15 Months of Genocide: Academic Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, with Ussama Makdisi
Rania Khalek was joined by historian Ussama Makdisi to discuss 15 months of genocide in Gaza. They explore academic complicity, Gaza’s “scholasticide” (the deliberate destruction of Gaza’s educational institutions), Israel’s expansion into Syria and the Golan Heights, the history of Arab Jews, and the future of resistance in the region. The full interview is available […]
Jamaal Bowman: How AIPAC Drove Me Out of Congress & My Views on Palestine Changed
Congressional Rep Jamaal Bowman joined Rania Khalek to discuss the bipartisan AIPAC-funded campaign to push him out of office, his evolution on Palestine, his views on the Biden administration and what comes next.
‘We Are Not Human Shields’: Lebanese-American Man Rips Biased Media After Israel Murdered His Family
BT’s Rania Khalek sat down with Housam Fares, a Lebanese American man who lost 15 members of his family in an Israeli airstrike on south Beirut in late September. His wife Ayat Ayoub explains how her family is displaced across the country. Their town in the south of Lebanon has been totally destroyed by Israeli […]
Dispatch from Dearborn, Michigan Ahead of Election 2024 with Rania Khalek
BT’s Rania Khalek reports from Dearborn, Michigan, home to one of the largest Arab-American communities in the country. Voter anger over the horrors in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen and beyond has the potential to swing the state against Kamala Harris.
North Korea in Geopolitics: US Threats, Russia’s Alliance and the Palestine Connection
To discuss the recent North Korean treaty with Russia, new threats from the U.S. and the untold history between North Korea and Palestine, Rania Khalek was joined by Ju-Hyun Park, a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, an anti-imperialist organization of Koreans in the U.S. for Korean reunification and national liberation. They are also […]
Israel’s Cowardice, As Seen From Lebanon, with Ghadi Francis
To help us understand the view from Lebanon about the genocide in Gaza, Rania Khalek was joined by influential journalist Ghadi Francis. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members only. Become a member at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.
How Third Parties Can Help Break the US Ruling Class’s Stranglehold Over Politics, with Eugene Puryear
Watch the extended version on by becoming a member on patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-how-can-108076995 How did the US end up with a two-party dictatorship? Are Trump and Biden really the only options? Does lesser evil voting work? If it’s meant to prevent the worst case scenario, then how come it didn’t prevent the genocide in Gaza? Is […]
Arab States Never Ordered ‘Expulsion’ of Jewish Inhabitants, with Prof. Joseph Massad
This is a clip from an episode of Dispatches with Rania Khalek featuring Joseph Massad, Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University.