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Today is day 585 of genocide. Prof. Noura Erakat’s Urgent Plea at the United Nations

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On May 15 Erakat delivered a searing statement at the UN Headquarters in New York to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – better known as The Catastrophe
The United Nations are commemorating the violent expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948 to make room for the state of Israel.
Noura Erakat is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and Rutgers University professor. In her address she focused on the ongoing campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. As trained lawyer Erakat confronts the narrative that frames this as, quote, War. This is not a legal controversy, she says, there is no question that this is genocide; it is a political controversy. And she urged the [ . . . ]

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Today is day 585 of genocide. Prof. Noura Erakat’s Urgent Plea at the United Nations

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On May 15 Erakat delivered a searing statement at the UN Headquarters in New York to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba – better known as The Catastrophe
The United Nations are commemorating the violent expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948 to make room for the state of Israel.
Noura Erakat is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and Rutgers University professor. In her address she focused on the ongoing campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. As trained lawyer Erakat confronts the narrative that frames this as, quote, War. This is not a legal controversy, she says, there is no question that this is genocide; it is a political controversy. And she urged the [ . . . ]

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Trump’s Gulf Visit: Chas Freeman Explains the US–Israel–Gulf Shift

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An interview by Jyotishman Mudiar on the channel: India and Global Left
Why did Donald Trump visit the Gulf in May 2025? What does it reveal about shifting US–Israel–Gulf relations? Ambassador Chas Freeman is a veteran U.S. diplomat and Middle East expert. He is being interviewed by Jyotishman Mudiar, a PhD research scholar at the University of Chicago and cofounder of the YouTube channel India and Global Left.
From Saudi Arabia and the UAE to Israel and Iran, Chas Freeman analyzes the power plays, diplomatic deals, and regional tensions shaping today’s geopolitics.
The interview took place on May 15, 2025 and lasted over an hour. You can watch their inspired conversation on YouTube under the title: Trump’s Gulf Visit: Chas Freeman Explains the [ . . . ]

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Trump’s Gulf Visit: Chas Freeman Explains the US–Israel–Gulf Shift

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An interview by Jyotishman Mudiar on the channel: India and Global Left
Why did Donald Trump visit the Gulf in May 2025? What does it reveal about shifting US–Israel–Gulf relations? Ambassador Chas Freeman is a veteran U.S. diplomat and Middle East expert. He is being interviewed by Jyotishman Mudiar, a PhD research scholar at the University of Chicago and cofounder of the YouTube channel India and Global Left.
From Saudi Arabia and the UAE to Israel and Iran, Chas Freeman analyzes the power plays, diplomatic deals, and regional tensions shaping today’s geopolitics.
The interview took place on May 15, 2025 and lasted over an hour. You can watch their inspired conversation on YouTube under the title: Trump’s Gulf Visit: Chas Freeman Explains the [ . . . ]

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Prof. Richard Wolff on May Day 2025

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On the impact of President Trump’s first 100 days     This is the replay of a special, Live, May-Day talk by Professor Richard Wolff on President Trump’s economic policies. Wolff had been invited by Women Building Up in Brooklyn, NY.(WBU). In spite of the serious topic, his presentation was also entertaining and full of surprises.
Richard Wolff is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs of the New School.
Prof. Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Among his many works are Understanding Capitalism; The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself; [ . . . ]

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Prof. Richard Wolff on May Day 2025

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On the impact of President Trump’s first 100 days     This is the replay of a special, Live, May-Day talk by Professor Richard Wolff on President Trump’s economic policies. Wolff had been invited by Women Building Up in Brooklyn, NY.(WBU). In spite of the serious topic, his presentation was also entertaining and full of surprises.
Richard Wolff is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs of the New School.
Prof. Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Among his many works are Understanding Capitalism; The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself; [ . . . ]

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Trump in Panic: Yemen Sinks a U.S. Fighter Jet

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Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuss the incident with Danny Haiphong     The shocking status of U.S. military power has been exposed by Yemen forcing an F-18 to sink off the USS Harry Truman to the bottom of the Red Sea. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson call this the crisis facing America’s waning empire – and here are their comments – recorded on April 30.
Only four days later their discussion another incident confirmed their analysis: The NY Times reported on May 4 that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen struck near the main terminal of Israel’s international Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, after the military failed to intercept the projectile.
These [ . . . ]

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Trump in Panic: Yemen Sinks a U.S. Fighter Jet

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Larry Johnson & Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuss the incident with Danny Haiphong     The shocking status of U.S. military power has been exposed by Yemen forcing an F-18 to sink off the USS Harry Truman to the bottom of the Red Sea. Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and former Chief of Staff Col. Lawrence Wilkerson call this the crisis facing America’s waning empire – and here are their comments – recorded on April 30.
Only four days later their discussion another incident confirmed their analysis: The NY Times reported on May 4 that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen struck near the main terminal of Israel’s international Ben Gurion Airport close to Tel Aviv, after the military failed to intercept the projectile.
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How to bring peace to Ukraine – a war between two versions of history

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Professor Jeffrey Sachs is being challenged by Professor Klaus Larres     In April/May 2025 the possible end to the war in Ukraine has world attention. But the peace agreement requires an accepted reading of history – and the two sides are still far apart. Here is an amazing debate over the end of the Soviet Union, the expansion of NATO, nuclear weapons, prior attempts to end the invasion, and even the reminder that Crimea has been the home of Russia’s naval base since 1783.
Professor Klaus Larres teaches at the University of North Carolina. Professor Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. In spite of their differences of opinion, Professor Larres introduces Jeffrey Sachs as a [ . . . ]

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How to bring peace to Ukraine – a war between two versions of history

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Professor Jeffrey Sachs is being challenged by Professor Klaus Larres     In April/May 2025 the possible end to the war in Ukraine has world attention. But the peace agreement requires an accepted reading of history – and the two sides are still far apart. Here is an amazing debate over the end of the Soviet Union, the expansion of NATO, nuclear weapons, prior attempts to end the invasion, and even the reminder that Crimea has been the home of Russia’s naval base since 1783.
Professor Klaus Larres teaches at the University of North Carolina. Professor Sachs is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. In spite of their differences of opinion, Professor Larres introduces Jeffrey Sachs as a [ . . . ]

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Our Common Future Under Climate Change, Honoring Pope Francis’ Laudato Si

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Hans Joachim Schellnhuber recorded in Paris and at the Vatican in 2015
(Archival TUC Radio program from 2015)     At 3am today, April 21, 2025, news services in California announced the death of Pope Francis. Among the many memories of his extraordinary life, his Encyclical on Climate Change, Laudato Si, on the urgently needed care of our common home, came to my mind.
Only nine days ago Pope Francis had announced the celebration, in September 2025, of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si. Now we need to create the conditions for peace to prevent the destruction of our home without his help.
But Laudato Si has dual roots. Maybe for the first time in the history of papal encyclicals, Pope Francis invited scientists to [ . . . ]

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Our Common Future Under Climate Change, Honoring Pope Francis’ Laudato Si

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Hans Joachim Schellnhuber recorded in Paris and at the Vatican in 2015
(Archival TUC Radio program from 2015)     At 3am today, April 21, 2025, news services in California announced the death of Pope Francis. Among the many memories of his extraordinary life, his Encyclical on Climate Change, Laudato Si, on the urgently needed care of our common home, came to my mind.
Only nine days ago Pope Francis had announced the celebration, in September 2025, of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si. Now we need to create the conditions for peace to prevent the destruction of our home without his help.
But Laudato Si has dual roots. Maybe for the first time in the history of papal encyclicals, Pope Francis invited scientists to [ . . . ]

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Alastair Crooke: Trump and Chaos

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Judge Andrew Napolitano brings you the sources of Chaos from Ukraine to Iran to Gaza to Tariffs to the first deep splits inside the Trump Administration
This interview of Alastair Crooke was streamed live on April 14, 2025. Before he retired Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. He is founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum. They promote engagement between political Islam and the West.
Judge Andrew Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995. Two years after retiring the Judge became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title “Judging Freedom”
This conversation was streamed Live [ . . . ]

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Alastair Crooke: Trump and Chaos

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Judge Andrew Napolitano brings you the sources of Chaos from Ukraine to Iran to Gaza to Tariffs to the first deep splits inside the Trump Administration
This interview of Alastair Crooke was streamed live on April 14, 2025. Before he retired Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. He is founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum. They promote engagement between political Islam and the West.
Judge Andrew Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995. Two years after retiring the Judge became a legal and political analyst for Fox News. He now runs a very popular podcast channel under the title “Judging Freedom”
This conversation was streamed Live [ . . . ]

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Yanis Varoufakis Dissects Trump’s Tariffs

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The former Greek Finance Minister in conversation with Novara Media’s Michael Walker    They spoke on April 8, 2025, when Donald Trump’s tariff’s had just collapsed the global stock markets and governments around the world were searching for a response.
Yanis Varoufakis is a university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of DiEM25, that’s Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 a left-wing pan-European political party that he co-founded in 2016.
Varoufakis is being interviewed by Michael Walker, contributing editor at Novara Media. That’s an independent, non-profit media organization based in the United Kingdom.
Walker brings up questions not raised by many analysts in this extraordinary crisis in April 2025 – and Varoufakis answers are [ . . . ]

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