Don’t Count on the Democrats to Actually ‘Resist’ Trump with Briahna Joy Gray
Briahna Joy Gray, host of the Bad Faith podcast, joins the show to discuss the emerging cracks in Trump’s “faux-populist coalition” and what kind of “resistance” we can expect from the Democrats to Trump’s incoming ultra-right agenda. From Trump’s plans to deport millions of immigrant families to escalating Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Gray explains why […]
Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Save Jobs, But They Will Hit Your Pockets: Economist Explains
Michael Roberts, a socialist economist and author of the blog The Next Recession, joins the show to discuss the global economic outlook for 2025. Amid surging wealth inequality, Europe’s economic turmoil, and Trump’s vow to reignite trade wars with sweeping tariffs on imports, Roberts breaks down what lies ahead for workers.
Amsterdam Clashes: Media Ignored Israelis Chanting ‘Death to Arabs’
Zachary Foster, a historian of Palestine, joins the show to break down the last week of attacks in Amsterdam and debunk the widespread narrative in mainstream media of antisemitic “pogroms.” Foster explains how the media twisted the unfolding events by omitting the anti-Muslim, anti-Arab violence and threats from Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans that […]
Niger’s Youth ‘Refuse to Be Obedient’ to US and France | Sahel Solidarity Conference
Filmata Taya, member of Niger’s M62 movement, addresses the historic “Conference in Solidarity with the Peoples of the Sahel” in Niamey, Niger. “Today we have the Alliance of Sahel States that our enemies do not like,” says Taya. The US and France have militarily, economically and politically dominated the region for decades, but that era […]
Israeli Raids in the Occupied West Bank Fuel a New Wave of Resistance
Tulkarem-based journalist and researcher Anan Quzmar joins the show to break down Israel’s escalating violence in the occupied West Bank. Quzmar calls the violence a “natural outcome” of the “Israeli leadership’s ideological trajectories of further entrenching the occupation and displacing Palestinians” and the “continued international support shielding Israel from accountability.” Israel’s frequent violent incursions, Quzmar […]
China’s Long March: How a 1930s Peasant War Still Speaks to the Country Today
This past October marked the 90th anniversary of the Long March, where the Red Army and its peasant supporters began their year-long 6,000 mile trek across China. The trek was a strategic retreat from advancing Nationalist forces, but it also represented the mass mobilization of the peasant base, unified the country against Japanese imperialism, and […]
Trump Scapegoats Migrants While Backing Policies That Displace Them
Ben Becker, the Editor-in-Chief of BreakThrough News discusses how Trump and Harris fueled the anti-immigrant, anti-worker hysteria that propelled the politics of the US-Mexico into front and center of the 2024 election. Becker demystifies Trump’s many false, ahistorical claims about immigration policy, particularly how US regime change, sanctions, and interventions have fueled migration surges. Becker […]
Democrats In Congress are About to Give Trump Dictatorial Powers to Crush His Opposition
Democrats in Congress are about to give Trump dictatorial powers to crush his opposition.