Guerrilla Warfare Lessons from Gaza: Why Resistance Survived Genocide, with Justin Podur
The Palestinian resistance has defied overwhelming military force in Gaza, adapting and surviving despite Israel’s strategy of genocide and starvation. What does this war teach us about asymmetric warfare, military resilience, and the future of anti-colonial resistance? Why has Israel failed to eliminate Palestinian fighters despite its apocalyptic destruction of Gaza? And how has the […]
Division of Humanity: US Empire Hopes Brute Force Can Keep World in Line with Vijay Prashad
In this episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by author, historian, and journalist Vijay Prashad to discuss how the West’s increasing reliance on violent repression, from Gaza to Cuba, signals not strength, but desperation. Prashad dissects the moral collapse of Western imperialism and the challenges facing the Global South as they navigate an era […]
15 Months of Genocide: Academic Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, with Ussama Makdisi
Rania Khalek was joined by historian Ussama Makdisi to discuss 15 months of genocide in Gaza. They explore academic complicity, Gaza’s “scholasticide” (the deliberate destruction of Gaza’s educational institutions), Israel’s expansion into Syria and the Golan Heights, the history of Arab Jews, and the future of resistance in the region. The full interview is available […]
Jamaal Bowman: How AIPAC Drove Me Out of Congress & My Views on Palestine Changed
Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, his views on the Biden administration and what comes next.
‘We Are Not Human Shields’: Lebanese-American Man Rips Biased Media After Israel Murdered His Family
BT’s Rania Khalek sat down with Housam Fares, a Lebanese American man who lost 15 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on south Beirut in late September. His wife Ayat Ayoub explains how her family is displaced across the country. Their town in the south of Lebanon has been totally destroyed by Israeli […]
Dispatch from Dearborn, Michigan Ahead of Election 2024 with Rania Khalek
BT’s Rania Khalek reports from Dearborn, Michigan, home to one of the largest Arab-American communities in the country. Voter anger over the horrors in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and beyond has the potential to swing the state against Kamala Harris.
North Korea in Geopolitics: US Threats, Russia’s Alliance and the Palestine Connection
To discuss the recent North Korean treaty with Russia, new threats from the U.S. and the untold history between North Korea and Palestine, Rania Khalek was joined by Ju-Hyun Park, a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, an anti-imperialist organization of Koreans in the U.S. for Korean reunification and national liberation. They are also […]
Israel’s Cowardice, As Seen From Lebanon, with Ghadi Francis
To help us understand the view from Lebanon about the genocide in Gaza, Rania Khalek was joined by influential journalist Ghadi Francis. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.