Billionaires Salivate Over Plan to Privatize the Post Office, with Prof. Richard Wolff
Trump, Musk, and the billionaires are trying to privatize the Post Office among several other government services. Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the real story behind these attacks.
IShowspeed’s Visit to China Breaks the Propaganda Barrier
As the US escalates to war against China, there has been a concerted program of demonization against China in the form of Sinophobic propaganda drawing on racist stereotypes: China is dangerous, dirty, and despotic. Yet, after Covid travel bans were lifted, tourists began flocking to China and streaming thousands of videos that refuted these tropes.
Growing Up as Edward Said’s Daughter: Najla Said on Palestinian Identity and Activism at Columbia
Najla Said joins Dispatches to talk about Palestine, identity, and the challenges of growing up Arab and American in a country that doesn’t always make space for that kind of hyphenated identity. Najla is an actor and writer who’s used storytelling to explore themes of belonging, displacement, and resistance. She’s also the daughter of Edward […]
Mahmoud Khalil is Targeted with an Anti-Communist, McCarthyite Law
Mahmoud Khalil has been targeted with an obscure provision of an anti-communist, McCarthyite 1950s law. BT’s Kei Pritsker explains the history of the law and the Red Scare era that Trump is trying to revive.
A Full-Time Job Won’t Save You From Homelessness in the US
Brian Goldstone, author of “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America,” joins the show to discuss the alarming new epidemic of full-time workers falling into homelessness. Goldstone argues that skyrocketing rents, low wages, and weak tenant protections are making the “working homeless” the new face of the nation’s housing crisis.
Turkey’s Uprising is Still Going: Is This the Beginning of the End for Erdogan?
Murat Akad, a representative of the Communist Party of Turkey, joins the show to discuss the mass anti-Erdoğan protests erupting across Turkey (Türkiye) against the AKP’s crackdown on democratic freedoms. The widespread protests were triggered by the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, a political rival of President Erdoğan’s, but Akad explains that “there are many underlying […]
Abducted, Expelled and Fired, But Still Fighting Back: Students to March on Washington April 5
As Trump escalates the crackdown on student activists, recently expelled and fired Columbia student Grant Miner joins the show to discuss the growing resistance. Miner, president of the Student Workers of Columbia-UAW, was fired just one day before UAW contract negotiations with the university were set to begin, and just days after ICE agents abducted […]
Macklemore on ‘Encampments’: A Film That Tells the Truth About Student Protests for Gaza
Macklemore, musician and Executive Producer of the new documentary ‘The Encampments,’ joins the show to discuss the upcoming film. It follows activists Mahmoud Khalil and Grant Miner as they organized the Columbia student encampment for Gaza—an action that sparked an international student movement against Israel’s genocide nearly a year ago. In theaters now, visit the-encampments.com […]