Pakistan’s Protests for Gaza Are Reigniting Its Fight Against US-Backed Military Rule
Prof. Junaid Ahmad explains how the movement for Palestine has sparked a “new revolutionary fervor” in Pakistan’s mass protests against its US-backed military regime. Ahmad, a Professor of Law, Religion, and Global Politics, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Decolonization in Islamabad, discusses how outrage over the US-Israeli genocide […]
BRICS Nations Are Forging a New Path for Global Trade – and the West Isn’t Happy
Roger McKenzie, the International Editor of the Morning Star and member of the Communist Party of Britain joins the show to discuss the 16th annual BRICS summit of around 20 world leaders in Kazan, Russia. The BRICS have already called for a ceasefire in Gaza, but will their efforts to challenge dollar dominance weaken the […]
Israel Bombs & Invades Lebanon While US Pushes Regime Change & Civil War. Will it Work?
As Israel unleashes a catastrophic war on Lebanon, many are perplexed by the country’s politics, divisions and potential for civil war. To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Lebanese medical doctor and public health researcher Anis Germani.
‘You are Not My King’: Why I Confronted King Charles w/ Senator Lidia Thorpe
Lidia Thorpe, a Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung Senator for the Australian state of Victoria joins the show to discuss why she confronted King Charles at the Australian Parliament, shouting “You are not my king!” in a now viral moment. Thorpe explains the UK’s role in the genocide of Australia’s First Peoples, the fight for […]
Dismantling the U.S. Empire’s Privileges, BRIC by BRIC, with Ben Norton
The BRICS group recently concluded its 16th summit in Kazan, Russia, fleshing out in detail what a multilateral order based on mutual respect, sovereign equality, and solidarity could look like. This week, Ben Norton joins KJ Noh to unpack how the BRICS constitutes a counter-hegemonic order creating “changes not seen in a century”: real development, […]
How the U.S. Blockade Sabotaged Cuba’s Power Grid w/ Manolo De Los Santos
Manolo De Los Santos, the Co-Executive Director of The People’s Forum and a researcher at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research discusses the total collapse of Cuba’s national power grid that left the country without electricity for several days. De Los Santos explains how the US’s brutal 60-year blockade has sabotaged the island’s power grid.
Journalist Exposing Israel’s Crimes Raided by Police for ‘Encouraging Terrorism’
Director of The Electronic Intifada Ali Abunimah joins the show to discuss the UK police raid on his colleague, journalist Asa Winstanley. Earlier this month, the counterterrorism police unit entered Winstanley’s home and seized his electronics to investigate his social media posts providing commentary on Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Abunimah says they are targeting journalists […]
Global South Turns to China and Rejects U.S. “Democracy”
Is China an autocracy? A recent Foreign Affairs article claims that China is trying to sell its “autocratic” system of governance overseas, as so-called U.S. “democracy” is losing its legitimacy within the Global South. This week Ken Hammond joins Amanda and KJ to discuss why more and more countries are turning toward China’s development model, […]