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The Israel Lobby and the U.N. – Ian Williams

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Ian Williams has been Washington Report on Middle East Affairs’ U.N. correspondent since 1991. The Washington Report magazine, published eight times per year, focuses on “news and analysis from and about the Middle East and U.S. policy in that region”. Williams has been a columnist for The Nation and the Guardian-American online, and an editor for the World Policy Journal. He is the author of The U.N. for Beginners and the recently published UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War.
He was one of the speakers at the annual conference organized by the Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. He spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2018.
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How Support for Israel’s Violations of International Law Puts the U.S. on the Wrong Side of History – Noura Erakat

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Noura Erakat, is a noted Palestinian legal scholar, human rights attorney, and activist. She is an assistant professor at George Mason University, and was one of the speakers at the annual conference organized by the Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. She spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2018.
The theme of the conference was: The Israel Lobby And American Policy 2018. Speakers explored the different ways in which a powerful Lobby for Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,AIPAC, influences US law, our Middle East policy and our elections, steering the flow of donations to Israel-friendly members of Congress who ensure the flow of foreign aid [ . . . ]

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How Support for Israel’s Violations of International Law Puts the U.S. on the Wrong Side of History – Noura Erakat

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Noura Erakat, is a noted Palestinian legal scholar, human rights attorney, and activist. She is an assistant professor at George Mason University, and was one of the speakers at the annual conference organized by the Institute for Research Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. She spoke at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2018.
The theme of the conference was: The Israel Lobby And American Policy 2018. Speakers explored the different ways in which a powerful Lobby for Israel, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,AIPAC, influences US law, our Middle East policy and our elections, steering the flow of donations to Israel-friendly members of Congress who ensure the flow of foreign aid [ . . . ]

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Does the U.S. Support an Apartheid State in Israel? Dr. Virginia Tilley

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As this program goes out to broadcast in early April 2018, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have embarked on what they call the “Great March of Return”. In their thousands they walk toward the electric fence that has kept 2 million Gaza residents penned in for more than a decade. They plan to sit in a tent-city, until Nakba day, on May 15. That day marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe” – when the marchers, their parents or their grandparents, were forced to flee their homes upon the creation of the state of Israel.
Israeli soldiers killed 17 Palestinians and wounded more than 1,500 others in the first few days. Analysts on US media such as Democracy Now, [ . . . ]

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Does the U.S. Support an Apartheid State in Israel? Dr. Virginia Tilley

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As this program goes out to broadcast in early April 2018, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have embarked on what they call the “Great March of Return”. In their thousands they walk toward the electric fence that has kept 2 million Gaza residents penned in for more than a decade. They plan to sit in a tent-city, until Nakba day, on May 15. That day marks the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, or “catastrophe” – when the marchers, their parents or their grandparents, were forced to flee their homes upon the creation of the state of Israel.
Israeli soldiers killed 17 Palestinians and wounded more than 1,500 others in the first few days. Analysts on US media such as Democracy Now, [ . . . ]

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The West Virginia Wildcat Strike of 2018 – Olivia Morris

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West Virginia teacher and grassroots strike leader, Olivia Morris, talks about the historic 9 day wildcat strike that lasted from February 22 to March 7, 2018. She is in conversation with Stacy Davis Gates, political director for the Chicago Teachers Union.
This is a personal, very candid conversation about a strike in an anti union right to work state, about alliances between teachers and public workers, a broken down health care system, how low or no taxes for coal and gas extraction diminish the money needed for education and more.
The Chicago Teachers Union described the event this way: “The wildcat strike by West Virginia teachers, among the lowest paid teachers in the nation, has ignited public support across the state and [ . . . ]

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The West Virginia Wildcat Strike of 2018 – Olivia Morris

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West Virginia teacher and grassroots strike leader, Olivia Morris, talks about the historic 9 day wildcat strike that lasted from February 22 to March 7, 2018. She is in conversation with Stacy Davis Gates, political director for the Chicago Teachers Union.
This is a personal, very candid conversation about a strike in an anti union right to work state, about alliances between teachers and public workers, a broken down health care system, how low or no taxes for coal and gas extraction diminish the money needed for education and more.
The Chicago Teachers Union described the event this way: “The wildcat strike by West Virginia teachers, among the lowest paid teachers in the nation, has ignited public support across the state and [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: Capitalism’s Apocalypse (ONE of ONE)

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Why the rich can’t save anybody – not even themselves
Parenti predicted the financial crisis and said that giant corporate capitalism – by it’s very nature – is an apocalyptic system. When unregulated the built in elements of ever increased growth may well bring the whole system down. And he described the growing national debt not as a tragic mistake but as a means to shift ever more money from the tax payers to the financial institutions in the form of interest payments. This speech is an analysis of the many structural flaws of a capitalist system that puts it on a permanent collision course with democracy.
Recorded on August 23, 2008 at the closing reception for Maria Gilardin’s art show. [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: Capitalism’s Apocalypse (ONE of ONE)

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Why the rich can’t save anybody – not even themselves
Parenti predicted the financial crisis and said that giant corporate capitalism – by it’s very nature – is an apocalyptic system. When unregulated the built in elements of ever increased growth may well bring the whole system down. And he described the growing national debt not as a tragic mistake but as a means to shift ever more money from the tax payers to the financial institutions in the form of interest payments. This speech is an analysis of the many structural flaws of a capitalist system that puts it on a permanent collision course with democracy.
Recorded on August 23, 2008 at the closing reception for Maria Gilardin’s art show. [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: The JFK Assassination and the Gangster Nature of the State (TWO of TWO)

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2018 Tribute – Updated Archive This talk caused a controversy in the media when it was first aired on the 30th anniversary of the JFK assassination. Parenti sees not just the violent death of an individual but says: “If the truth were known it would call into question the entire state system and the social order it represents”. And that troubling implication is probably the reason why the mainstream press has suppressed the work of those who researched the circumstances of Kennedy’s death. In his investigation Parenti had focused on the troubling contradictions In Lee Harvey Oswald’s life to add to the proof that Oswald was at best a “patsy”.
Michael Parenti is one of the nations leading progressive political analysts. [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: The JFK Assassination and the Gangster Nature of the State (TWO of TWO)

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2018 Tribute – Updated Archive This talk caused a controversy in the media when it was first aired on the 30th anniversary of the JFK assassination. Parenti sees not just the violent death of an individual but says: “If the truth were known it would call into question the entire state system and the social order it represents”. And that troubling implication is probably the reason why the mainstream press has suppressed the work of those who researched the circumstances of Kennedy’s death. In his investigation Parenti had focused on the troubling contradictions In Lee Harvey Oswald’s life to add to the proof that Oswald was at best a “patsy”.
Michael Parenti is one of the nations leading progressive political analysts. [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: The JFK Assassination and the Gangster Nature of the State (ONE of TWO) 

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2018 Tribute – Updated Archive Parenti criticizes the lone assassin theory and addresses the bitter question that haunts so many, whether government agencies of a democratic country would do such a thing as assassinate an elected President. He examines what he calls “the gangster nature of the state” and goes over details of the murder. This is one of Parenti’s most highly acclaimed talks, ending with a standing ovation. He spoke on the 30th anniversary of the assassination.
When Oliver Stone’s movie JFK opened in December 1991 a huge PR campaign was mobilized against the film. Even progressives spoke out. Noam Chomsky wrote in support of the Warren Commission’s findings – in contrast Michael Parenti supported Stone and began by examining [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: The JFK Assassination and the Gangster Nature of the State (ONE of TWO) 

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2018 Tribute – Updated Archive
Parenti criticizes the lone assassin theory and addresses the bitter question that haunts so many, whether government agencies of a democratic country would do such a thing as assassinate an elected President. He examines what he calls “the gangster nature of the state” and goes over details of the murder. This is one of Parenti’s most highly acclaimed talks, ending with a standing ovation. He spoke on the 30th anniversary of the assassination.
When Oliver Stone’s movie JFK opened in December 1991 a huge PR campaign was mobilized against the film. Even progressives spoke out. Noam Chomsky wrote in support of the Warren Commission’s findings – in contrast Michael Parenti supported Stone and began by examining what [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: The Assassination of Julius Caesar (TWO of TWO)

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A People’s History of Ancient Rome – 2018 Tribute – Updated Archive
Who was Julius Caesar, a dictator or a populist? And who really was Brutus, who murdered him on the Ides of March? A young hero or a participant in a deep seated conspiracy? This intriguing lecture by the noted author, speaker, activist and scholar Michael Parenti provides surprising new insights and parallels to today that are both shocking and amusing.
This rebroadcast is part of the very popular series on what Parenti calls Real History, an intriguing reading of a surprisingly large number of all too familiar stories.
Parenti spoke about his Pulitzer Price nominated book: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, a people’s history of ancient Rome. He was recorded by [ . . . ]

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Michael Parenti: The Assassination of Julius Caesar (TWO of TWO)

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A People’s History of Ancient Rome – 2018 Tribute – Updated Archive
Who was Julius Caesar, a dictator or a populist? And who really was Brutus, who murdered him on the Ides of March? A young hero or a participant in a deep seated conspiracy? This intriguing lecture by the noted author, speaker, activist and scholar Michael Parenti provides surprising new insights and parallels to today that are both shocking and amusing.
This rebroadcast is part of the very popular series on what Parenti calls Real History, an intriguing reading of a surprisingly large number of all too familiar stories.
Parenti spoke about his Pulitzer Price nominated book: The Assassination of Julius Caesar, a people’s history of ancient Rome. He was recorded by [ . . . ]

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