UN Official: ‘Catastrophic’ US Sanctions Are Blocking Aid to Syria After Earthquake
U.N. Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan discusses the devastating impact of illegal US sanctions on Syria and how they are continuing to block aid in earthquake recovery efforts. Professor Douhan explains how despite the US Treasury issuing a 180-day waiver on certain sanctions imposed on Syria, countries and humanitarian actors are still hesitant to send aid […]
Iranian President Goes to China with BRICS Application Pending
Iran’s President Raisi met China’s leader Xi Jinping. At the same time, mass rallies took place across Iran, completely ignored in Western media, to *celebrate* the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. Mazda Majidi, long time anti-war activist and organizer with the ANSWER Coalition explains the significance of both the Raisi’s and Jinping’s meeting as […]
US Eyes Resources In Latin America, Escalates Against China, with Ben Norton
With the United States hyper focused on Russia and China, it’s easy to forget that the empire is still up to its old tricks in the rest of the Global South. What does the insatiable U.S. imperialist appetite mean for the resource-rich countries of Latin America? After all, that copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, […]
Death Toll Rises as US Sanctions Block Aid to Earthquake-Devastated Syria
With tens of thousands dead from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, U.S. sanctions are blocking aid and rescue work to Syria. Rania and Eugene discuss how, in addition to hampering relief, sanctions on Syria have ruined its medical sector & capacity to respond to this disaster.
‘Invisible Workforce’: The Exploitation of the Farmworkers that Feed America
The deadly shooting of seven agricultural workers in Half Moon Bay, California in January, brought national attention to the issue of housing conditions for farm workers. According to city officials, neither of the farms where the mass shooting took place had permits for their farmworker housing and the conditions of the housing was “deplorable.” Dr. […]
The Ballooning War Drive Against China
Biden’s administration used an Air Force F-22 Raptor jet fighter and Raytheon’s Sidewinder missile, to shoot down a meandering Chinese balloon on Saturday. Republicans in Congress called the balloon a “show of force,” and Biden canceled Secretary of State Blinken’s trip to China. Brian is joined by Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and […]
US Eyes Resources In Latin America, Escalates Against China, with Ben Norton
With the United States hyper focused on Russia and China, it’s easy to forget that the empire is still up to its old tricks in the rest of the Global South. What does the insatiable U.S. imperialist appetite mean for the resource-rich countries of Latin America? After all, that copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, […]
The Bloody Reality of the DRC Cobalt Mines That Power Our Phones
From smartphones to electric vehicles, all lithium-ion rechargeable batteries made today require cobalt, a unique mineral that is almost exclusively mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Siddharth Kara, author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives, joins the show to explain the immense toll taken on the people […]