Oakland’s Secret Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Voulette Mansour, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement joins the show to discuss the new People’s Arms Embargo campaign to stop the flow of F-35 fighter jet parts to the Oakland International Airport. The airport operates as a major hub for shipments of military cargo to Israel, which has enabled the two-year genocide in […]
How Activists Forced Ohio to Divest Millions from Israel
Carley Riggins, a Community organizer with the Akron Palestine Solidarity Collective and the Ohio Divest Coalition, joins the show to discuss the “No New Bonds” campaign, a statewide push to force Ohio to stop funneling hundreds of millions into Israel bonds that bankroll occupation, settlement expansion, and the genocide in Gaza. Ohio had more money […]
How to Stop a Dictator: Brazil Convicts Bolsonaro
Rodrigo Durão, journalist with Brasil de Fato, joins the show to discuss Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s coup plot conviction. The former far-right President and seven of his accomplices were found guilty of plotting to overturn the 2022 election results and assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his administration. Durão discusses the “groundbreaking” conviction […]
How Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Took Back the Sahel
Jonis Ghedi-Alasow, director of Pan Africanism Today, joins the show to discuss the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States. The alliance between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger formed as a result of the popular anti-colonial uprising that swept Niger in 2023. Ghedi-Alasow discusses how AES, a counterweight to the Western-backed ECOWAS, has put […]
IDF ‘COWARDICE’: Bombing Civilians to Dodge Gaza’s Fighters with Jon Elmer
Israel’s “cowardice is unbelievable,” says Jon Elmer, contributing editor at The Electronic Intifada who covers Gaza’s resistance fighters. “They don’t fight the resistance, they destroy the civilian life as a punitive measure for Palestinians resisting and continuing to exist throughout this genocide.” Elmer explains why Israel’s strategy of targeting civilians while minimizing direct combat with […]
Hyundai Raid: Trump’s Trade Blackmail Against South Korea
Ju-Hyun Park, a member of Nodutdol and the Web Editor at BreakThrough News, joins the show to break down why ICE stormed a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia. Nearly 500 workers were arrested, including American citizens and Korean visa holders in the largest single-site immigration raid in U.S. history. Park explains why ROK politicians accuse […]
Journalist BLASTS U.S. Lies About Venezuela
José Luis, a Mexican journalist with Venezuelanalysis, joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s escalation against Venezuela, including the deadly US drone strike on a boat in Caribbean waters that killed 11 people, with Washington offering no evidence for its claim that the vessel was tied to Venezuelan drug cartels. With Trump signaling possible […]
Israel’s Strike on Qatar Could Change the Middle East Forever
Giorgio Cafiero, the CEO of Gulf State Analytics, joins the show to discuss Israel’s bombing of Hamas negotiators in Doha, Qatar, as they gathered to discuss Trump’s “ceasefire” proposal. Qatar, which hosts the US military’s Central Command, condemned the Israeli strike, but has not yet militarily responded. Cafiero discusses the unprecedented Israeli attack on a […]