BT Live: US Sanctions Are Sabotaging Venezuela’s Earthquake Response
Join Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra who will break down the Prairieland sentencing, AIPAC's defeat in the New York primaries, and where the US-Iran deal stands.
BT Live June 30
BT Live! Join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra and special guests twice weekly for the breaking news that matters and the sharp left, anti-imperialist analysis you need to keep fighting.
Nearly 1,500 people have been confirmed dead and more than 46,000 are still missing after two massive earthquakes struck Venezuela last week, bringing widespread destruction to the capital and the neighboring port city of La Guaira. How did a decade of US sanctions on Caracas make Venezuela vulnerable to devastation by a natural disaster at this scale, what does the shortage of medical supplies and other vital necessities mean for the international recovery efforts now underway, and who’s showing up to help?
As the US pours a toast to its 250th birthday on July 4 and Trump pulls out all DC’s stops for the Semiquincentennial, conscientious objection will take the streets of Philly instead to call for “Freedom Over Fascism,” as the Center on Conscience and War mobilizes veterans and military families in Philadelphia to reject authoritarianism and endless wars.
Plus the latest on the Lebanese government’s shameful capitulation to Netanyahu’s land grab, and Q&A from members only!
Tuesday, June 30 | 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT
With special guests:
-Mike Prysner, U.S. Army veteran and executive director of the Center on Conscience and War
-Carlos Ron, researcher at the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for North America for Venezuela
