‘Defenders of Apartheid’: Why the Democratic Alliance is a Disaster for South Africa’s Working Class
The African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa formed a coalition government with right-wing parties after losing their majority for the first time in 30 years. Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, spokesperson for the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the biggest labor union in the country, discusses the implications on South Africa’s working class as […]
Doctors Back from Gaza Describe Horror: ‘Nothing Like We Have Ever Seen’
Eight months into Israel’s genocide in Gaza and relentless attacks on every hospital in the besieged territory, the healthcare system has been near-totally annihilated. Israel has killed and tortured thousands of healthcare workers and has left medical facilities in a state of total desperation without access to basic medical supplies to provide treatment. Two American […]
The Hidden History of Juneteenth with Dr. Gerald Horne
Juneteenth, now recognized as a federal holiday in the United States, marks the day in 1865 when General Gordon Granger shared the news to enslaved people in Texas that they had been freed. However, Dr. Gerald Horne, author of “The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America,” argues […]
Israel Would Be Crazy to Launch An All-Out War On Lebanon. Here’s Why, with Elijah Magnier
Israel’s leadership looks increasingly irrational and desperate as they seek to escalate on all fronts, eyeing Lebanon next. What would an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah look like in the Levant and across the region? To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier.
Why the FBI Still Wants to Keep Native Leader Leonard Peltier in Prison at 79
Leonard Peltier, the longest-held Indigenous political prisoner in the U.S., had his first parole hearing in over a decade on Monday. Peltier, an activist who started organizing with the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970s, has spent nearly 50 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Nick Tilsen, president and CEO of […]
Why Latin America Is Leading the Charge to Cut Ties with Israel
Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced the country will be suspending its coal exports to Israel over the genocide in Gaza. Israel gets nearly half of its coal from Colombia, and Petro emphasized it will continue to pressure Israel’s economy “until the genocide stops.” Zoe Alexandra, co-editor of Peoples Dispatch, joins the show to discuss how […]
Eyewitness DR Congo: The War Over the Cobalt in Your iPhone Destroys Millions of Lives
The death toll continues to climb in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting escalates between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group, a proxy force backed by Rwanda. The decades-long conflict has killed approximately six million people and displaced millions more. Akilimali Chomachoma, a journalist covering the Democratic Republic of […]
The Law is Clear: Palestinians Have Right to Resist Occupation with Vijay Prashad
President Joe Biden is joining with Trump backers in Congress in imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court – the ICC – because the court issued a statement that Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes. Meanwhile the U.S. is sending more bombs and missiles to Israel as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee […]