New Woke CIA Ad
Intersectional regime change? Queer drone strikes?Katie Halper joins Rania Khalek to discuss the CIA’s latest recruitment video series “Humans of CIA,” which weaponizes identity politics and left buzzwords to woke-wash imperialism and advance the agendas of war and empire. Subscribe to the Dispatches podcast on Apple, Spotify, and more!
What’s behind the nightmare at the border? A bipartisan crisis of imperialism decades in the making
Trump’s not president anymore, yet the horrors at the border continue. Migrant children are still being rounded up and placed in detention. Families are still being separated. And people are still being deported by the thousands. But most liberals have gone back to brunch. Yes, the cruelty at the border reached new heights under Trump. […]
Ending the Forever War: What does the US withdrawal mean for Afghans?
Is the US really ending the “forever war”? What does it mean for Afghans on all sides of the conflict? Rania Khalek is joined by Aziz Hakimi, an Afghan expert and researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, who has done extensive field work throughout Afghanistan, for a comprehensive discussion on Afghanistan’s past and future in […]
Genocidal Israeli Mobs Attack Palestinians – Exclusive Ali Abunimah Interview
In recent days, disturbing videos emerged of far right Israeli Jewish mobs roaming the streets of occupied East Jerusalem openly chanting for genocide and attacking Palestinians. Over 100 Palestinians were injured and at least 20 were hospitalized. Israeli police fired at Palestinians attempting to defend themselves with stun grenades, tear gas, skunk spray, and water […]