Russia’s Communist Party on Ukraine: ‘If We Lose This Conflict, We Will Be Destroyed’
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) is the second largest party in Russia, yet their views are often ignored in Western media. How do they view the war in Ukraine, the nature of the Russian state under Putin, and the character of the Ukrainian state under Zelensky? What’s their position on Russia’s foreign […]
History of NATO Destruction of Global South and CIA Infiltration of Third World Textbooks
To discuss the brutal history of NATO intervention in the Third World and CIA infiltration of education in targeted countries, Rania Khalek was joined by Essam Elkorghli, a Libyan PhD student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he researches the impact of contemporary imperialism on education with a particular focus on Libya.
Will US and France Intervene in Niger? Anti-Colonial Sentiment Erupts in West Africa with Eugene Puryear
Breakthrough News journalist Eugene Puryear joins Rania Khalek for a special live episode of Dispatches to discuss the latest developments in Niger following threats of military intervention by Western governments and their regional allies meant to reverse an explosion of anti-colonial sentiment across Africa’s Sahel.
East Germany Re-Examined: Why Its Legacy of Socialism and Anti-Imperialism Still Matters
East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), is remembered in the West as the antithesis to freedom and democracy. But the history and reality of the GDR was far more complex. Not only was the GDR a socialist state built on antifascist principles following the Second World War. It also practiced solidarity with other […]
Is the US Proxy War in Ukraine Making Europe Poorer? with Tarik Cyril Amar
Western sanctions on Russia, previously Europe’s biggest natural gas supplier, has lowered European living standards in the sweltering heat while exacerbating fuel and food shortages around the world. And that’s not all — military spending has increased while social budgets have been cut. To discuss this downplayed aspect of the war in Ukraine and its […]
Chinese ‘Foreign Agents’ and the New Era of McCarthyism, with Amanda Yee
The Red Scare is back. This new era of McCarthyism depends on loose and selective interpretation and enforcement of existing legal measures with some racial profiling and guilt-by-association mixed in. People are being accused of being foreign agents based on their political views. Chinese nationals have been chased out of academia. And wild and easily […]
Anti-Palestinian Fanatics Target Professors in the US: How Rabab Abdulhadi Won
For decades anti-Palestinian fanatics have harassed and attacked professors and students who dare to speak out against Israeli apartheid, going after their reputations and livelihoods with media smears and legal assaults. Why is it so important to document and understand such attacks on academic freedom? How does it fit into the context of Zionism and […]
US Ruling Class United Against China But Split on How to Counter Empire’s Decline, with Ben Norton
The US is escalating a bipartisan Cold War, pumping up the military industrial complex, fueling proxy wars and gutting what’s left of the welfare state. But there is a split in the ruling class on how best to guarantee US hegemony. On one side is the far-right America First crowd led by Trump, who claim […]