How Russia’s War In Ukraine Is Playing Out Inside Russia, w/ Prof. Boris Kagarlitsky
Ukraine

How Russia’s War In Ukraine Is Playing Out Inside Russia, w/ Prof. Boris Kagarlitsky

After weeks of sky-high tension, ambiguity and threats, the Russian military crossed into Ukraine and the country’s eight year civil war became a war between two post-soviet armies. While the extent of Putin’s goals in the war are unclear, Western countries have been supplying the Ukrainian military with weapons, launched a brutal economic war on […]

Rania Khalek
February 28, 2022
What Do Cubans Think About Biden, the Blockade, the Revolution & U.S. Health Care Costs?
Dispatches Video

What Do Cubans Think About Biden, the Blockade, the Revolution & U.S. Health Care Costs?

Rania Khalek asked Cubans on the streets of Havana if they see a difference between Biden and Trump, how the US blockade impacts them personally, what the revolution means to them, where they get their daily news, why they got vaccinated and their thoughts on healthcare and education costs in the US versus Cuba.

Rania Khalek
February 12, 2022
What Do Cubans Think About Biden, the Blockade, the Revolution & U.S. Health Care Costs?
Latin America Caribbean

What Do Cubans Think About Biden, the Blockade, the Revolution & U.S. Health Care Costs?

Rania Khalek asked Cubans on the streets of Havana if they see a difference between Biden and Trump, how the US blockade impacts them personally, what the revolution means to them, where they get their daily news, why they got vaccinated and their thoughts on healthcare and education costs in the US versus Cuba.

Rania Khalek
February 11, 2022
Aleida Guevara, Daughter of Che, Internationalist Doctor: ‘I Do It Because I’m Cuban’
Latin America Caribbean

Aleida Guevara, Daughter of Che, Internationalist Doctor: ‘I Do It Because I’m Cuban’

Rania Khalek sat down with Aleida Guevara, the daughter of Ernesto “Che” Guevara, in Havana, Cuba. They discussed Che’s legacy, his impact on her decision to become a doctor, her earliest memories about his personality in the home, how people treated her after his death, her time serving in Cuba’s revolutionary medical missions in Nicaragua, […]

Rania Khalek
February 8, 2022
A War on Civilians: Yemeni Suffering Intensifies Due to U.S., Saudi & Emirati Bombs and Blockade
Video Yemen

A War on Civilians: Yemeni Suffering Intensifies Due to U.S., Saudi & Emirati Bombs and Blockade

Professor Shireen Al-Adeimi, Yemeni-born anti-war activist & Assistant Professor at Michigan State University, joined Eugene Puryear and Rania Khalek on The Freedom Side to discuss the ongoing Saudi and Emirate destruction of Yemen and the role of the US and UK in making it possible.

Rania Khalek
February 2, 2022
Meet the U.S. Students Studying Medicine For Free in Cuba
Latin America Caribbean

Meet the U.S. Students Studying Medicine For Free in Cuba

BT’s Rania Khalek paid a visit to the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, also known as ELAM. Cuba’s socialist government foots the bill for students, who come from all over the world to study medicine for free. Tuition, accommodation and board are all covered. Cuba even throws in a government stipend for students […]

Rania Khalek
February 1, 2022
‘The US Is A Predator’: Cuban Official on the Blockade & Cuba’s Anti-Imperialism
Latin America Caribbean

‘The US Is A Predator’: Cuban Official on the Blockade & Cuba’s Anti-Imperialism

Breakthrough News was on the ground in Havana, Cuba where Rania Khalek spoke with Johana Tablada, General Deputy Director of US affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry. They discussed the US blockade hampering the country’s development, how socialism makes Cuba’s survival possible, why Cuba has such a strong anti-imperialist foreign policy, how Cuba sees the […]

Rania Khalek
January 29, 2022
Can U.S. Seriously Blame China for Climate Change?
China

Can U.S. Seriously Blame China for Climate Change?

At COP26 the U.S. attempted to displace blame onto China for climate change, which was caused disproportionately by the advanced capitalist powers. While the U.S. media often calls China the biggest carbon emitter, this tends to leave out both per-capita emissions and the fact that these same countries have outsourced so much of their manufacturing […]

Rania Khalek
January 25, 2022