‘Russian Agent!’ McCarthyite Attacks on Anti-Imperialists, with Justin Podur & Rania Khalek
Mainstream media are whipping up a frenzy against leftists who oppose US imperialism and NATO, smearing them as “Russian agents” for trying to analyze this conflict and its causes with nuance rather than emotion or jingoism. With Western media exclusively focused on Ukraine, simply reminding people that Afghanistan is being starved due to U.S. policies, […]
German Military Makes ‘Largest Expenditures Since the End of WW2’ Says German Parliamentarian
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently announced the doubling of German military funding, which is expected to make its military the largest in Europe. Sevim Dağdelen, MP in the German Bundestag & Die Linke spokeswoman for international politics and disarmament, discusses when that’s happened before and why it can’t happen again.
ANC Youth League Rep: NATO, Western Countries ‘Are to Be Blamed; They Could Have Avoided This War’
The African continent has experienced NATO and US wars firsthand. Yet the US media has failed to cover, or explain, why prominent voices across the continent have taken issue with the mainstream western approach to the conflict. In particular as it concerns the US/NATO role in setting the stage for the conflict. Sizophila Mkhize, South […]
Does the US See Ukraine as ‘Another Afghanistan’ to Bleed Russia? With Anatol Lieven
Many experts on Russia and Ukraine are calling for de-escalation and genuine diplomacy but are being drowned out by a unanimous chorus led by the media and a cacophony of hawkish frauds demanding more war. To break through the war fervor, Rania Khalek spoke to Anatol Lieven, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute […]
How Are Geopolitical Relationships Changing Due to the War in Ukraine?
India isn’t often discussed in the context of the Ukraine war, but India is the second largest country in the world by population, and has a relationship with both Russia and the U.S. Russia and India have a strong economic relationship, while the U.S. has been eager to have India as a political partner. How […]
India Walton: ‘By Executive Order, Biden Could Wipe Out Student Debt Right Now, Today’
Student loans are one of the largest forms of debt for Americans, despite the country needing its residents to be educated to run society. President Biden promised to forgive student debt, and could do so through an executive action, but as of now has yet to do so. Former socialist Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton, […]
Ukraine War: How Sanctions on Russia Will Backfire Against Western Imperialism, with Prabhat Patnaik
The fighting in Ukraine might be a European war but its consequences are global, and it may even cause changes in geopolitical balances, relations and multipolarity. How can we understand this war as anti-imperialists? What will its global economic consequences be? And what will be the result of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia? To […]
Former Saudi Political Prisoner: U.S. Officials ‘Don’t Give a F*** About These Souls’
In a mass execution, Saudi Arabia killed 81 prisoners over a 24-hour period, including political prisoners and protesters. Ali Al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs & a former Saudi political prisoner, explains what’s going on.