NATO Lost in Ukraine and the West Is In Denial, with Vijay Prashad
Trump met with Putin. Hillary Clinton praised his “better understanding” of Ukraine. Europe bowed its head and posed for a photo. And Ukraine? Still collapsing — politically and militarily. After terrible human suffering, the war is lost, arms control is dead, and sanctions have failed. Meanwhile, BRICS can’t stop U.S. rampaging in the Middle East, […]
Israel’s Propaganda Machine Collapses Under Its Own Lies with Muhammad Shehada
Muhammad Shehada, Palestinian writer and analyst, joins the show to discuss Israel’s “giant machinery” of propaganda attempting “to brainwash, to overwhelm people, to push them away from trying to understand what’s happening” in Gaza. Despite the enormous price tag of its disinformation machine, Israel itself is now admitting in Hebrew media that “our propaganda is […]
Trump’s Hostile Takeover: D.C. Is a ‘Test Run’ for Martial Law
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a constitutional rights attorney and Co-Founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, joins the show to discuss Trump’s unlawful federal takeover of D.C., declaring a “crime emergency” despite a 30-year decline in violent crimes. Verheyden-Hilliard explains how this manufactured crisis is a prototype for martial law that he has threatened to take […]
Trump-Putin Summit: Will Ukraine Proxy War Finally End? With Glenn Diesen
Glenn Diesen, Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and author of The Ukraine War and the Eurasian World Order, discusses the upcoming Trump-Putin talks on Ukraine in Alaska – a meeting Ukrainian President Zelensky was not invited to. Trump recently acknowledged NATO’s role in starting the proxy war, and Diesen says this “reflects the […]
Rania Khalek: ‘US Is Trying to Instigate Civil War in Lebanon’
The Lebanese government has approved a US-backed plan to disarm Hezbollah, a move Rania Khalek says is plunging the country into political crisis. “Since last year’s ceasefire, Israel has violated it over 4,000 times, bombing Lebanon, assassinating people, flying constant drones,” she says, noting that the Lebanese army “does not fight Israel” and is now […]
Israel Is a Death Cult, Politicians Are Cowards & the Media Is Rotten, with Abby Martin
Starvation. Mass death. Children wasting away on camera. And still, no consequences. Rania Khalek is joined by Abby Martin to expose the full horror of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the complicity of liberals who stay silent or worse, and the surreal reality in which Marjorie Taylor Greene, Candice Owens and Tucker Carlson speak out. […]
Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza: Starvation as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, with Mosab Abu Toha
Pulitzer Prize-winning Palestinian writer and poet Mosab Abu Toha joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches to discuss Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. From the mass famine unfolding across the Strip to his own brutal detainment by Israeli forces, Mosab shares what it means to survive genocide and to bear witness […]
How Zionism Uses Psychological Warfare Against Its Enemies, with Lara Sheehi
The field of psychoanalysis has long colluded with Zionism, justifying Israeli crimes while pathologizing Palestinian resistance. Lara Sheehi, an assistant professor of clinical psychology and author of “Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine,” was targeted for being unapologetically anti-Zionist. She joins Rania Khalek on Dispatches to discuss Zionist repression, psychological warfare, and the fight […]