A remarkable revolution has been taking place in Northern Syria, based on women’s liberation, ecological sustainability, and democratic confederalism. Yet it’s in danger of being wiped out by the Turkish state, which has long wanted to annihilate the Kurdish population of the region. Scholars Laura Fantone and Andrej Grubacic discuss what’s at stake in Rojava … Continued
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KPFA Presents: MAX BLUMENTHAL WHEN: MAY 16, 2019 @ 7:30 PM WHERE: ST JOHN’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 2727 COLLEGE AVE, BERKELEY, CA “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump” “Max Blumenthal has spent the last decade transforming himself into one of the most vital voices … Continued
Rep. Ro Khanna: U.S. Troops Are a “Sitting Target” in Syria; It’s Time to Bring Them Home; A Coup in Progress? Venezuelan Foreign Minister Decries U.S. & Brazil-Backed Effort to Oust Maduro.
Rep. Ro Khanna: U.S. Troops Are a “Sitting Target” in Syria; It’s Time to Bring Them Home; A Coup in Progress? Venezuelan Foreign Minister Decries U.S. & Brazil-Backed Effort to Oust Maduro.
Trump Pledges to Withdraw U.S. Ground Troops from Syria—But Global Powers & Deadly Air Forces Remain; The Bombings Will Continue: Phyllis Bennis Warns U.S. Military Role in Syria Is Not Actually Ending; NAACP Launches Boycott of Facebook: Platform Is Unhealthy for African Americans & U.S. Democracy.
Trump Pledges to Withdraw U.S. Ground Troops from Syria—But Global Powers & Deadly Air Forces Remain; The Bombings Will Continue: Phyllis Bennis Warns U.S. Military Role in Syria Is Not Actually Ending; NAACP Launches Boycott of Facebook: Platform Is Unhealthy for African Americans & U.S. Democracy.
Rashid Khalidi: The Israeli Security Establishment is Terrified of a Nonviolent Palestinian Movement; Moazzam Begg on Syria: A No-Fly Zone Is Needed Around Idlib to Prevent “Unprecedented” Massacre; Rashid Khalidi: Ending the Proxy Wars in Syria is Key to De-escalating Deadly Conflict; Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg Explains How Torture & U.S.-Run Prisons Helped Give … Continued
Rashid Khalidi: The Israeli Security Establishment is Terrified of a Nonviolent Palestinian Movement; Moazzam Begg on Syria: A No-Fly Zone Is Needed Around Idlib to Prevent “Unprecedented” Massacre; Rashid Khalidi: Ending the Proxy Wars in Syria is Key to De-escalating Deadly Conflict; Former Gitmo Prisoner Moazzam Begg Explains How Torture & U.S.-Run Prisons Helped Give … Continued
With the Islamic State in retreat in Syria, why is the war there expanding instead of wrapping up? On our show today we’ll turn to Middle East expert Stephen Zunes to explain why US forces just killed about a hundred Syrian National Army soldiers and reportedly dozens of Russian fighters, and why an Israeli fighter … Continued
In Puerto Rico’s Highlands, Hurricane Maria Has Exploded Fault Lines of Poverty & Austerity; Yanis Varoufakis on Global Capitalism & How Trump’s Tax Plan is Class War Against the Poor; Economist Yanis Varoufakis: Puerto Ricans Deserve an Escape from “Permanent Debt Prison”; Greek Economist Yanis Varoufakis on Nazi Resurgence in Europe & Why ”ISIS Loves … Continued
