Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUN Official Calls for Lifting ‘Illegal’ Syria Sanctions After Seeing Devastation First-Hand
Rania Khalek is joined by UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Alena Douhan who returned from a 12-day visit to Syria where she assessed the negative impact o…
3 years, 4 months ago
US Sets Anti-China Trap for Europe — Will They Fall In? w/ Arnaud Bertrand
The US is trying to reshape NATO into an anti-China alliance while demanding that the EU join in. So far the US has been somewhat immunized from the …
3 years, 4 months ago
Crisis of Western Capitalism: Sweden, Neo-Nazis & NATO Targeting of China, w/ Lily Lynch
The crisis of Western capitalism has led to the election of an ultra-right party in Sweden, with historical connection to the Nazi movement. The driv…
3 years, 4 months ago
Reviving the Left in the Post-9/11 Era: New Movements & Constant Turmoil w/ Brian Becker
How did 9/11 change the direction of the US left? What about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the election of Obama and then Trump, the Arab Spring,…
3 years, 4 months ago
Censorship, Weaponizing Anti-Semitism & Getting Fired for Criticizing Israel, w/ 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 ongoi…
3 years, 4 months ago
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 mo…
3 years, 4 months ago
US Brings World to Brink of Nuclear Armageddon As Europe Self Destructs, w/ Ali Abunimah
As the U.S. pours a seemingly endless amount of weapons into Ukraine to weaken Russia, Western officials and pundits are very casually setting us up …
3 years, 5 months ago
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 su…
3 years, 5 months ago
Reality vs Propaganda: Understanding Iran’s Protests, w/ 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 t…
3 years, 5 months ago
How the US Used Saudi Arabia to Fuel Fanaticism & Fight Progressive Movements Worldwide, w/ 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 progress…
3 years, 5 months ago