Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. Death tolls mount from Isreali-Palestinian rocket attacks, with no truce in sight. Top Republicans oppose President’s infrastructure plan, despite White House meeting. House Republicans oust Trump critic, Liz Cheney, from party’s leadership. Governor Gavin Newsom announces $12 … Continued
Today on show: Israeli bombs continue to fall on civilian targets across the the densely populated Gaza Strip including hitting multistory apartment buildings, while East Jerusalem is also under siege by Israeli and settler forces. There are also pitched battles taking place between Palestinians and Israelis inside Israel
We talk about Israel’s attack on Gaza with Nora Barrow-Friedman, a journalists with The Electronic Intifada and Sharif Zakout, an organizer with the Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC). And later we’ll hear a talk from Greg Grandin about Empire Workshop.
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Latin America has played a crucial role for the United States as an empire. And historian Greg Grandin argues that Latin America’s importance stretches well beyond the regional interests of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. Instead, Grandin posits, the countries south of the border have been used as a crucible for the formation … Continued
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On this show: 7:08 – Israel continues its violent crackdown in Jerusalem and its airstrikes on Gaza, after raiding the Al-Aqsa mosque following ongoing evictions of Palestinian families from Sheikh Jarrar. We’re joined by Phyllis Bennis, Middle East analyst and director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her book Understanding … Continued
