Censorship, Weaponizing Anti-Semitism & Getting Fired for Criticizing Israel, with Katie Halper
Katie Halper joins Rania Khalek to talk about the aftermath of her getting fired from The Hill for criticizing Israeli apartheid as well as the ongoing cynical weaponization of anti-Semitism to discredit advocacy for Palestinian human rights. The segment that got Katie fired from The Hill: https://youtu.be/_3xLOxx1ggQ
Europe Self-Destructing for U.S. Proxy War In Ukraine, with Prabhat Patnaik
When the war in Ukraine began, Western officials bragged that they were going to “turn the ruble into rubble” and bring Russia to its knees. Seven months later, as the war and sanctions drag on with no end in sight, it’s the Euro that is turning to rubble and Europe being brought to its knees. […]
How Italy Elected a Fascist Admirer, Faking Populism While Backing NATO
How can we comprehend the victory of Giorgia Meloni, an admirer of Mussolini, in Italy’s recent elections? Is she a fascist? Does this represent a surging far-right trend in Europe? How has the war in Ukraine impacted Italian politics? And where is the Italian left in all of this? To discuss this and more Rania […]
Reality vs Propaganda: Understanding Iran’s Protests, with Navid Zarrinnal
Navid Zarrinnal, a Columbia Univ. PhD and Iranian scholar at Stanford University, joined Rania Khalek to help make sense of the unrest in Iran over the morality police or guidance patrol amid the death of Mahsa Amini and the way Western governments are using a legitimate grievance to promote instability in Iran. They also discuss […]
How the US Used Saudi Arabia to Fuel Fanaticism & Fight Progressive Movements Worldwide, with As’ad Abukhalil
To discuss the history of the Arab Gulf states as Western imperial outposts and the damage they have done and continue to do to the left and progressive movements around the world, Rania Khalek was joined by As’ad Abukhalil, a Lebanese-American professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus.
Round 2: Lula vs Bolsonaro, What’s At Stake In Brazil?
To understand what Brazil has gone through in recent years, the significance of the recent election results and what it could mean for the country and the world, Rania Khalek was joined by Michael Fox, a freelance journalist based in Latin America, former editor of NACLA and host of the new podcast Brazil on Fire. […]
Culture Wars, Fake Populism & the Reactionary Rabbit Hole, With Chapo’s Matt Christman
With the Democratic Party hopelessly incapable of doing anything to address our many crises, the far-right has managed to brand itself as subversive using oligarch funding for anti-woke and pseudo-populist campaigns. The result is to send more and more lost and alienated people down the reactionary rabbit hole. How do we understand and navigate our […]
Cuba’s Foreign Minister: US Hostility Towards Cuba Hurts Both Countries
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez sat down with BT’s Rania Khalek following the UN General Assembly to discuss why so many countries oppose the U.S. blockade, how U.S. official hostility towards Cuba hurts both countries and his own personal history volunteering in the liberation struggle of Angola against racist apartheid.