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Linda Sarsour – A Palestinian American Speaks
29 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
It's axiomatic that anything dealing with Palestine is deemed controversial. And if it is Palestinian American women speaking out even more so. Look at the vitriol and death threats directed at Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. She is Palestinian American and is speaking out as is Maryam Alwan, a Palestinian American student at Columbia. She is a Students for Justice in...
29 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
It's axiomatic that anything dealing with Palestine is deemed controversial. And if it is Palestinian American women speaking out even more so. Look at the vitriol and death threats directed at Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. She is Palestinian American and is speaking out as is Maryam Alwan, a Palestinian American student at Columbia. She is a Students for Justice in...
Chris Hedges - What the Genocide Says About Us
22 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:02 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The Iran-Israel attacks and the prospects of a wider Middle East war have dominated the news. Meanwhile, the bloodbath in Gaza continues. Genocide is the crime of crimes. We are witnessing it in real-time in Gaza. The UN says, “The entire population of Gaza is enduring destruction at a scale and speed without parallel in recent history. Nothing can justify...
22 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:02 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The Iran-Israel attacks and the prospects of a wider Middle East war have dominated the news. Meanwhile, the bloodbath in Gaza continues. Genocide is the crime of crimes. We are witnessing it in real-time in Gaza. The UN says, “The entire population of Gaza is enduring destruction at a scale and speed without parallel in recent history. Nothing can justify...
Brian Klaas - The Wrong People at the Top
15 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Power. What is it? Political theorist Robert Dahl gave one example. He said, “A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that he would not otherwise do.” Why is it that often that those who are on top are the wrong people? The high rollers and the nabobs lust for power behind...
15 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Power. What is it? Political theorist Robert Dahl gave one example. He said, “A has power over B to the extent that he can get B to do something that he would not otherwise do.” Why is it that often that those who are on top are the wrong people? The high rollers and the nabobs lust for power behind...
Johann Galtung - The Decline & Fall of the American Empire
08 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Empires come and go. They’re sometimes long, sometimes short. But ultimately they fall. Hubris, incredible arrogance, is often the element that brings the mighty down. The U.S. is not immune from decline. With its ruinous wars, bloated Pentagon budget, military bases all over the earth, grotesque levels of inequality and an economy that spews red ink we are witnessing its...
08 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Empires come and go. They’re sometimes long, sometimes short. But ultimately they fall. Hubris, incredible arrogance, is often the element that brings the mighty down. The U.S. is not immune from decline. With its ruinous wars, bloated Pentagon budget, military bases all over the earth, grotesque levels of inequality and an economy that spews red ink we are witnessing its...
Mohamad Junaid - Modi, Hindutva & Kashmir
01 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
"India's democracy is being systematically disassembled,” says renowned writer and activist Arundhati Roy. She adds, “Any kind of dissent is just smashed with an iron fist." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party openly espouse Hindutva, a racist ideology rooted in a mythical past and fueled by magical thinking. It’s a supremacist doctrine that privileges and elevates...
01 Apr, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
"India's democracy is being systematically disassembled,” says renowned writer and activist Arundhati Roy. She adds, “Any kind of dissent is just smashed with an iron fist." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party openly espouse Hindutva, a racist ideology rooted in a mythical past and fueled by magical thinking. It’s a supremacist doctrine that privileges and elevates...
Sarah Scoles - The Future of Nuclear Weapons
25 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The award-winning Oppenheimer film has brought attention to the origins of the atomic bomb and the anguish of its inventor. Almost 80 years after that first explosion in New Mexico, the threat of global Armageddon not only remains but has increased. Until and unless nuclear weapons are abolished, humankind will always be in danger of massive death and destruction. Yet...
25 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The award-winning Oppenheimer film has brought attention to the origins of the atomic bomb and the anguish of its inventor. Almost 80 years after that first explosion in New Mexico, the threat of global Armageddon not only remains but has increased. Until and unless nuclear weapons are abolished, humankind will always be in danger of massive death and destruction. Yet...
Eugene Puryear – From Birmingham to Bethlehem (Part two of a special two-part program)
18 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
From Birmingham to Bethlehem. Two iconic places saturated with meaning. As segregation and Jim Crow were described as intractable so too is Palestine today. How can the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity take lessons from the Black Liberation Movement? Historical circumstances are clearly different yet there are similarities. Both are located in a colonial-like situation, where a powerful oppressor...
18 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
From Birmingham to Bethlehem. Two iconic places saturated with meaning. As segregation and Jim Crow were described as intractable so too is Palestine today. How can the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity take lessons from the Black Liberation Movement? Historical circumstances are clearly different yet there are similarities. Both are located in a colonial-like situation, where a powerful oppressor...
Eugene Puryear – From Birmingham to Bethlehem (Part one of a special two-part program)
11 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:04 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
From Birmingham to Bethlehem. Two iconic places saturated with meaning. As segregation and Jim Crow were described as intractable so too is Palestine today. How can the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity take lessons from the Black Liberation Movement? Historical circumstances are clearly different yet there are similarities. Both are located in a colonial-like situation, where a powerful oppressor...
11 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:04 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
From Birmingham to Bethlehem. Two iconic places saturated with meaning. As segregation and Jim Crow were described as intractable so too is Palestine today. How can the Palestinian struggle for freedom and dignity take lessons from the Black Liberation Movement? Historical circumstances are clearly different yet there are similarities. Both are located in a colonial-like situation, where a powerful oppressor...
Arundhati Roy - India: On the Road to Theocracy
04 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Hindutva is theocratic Hindu nationalism. It is a powerful force in what is now the world’s most populous country. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, is a lifelong member of the RSS, an openly Hindu supremacist organization. Le Monde Diplomatique reports: Hindutva “followers regard India as a Hindu country. Non-Hindus are at best guests, at worst invaders, and must be identified,...
04 Mar, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Hindutva is theocratic Hindu nationalism. It is a powerful force in what is now the world’s most populous country. Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, is a lifelong member of the RSS, an openly Hindu supremacist organization. Le Monde Diplomatique reports: Hindutva “followers regard India as a Hindu country. Non-Hindus are at best guests, at worst invaders, and must be identified,...
Ralph Nader - Corporate Autocracy, Fascism, Trump & the Election
26 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Corporate power is more concentrated than ever before. The rich are significantly richer. And the poor? Well, they know their place. There’s an odor of fascism in the air. FDR once warned, “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state...
26 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Corporate power is more concentrated than ever before. The rich are significantly richer. And the poor? Well, they know their place. There’s an odor of fascism in the air. FDR once warned, “The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state...
Andrew Seidel - Weaponizing Religious Freedom
19 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The separation of church and state has long been a cornerstone of American democracy. The Founders of the Republic, Jefferson, Madison, et al, insisted on a secular government unencumbered by religious dogma. However, in recent years decisions by a conservative-dominated Supreme Court have increasingly blurred that barrier. How has this happened? Enter Leonard Leo and a pile of money. Co-chair...
19 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The separation of church and state has long been a cornerstone of American democracy. The Founders of the Republic, Jefferson, Madison, et al, insisted on a secular government unencumbered by religious dogma. However, in recent years decisions by a conservative-dominated Supreme Court have increasingly blurred that barrier. How has this happened? Enter Leonard Leo and a pile of money. Co-chair...
Sarah Leah Whitson - Gaza, International Law & the Biden Presidency
12 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams writes, “Along with persistent protests at public events held by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, recent polling is continuously demonstrating that the White House's vehement support for Israel's bombardment of Gaza despite the rising civilian death toll is not winning them accolades among the voters whose backing they depend on...
12 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams writes, “Along with persistent protests at public events held by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, recent polling is continuously demonstrating that the White House's vehement support for Israel's bombardment of Gaza despite the rising civilian death toll is not winning them accolades among the voters whose backing they depend on...
Chris Hedges - Biden, the Gaza Genocide & Israel
05 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In a landmark decision the International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest judicial body, based in The Hague, by an overwhelming vote ruled that the accusation that Israel in its assault on Gaza is committing genocide is “plausible.” The Israeli Prime Minister in response said, “Israel’s commitment to international law is unwavering. The charge of genocide leveled against Israel is...
05 Feb, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In a landmark decision the International Court of Justice, the UN’s highest judicial body, based in The Hague, by an overwhelming vote ruled that the accusation that Israel in its assault on Gaza is committing genocide is “plausible.” The Israeli Prime Minister in response said, “Israel’s commitment to international law is unwavering. The charge of genocide leveled against Israel is...
Jon Pilger – Lapdogs with Laptops
29 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
A vital and independent press is essential to the functioning of democracy. In recent years, media concentration has accelerated. This has resulted in the closing down of many domestic and foreign bureaus and a sharp reduction in the number of working reporters. In pursuit of a juicy tidbit, too many journalists today cozy up to power. They take pride in...
29 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
A vital and independent press is essential to the functioning of democracy. In recent years, media concentration has accelerated. This has resulted in the closing down of many domestic and foreign bureaus and a sharp reduction in the number of working reporters. In pursuit of a juicy tidbit, too many journalists today cozy up to power. They take pride in...
Richard Falk, Irene Gendzier & Adila Hassim - Gaza: A Case of Genocide
22 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In the wake of the Holocaust in the 1940s and earlier in the century the genocidal attacks against the Armenians by Turkey and the German slaughter of the Herero and Namaqua peoples in SW Africa, the Polish jurist Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide. In 1948 the UN adopted the Genocide Convention. On December 29, 2023, South Africa filed a...
22 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
In the wake of the Holocaust in the 1940s and earlier in the century the genocidal attacks against the Armenians by Turkey and the German slaughter of the Herero and Namaqua peoples in SW Africa, the Polish jurist Raphael Lemkin coined the term genocide. In 1948 the UN adopted the Genocide Convention. On December 29, 2023, South Africa filed a...
Koohan Paik-Mander – Arms Race = Suicide Race
15 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The “Oppenheimer” movie and the Ukraine war have brought much-needed attention to the possibility of terminal war. The arms race will end the human race. To call nukes weapons of mass destruction comes nowhere near describing the level of devastation that their use would result in. To be clear, these are weapons of annihilation that would make Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
15 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The “Oppenheimer” movie and the Ukraine war have brought much-needed attention to the possibility of terminal war. The arms race will end the human race. To call nukes weapons of mass destruction comes nowhere near describing the level of devastation that their use would result in. To be clear, these are weapons of annihilation that would make Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
Max Blumenthal – October 7th was Inevitable
08 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Gideon Levy, the noted Israeli journalist, says "Gaza is a cage, the biggest prison in the world." 2.3 million Palestinians are locked in a small area. For years they have been under siege by Israel and now relentless bombing resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and massive destruction. If you're trapped in a cage you'll try to break out....
08 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Gideon Levy, the noted Israeli journalist, says "Gaza is a cage, the biggest prison in the world." 2.3 million Palestinians are locked in a small area. For years they have been under siege by Israel and now relentless bombing resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and massive destruction. If you're trapped in a cage you'll try to break out....
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz – Genocide & Settler Colonialism
01 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Genocide is the most heinous of crimes and it connects to settler colonialism. Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz says, “Settler colonialism requires genocidal violence to attain its goal” of acquiring land. In North America and elsewhere this meant the Indigenous population was targeted for mass murder. North America’s huge landmass and resources drove the policy. In Germany, there was the Nazi desire...
01 Jan, 2024 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
Genocide is the most heinous of crimes and it connects to settler colonialism. Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz says, “Settler colonialism requires genocidal violence to attain its goal” of acquiring land. In North America and elsewhere this meant the Indigenous population was targeted for mass murder. North America’s huge landmass and resources drove the policy. In Germany, there was the Nazi desire...
Norman Finkelstein - A Brief History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
25 Dec, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The world’s eyes are on Gaza. It is ruled by Hamas. Hamas is an acronym in Arabic for the Islamic Resistance Movement. Here's a bit of history, usually ignored. Gaza came under Israeli military control in 1967. That continued for thirty-eight years until 2005. Since then, it has been subjected to an Israeli-imposed siege and blockade and a series of...
25 Dec, 2023 | 0:57:00 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The world’s eyes are on Gaza. It is ruled by Hamas. Hamas is an acronym in Arabic for the Islamic Resistance Movement. Here's a bit of history, usually ignored. Gaza came under Israeli military control in 1967. That continued for thirty-eight years until 2005. Since then, it has been subjected to an Israeli-imposed siege and blockade and a series of...
Chris Hedges - The Israeli-Palestinian War
18 Dec, 2023 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The death toll of Palestinians in Gaza will soon surpass 20,000 with many more wounded. The UN says Gaza is “a graveyard for children.” The history of the Israeli-Palestinian war did not begin on October 7. While the atrocities of that day cannot and should not be excused, they have to be located in the context of decades of Israeli...
18 Dec, 2023 | 0:57:01 |
EN | Shawna Sprowls |
The death toll of Palestinians in Gaza will soon surpass 20,000 with many more wounded. The UN says Gaza is “a graveyard for children.” The history of the Israeli-Palestinian war did not begin on October 7. While the atrocities of that day cannot and should not be excused, they have to be located in the context of decades of Israeli...
