What do sanctions accomplish?
00:08 Narges Bajoghli is Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Her new book is How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare
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A Look at Local Organizing Around a Gaze Ceasefire; Plus, Influencing DC Politics Toward Ending the War Gaza
0:08 — Sara Kershnar, is an organizer and co-founder of International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN). 0:33 — Matt Duss is the Executive Vice President of the Center for International Policy.
Primary Election Results; Plus, Street Spirit is Back; ICE Detainee Migrants Crammed into Golden State Annex
0:08 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation. 0:33 — Alastair Boone, is Director of Street Spirit. 0:45 — Katie Kavanagh is Senior Attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Alexander is an immigrant who has been detained for over a month at Golden State Annex, an ICE detention center in … Continued
Prime Minister Ariel Henry Resigns, What’s Next for a Haiti Transitional Government? Plus, Electric Rate Hikes and Debriefing San Francisco’s Election Results
0:08 — Brian Concannon is a Human rights lawyer and the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) 0:33 — Tim Redmond, founder of 48hills. Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time … Continued
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
Fund Drive Special with Chris Hedges
0:08 — Chris Hedges, The Death of Israel: How a Settler Colonial State Destroyed Itself, recorded at The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey on January 18, 2024.
Fund Drive Special with Corey Doctorow
0:08 — Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. His latest non-fiction book is The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation and his new novel is The Bezzle.
Fund Drive Special: The Future of Democracy with Steve Phillips
0:08 — Steve Phillips is the founder of Democracy in Color. His latest book is How We Win the Civil War: Securing a Multiracial Democracy and Ending White Supremacy for Good – about to be re-released in a revised second edition.
Egypt’s Position in the Ongoing Invasion of Gaza; Plus, Super Tuesday Races to Follow Around the Nation
0:08 — Sharif Abdel Kouddous is an independent journalist based in New York and Cairo. He has reported multiple times from Gaza and across Palestine since 2011. 0:33 — John Nichols is National Affairs Correspondent for the Nation.
Russia’s War in Ukraine; Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg
0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. 0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.