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Pushback with Aaron Mate

Pushback with Aaron Mate

A news show hosted by Aaron Maté. Presented by The Grayzone.

Episodes

20 of 211 episodes

Hamas negotiator on Israel's ceasefire violations and new barriers to Palestinian freedom

As Israel violates the ceasefire with relentless attacks on Gaza, The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté sits down with senior Hamas negotiator Basem Nai...

00:49:14Dec 13, 2025

US hosts Syria's ruling fmr. Al Qaeda leader amid sectarian violence at home

The new President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, aka Mohammed al-Jolani, is in New York for what is widely being described as the first visit by...

00:57:20Sep 22, 2025

French monitor: Ukraine, NATO provoked Russia in Donbas war

Benoit Paré is a former French defense ministry analyst who worked as an international monitor in eastern Ukraine from 2015 to 2022. In his...

01:35:20Aug 18, 2025

Ordered to prevent genocide - The Grayzone live

International legal expert and ex-UN Office of Human Rights Commissioner whistleblower Craig Mokhiber joins the Grayzone's Aaron Mate and Ma...

01:57:30Jan 27, 2024

Norman Finkelstein on Gaza - live in NYC

Norman Finkelstein, historian and scholar, joins Aaron Maté for a live discussion about Israel's war on Gaza, the meaning of Hamas' atrociti...

01:18:33Nov 11, 2023

Report for European Parliament challenges OPCW’s Syria cover-up

A new report offers the most thorough exposé to date of the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal, in which the world’s top chemical watchdog manipu...

01:03:55Sep 19, 2023

John Mearsheimer: Ukraine war is a long-term danger

John Mearsheimer, the eminent political scientist who has warned for years that NATO's Ukraine policy would lead to disaster, joins Aaron Ma...

01:01:55Jul 30, 2023

Biden's corruption led to Ukraine's destruction: fmr. Kiev diplomat

Former Ukrainian government official and diplomat Andrii Telizhenko joins Aaron Maté to discuss how, in his view, powerful US figures includ...

01:23:26Jul 13, 2023

Aaron Mate at UN: Syria probe was censored, and cover-up continues

In closing remarks at a United Nations meeting, Aaron Maté of The Grayzone notes that no one disputes the fact that a probe by the Organisat...

00:15:36Apr 1, 2023

Aaron Mate spars with British diplomat over Syria cover-up

At a United Nations meeting that addressed a Syria cover-up scandal at the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Aaro...

00:19:10Mar 30, 2023

In major shift, Brazil challenges OPCW's Syria cover-up

In a geopolitical shift, Brazil has come out in favor of accountability for the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal. At a meeting of UN Security C...

00:26:04Mar 28, 2023

Aaron Mate at UN: OPCW cover-up denies justice to Douma victims

Speaking to the United Nations Security Council, Aaron Maté of The Grayzone calls out the OPCW's ongoing cover-up of its investigation into...

00:26:19Mar 27, 2023

Seymour Hersh: US bombed Nord Stream to prolong the Ukraine proxy war

Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which blew up n...

00:44:36Mar 2, 2023

Veteran NYT journalist Jeff Gerth exposes US media's Russiagate debacle

In a new four-part series for the Columbia Journalism Review, veteran journalist Jeff Gerth documents US media's journalistic malpractice in...

00:54:47Feb 16, 2023

Norman Finkelstein On How The Left Cancels Itself

Author and scholar Norman Finkelstein on how the Left undermines class politics from within; the legacy of Barack Obama; censorious culture...

01:17:49Feb 11, 2023

Matt Taibbi on the Twitter files

Matt Taibbi joins The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté to discuss his reporting on internal Twitter files exposing US government pre...

01:32:01Jan 15, 2023

How Ukraine's far-right, with NATO backing, block peace

Scholar Nicolai Petro discusses the overlooked influence of Ukraine's far-right nationalist movement and former German Chancellor Angela Mer...

00:38:51Dec 19, 2022

Sanctions are suffocating Syria: UN expert

After a 12-day visit, UN expert Alena Douhan calls for the lifting of US-led sanctions on Syria, where 90% of the population lives below the...

00:54:02Nov 23, 2022

Poland WWIII scare shows why top US general wants peace (w/ Doug Macgregor)

After accusing Russia of firing missiles into Poland -- and triggering calls from Ukraine for direct NATO military intervention -- US offici...

00:40:01Nov 16, 2022

Ukraine war escalates as diplomacy disappears

As Russia escalates attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine following the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines and the Ukrainian atta...

00:42:50Nov 1, 2022