash.

Dr. Adam Rothman of Georgetown University joins us to talk about his amazing book, "Beyond Freedom's Reach."  According to the book's website "In a gripping, meticulously researched account, Adam Rothman lays bare the mayhem of emancipation during and after the Civil War. Just how far the rights of freed slaves extended was unclear to black and white people alike, and so when Mary De Hart returned to New Orleans in 1865 to visit friends, she was surprised to find herself taken into custody as a kidnapper. The case of Rose Herera’s abducted children made its way through New Orleans’ courts, igniting a custody battle that revealed the prospects and limits of justice during Reconstruction." You can purchase Beyond Freedom’s Reach through the following booksellers: * Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Freedoms-Reach-Kidnapping-Twilight/dp/0674368126) * Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-freedoms-reach-adam-rothman/1120608791?ean=9780674368125) * Harvard University Press (http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674368125) * Upshur Street Books (http://upshurstreetbooks.com/) * your local independent bookstore (http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780674368125).  

Last week, Bolsonaro surprised everyone by capturing 48% of the votes in Brazil.  He faces Fernando Haddad in the run-off.  People call him Brazil's Trump. But, I think that is being too kind. Bolsonaro's rhetoric is much more dangerous.   Wendi Muse joins us to discuss the history of Bolsonaro, the Military dictatorship, Dilma Impeachment and Weaponizing Corruption in Brazil.   A must-listen to podcast if you want to fully understand what is going on in Brazil.

  -   - Years of American Propaganda have brainwashed Americans to believe that freedom is synonymous with "capitalism."  But having a more cooperative economy that isn't held hostage to profits has its own advantages.

Pinochet's Global Hunt for Dissidents

Pinochet's Rise to Power

The Justinian code is still well and alive today in our laws. It was implemented about 1500 years ago, revolutionized the Roman Empire. It consolidated existing laws and codes in one place.  Through the Justinian period,

In today's episode of historic.ly, we will be speaking with Brandon Neely, a former guard at Guantanamo Bay and activist about human rights abuses at Guantanamo bay's notorious camp x-ray. These heinous acts under the Bush administration were justifie...

You might not think the laws of ancient society can be applied in the modern American context. But, it was a society without a king.  The formal government was established by having annual meetings for freemen who negotiated with each other until they came up with a set of laws to govern the land. The more curious aspect: they had no police force to enforce these laws, yet they had arbiters, in a court, that kept these laws enforced. Another curiosity is that the Icelandic people kept an oral tradition of sagas, which can be thought of as sordid soap operas of various encounters with others.  While in most cultures, we have ample diaries, letters of the nobility, we know very little about the peasant. But, here, in a way, we can get the true “people's history.” This curious society may teach Americans how to be more Democratic and to address the issues facing us.  Today, Professor William Ian Miller, a law professor at the University of Michigan joins us to talk about this curious society. You might not think the laws of ancient society can be applied in the modern American context. But, it was a society without a king. The formal government was established by having annual meetings for freemen who negotiated for their idea of a best government.

Shortly after the two towers collapsed, President Bush gave his infamous speech.  He stated," freedom itself is under attack."  But, it was neither Al Qaeda nor the Taliban who were attacking our freedom.  It was the administration itself.  First, they rushed to declare war in Afghanistan, soon after the Patriot act was passed, giving the FBI unlimited spying powers. The administration's instructed the FBI to find as many terrorists, whether they were real or not.  To meet their goal, the FBI's practices changed.  Instead of catching terrorists, they started to invent terrorists. Coleen Rowley joins us to discuss how the administration was able to give themselves powers far exceeding the constitution.  Robert Mueller who was the head of the FBI, who is now a hero among #TheResistance, steered the post 9-11 roundup of Muslims in New York, where nearly 1000 innocent Muslims were falsely arrested.  He also ordered unprecedented infiltration within ordinary leftists groups like Green Peace and PETA.  Ms. Rowley reminds us of recent history that most of the news media has forgotten. We aim to be corporate-free an conflict-free because we want to bring you the best content.  But we need your support.  Please become a patron (https://www.patreon.com/historic_ly). It is equivalent to a coffee a month.

Besides the lovely Fjords, Norway is famous for its robust welfare state. Examples of those benefits: - Both parents get 49 weeks of paid leave after they have a baby. Free tuition, living expense allowance while at University.