Become a Patron! Support our work via PayPal Subscribe to the Visu.News podcast: iTunes Google Podcasts or on Podbean. Hi, this is Zach D Roberts with a special episode of the Visu.News podcast AND the Around the Lens podcast. For those who are new to the pod – Around the Lens is a visual imaging show that…
The Time I Went to Jail (Occupy Wall Street)
Become a Patron! It’s been ten years since I was arrested at Occupy Wall Street while working as a journalist. I wasn’t by far the only person to be arrested that day… not even the only journalist to be arrested. The piece below was originally published by Suicide Girls, yes the same site that published…
Isolated Incidents Ep 1: Alex Jones is F*cked.
Become a Patron! This is the first-ever episode of the Isolated Incidents podcast. A monthly dive into the stories that journalists have put out covering the world of far-right and the grifters that inhabit it. When I first came up with the idea it was before the pandemic so I didn’t think to necessarily cover…
Around the Lens Podcast – Stop and Think
Become a Patron! Support our work via PayPal The Around the Lens podcast that David J Murphy and I founded many years ago is BACK! It’s still the podcast where we talk about photojournalism with other photographers but we’re not making a conscious effort to expand it out to more of a (heh) visual look….
Flashpoints Radio: Unite the Right Organizers Ordered to Pay Big
The Unite the Right rally organizers were found liable in civil court on Wednesday for over $25 million in damages. I was asked to talk about the case once again on Flashpoints with Dennis Bernstein. Please listen in, I was joined by Greg Palast on the back half of the interview.
Alex Jones and Roger Stone Subpoenaed by Jan 6th Commission
Become a Patron! Support our work via PayPal Right-wing broadcaster Alex Jones (who believes that he is in a fight with the literal Devil) is once again, in legal trouble. Today, the January 6th Commission has issued Jones a subpoena. A letter from the Commission, signed by Congressman Bennie Thompson has called on Jones to…
US Media Cowers not Covers Chevron’s Prosecution of Human Rights Lawyer Donziger
Greg Palast and Zach D Roberts for Buzzflash Famed indigenous human rights lawyer Steven Donziger had already been under house arrest for over 800 days when he reported to prison on October 27 to begin a six-month sentence. His crime: winning the largest single pollution judgment in history, $9.5 billion, for the Cofan people of…
In America Remembers – COVID Memorial in Washington DC
Become a Patron! Support our work via PayPal Over 670,000 small white flags in rows around the Washington memorial call people to think of Arlington Cemetery. Created by the artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg the expansive field of flags will be on display from September 17th – October 3rd, 2021 in Washington D.C. People who have…
VisuNews Podcast: 10 Years of Occupy Wall Street
Support our work via PAYPAL.me/zdroberts Become a Patron! Zach D Roberts and Aaron Cynic are back with a conversation about Occupy Wall Street, which turns 10 years old on Friday, September 17th. No OWS hasn’t been occupying Zuccotti Square for 10 years but the legacy OWS lives on in many forms. There’s no Bernie presidential…
A Delusional Rally for ‘Freedom’
Become a Patron! Originally published in The Progressive Across the country, Trump supporters are still showing up at state capitols to spread conspiracy theories and demand the 2020 election results be overturned. Anti-vaccine protests are the new MAGA rally. With a President despised by the right and little hope of reinstating the previous one, the…