Iran just drew a new red line – and Israel is scared | w/ Trita Parsi
“For the first time, an attack on a third country has prompted a strong Iranian missile response against Israel.”
From Peru to Colombia: Will the right wing take power again?
Voters head to high-stakes runoff elections Sunday in Peru, where tensions are high as polls show a tight race between right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the country’s former dictator; and working-class Roberto Sánchez on the left.
UK bans Hasan & Cenk: Is Europe sliding into fascism over Palestine? w/ Matt Kennard
“The UK is one of the major places that Israel sees a defeat during the genocide. Some of the biggest marches in the world have been in London.”
AIPAC ‘crashes out’ over primary elections w/ Ryan Grim
Dr. Adam Hamawy, a retired Army combat surgeon who treated patients in Gaza during the genocide, won the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday and is now heavily favored to become the next member of Congress. That’s despite a surge of right-wing media attacks attempting to label Hamawy a terrorist for […]
The billionaires are consolidating their media. Now so are we.
“Now we have Paramount, Warner Brothers, CBS rolling into that. We have Oracle taking a big share in TikTok. You have Amazon buying up the Washington Post. You have Elon Musk buying X.”
Lebanon: Despite propaganda, most think Israel should be ‘destroyed’
“The U.S. right now is paying the price for supporting this genocidal psychopathic regime and all its crimes and for funding it and sending it weapons and supporting it and covering its crimes.”
They Want You Hopeless: The Psychology of Empire & Resistance, w/ Lara Sheehi
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues and Lebanon faces ongoing aggression and political pressure to capitulate, many people are grappling with fear, exhaustion, and despair. But what if hopelessness itself is part of the strategy? Psychoanalyst and author Lara Sheehi joins Dispatches with Rania Khalek to discuss the psychological dimensions of fascism, empire, colonial violence, […]
Iran Didn’t Collapse — And Now Trump Is Cornered, w/ Trita Parsi
The U.S. and Israel launched a massive war on Iran expecting quick capitulation. Instead, Iran absorbed the assault, retaliated across the region, and exposed major limits to American and Israeli power. Now the Trump administration appears to be searching for an off-ramp while Israel continues pushing for escalation, including in Lebanon. Meanwhile, the Strait of […]