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Will Trump Deliver Peace? Professor Jeffrey Sachs says that Israel might prevent it

To everybody’s surprise the Trump Camp placed a quote by Sachs, critical of Netanyahu, on his Truth-Social site     Sachs is professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He has been special adviser to three United Nations Secretary Generals and currently serves under Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez.
The quote posted on Trump’s social media came from a talk and debate given by Prof. Sachs on October 22, 2024, at the prestigious Cambridge Union in England. In spite of the extraordinary analysis of causes and pretexts of wars presented by Sachs, and some of his provocative statements, the speech remained unnoticed for 2 1/2 months until Donald Trump brought it to Truth Social and world media discovered it [ . . . ]

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Will Trump Deliver Peace? Professor Jeffrey Sachs says that Israel might prevent it

To everybody’s surprise the Trump Camp placed a quote by Sachs, critical of Netanyahu, on his Truth-Social site     Sachs is professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He has been special adviser to three United Nations Secretary Generals and currently serves under Secretary General Antonio Gutierrez.
The quote posted on Trump’s social media came from a talk and debate given by Prof. Sachs on October 22, 2024, at the prestigious Cambridge Union in England. In spite of the extraordinary analysis of causes and pretexts of wars presented by Sachs, and some of his provocative statements, the speech remained unnoticed for 2 1/2 months until Donald Trump brought it to Truth Social and world media discovered it [ . . . ]

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The new cold war that the U.S. unleashed against China – Yanis Varoufakis

How China Can Win    Yanis Varoufakis is a former finance minister of Greece, university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. A video of this candid and fact filled talk before a Chinese audience has recently surfaced.
How did China, on the flimsiest of pretexts, end up in the crosshairs of both Biden and Trump? Varoufakis reveals the related danger to the U.S. financial system that apparently is so serious that this new Cold War might even turn into a shooting war.
The video of this talk was recorded just before the U.S. November 2024 elections, and it is 12 precious minutes longer than this radio program. I highly recommend you find it on YouTube under the title [ . . . ]

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The new cold war that the U.S. unleashed against China – Yanis Varoufakis

How China Can Win    Yanis Varoufakis is a former finance minister of Greece, university teacher, author in economics and technology, and engaged in European politics. A video of this candid and fact filled talk before a Chinese audience has recently surfaced.
How did China, on the flimsiest of pretexts, end up in the crosshairs of both Biden and Trump? Varoufakis reveals the related danger to the U.S. financial system that apparently is so serious that this new Cold War might even turn into a shooting war.
The video of this talk was recorded just before the U.S. November 2024 elections, and it is 12 precious minutes longer than this radio program. I highly recommend you find it on YouTube under the title [ . . . ]

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Ambassador Chas Freeman: America’s Problematic Policies in Syria

How suddenly Syria’s entanglement with all surrounding states becomes the center of world attention
Chas Freeman’s knowledge of the area and history is personal and professional and detailed. Freeman served in the United States Foreign Service, and the State and Defense Departments over the course of thirty years. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992, and dealt with the Gulf War.
On Friday, December 27th, he was interviewed by Nima Alkhorshid, an Iranian-Brazilian university lecturer, on his podcast “Dialogue Works”. The channel is dedicated to peace. These are excerpts from their 53 minute long conversation.
You can watch the full 53 minute long video on the YouTube channel Dialogue Works under the title: Amb. Chas Freeman: America’s Problematic [ . . . ]

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Ambassador Chas Freeman: America’s Problematic Policies in Syria

How suddenly Syria’s entanglement with all surrounding states becomes the center of world attention
Chas Freeman’s knowledge of the area and history is personal and professional and detailed. Freeman served in the United States Foreign Service, and the State and Defense Departments over the course of thirty years. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992, and dealt with the Gulf War.
On Friday, December 27th, he was interviewed by Nima Alkhorshid, an Iranian-Brazilian university lecturer, on his podcast “Dialogue Works”. The channel is dedicated to peace. These are excerpts from their 53 minute long conversation.
You can watch the full 53 minute long video on the YouTube channel Dialogue Works under the title: Amb. Chas Freeman: America’s Problematic [ . . . ]

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WWI – The Christmas Truce of 1914 – TUC Archive for 2024

Silent Night in trenches of the Western Front      The Christmas Truce was an unofficial cease-fire on parts of the Western Front. Guns fell silent for one to several days. Soldiers emerged from the trenches and talked, exchanged gifts and kicked around a soccer ball. Trenches were close in some places, separated by 50 yards or less.
The Story of the Christmas Truce WWI is a documentary film about this spontaneous cease-fire. Thanks to historians Peter Hart, Taff Gillingham and Robin Schaefer, and their choice of rare documentary photos, footage and archived letters from soldiers of both sides.
This archival TUC Radio program first went into distribution on December 13, 2022. By coincidence on the same day that nearly 1,000 faith leaders called [ . . . ]

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WWI – The Christmas Truce of 1914 – TUC Archive for 2024

Silent Night in trenches of the Western Front      The Christmas Truce was an unofficial cease-fire on parts of the Western Front. Guns fell silent for one to several days. Soldiers emerged from the trenches and talked, exchanged gifts and kicked around a soccer ball. Trenches were close in some places, separated by 50 yards or less.
The Story of the Christmas Truce WWI is a documentary film about this spontaneous cease-fire. Thanks to historians Peter Hart, Taff Gillingham and Robin Schaefer, and their choice of rare documentary photos, footage and archived letters from soldiers of both sides.
This archival TUC Radio program first went into distribution on December 13, 2022. By coincidence on the same day that nearly 1,000 faith leaders called [ . . . ]

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Max Blumenthal: Turkey Invades Syria – December 2024

What role did the US play in toppling the Assad government?     Max Blumenthal is Senior Editor of AlterNet’s Grayzone Project and the author of “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump”
Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. His articles and video documentaries have appeared in the New York Times, Daily Beast, Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, Al Jazeera English and many other publications.
Blumenthal is also a regular guest on “Judging Freedom”, hosted by Judge Napolitano. Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge and as legal analyst for Fox News. After his career in TV, Napolitano started his own Youtube show – Judging Freedom. In December 2024 [ . . . ]

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Max Blumenthal: Turkey Invades Syria – December 2024

What role did the US play in toppling the Assad government?     Max Blumenthal is Senior Editor of AlterNet’s Grayzone Project and the author of “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump”
Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. His articles and video documentaries have appeared in the New York Times, Daily Beast, Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, Al Jazeera English and many other publications.
Blumenthal is also a regular guest on “Judging Freedom”, hosted by Judge Napolitano. Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge and as legal analyst for Fox News. After his career in TV, Napolitano started his own Youtube show – Judging Freedom. In December 2024 [ . . . ]

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Syria Collapses – Ambassador Chas Freeman

Pascal Lottaz from Neutrality Studies gets comments on the breaking news of December 9, 2024     Lottaz quotes the news of the day: Bashar al-Assad, the long-term leader of the Syrian state, had just arrived with his family in Russia where he has been granted asylum. And Damascus is now in the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Iran has evacuated its embassy and the Russians are, according to their own statements, in talks with the “rebels” AKA “terrorists”, who are now in control of large swathes of Syria.
Pascal Lottaz discusses what all of this means with Ambassador Chas Freeman. He served in the United States Foreign Service, the State and Defense Departments in many different capacities over the course of [ . . . ]

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Syria Collapses – Ambassador Chas Freeman

Pascal Lottaz from Neutrality Studies gets comments on the breaking news of December 9, 2024     Lottaz quotes the news of the day: Bashar al-Assad, the long-term leader of the Syrian state, had just arrived with his family in Russia where he has been granted asylum. And Damascus is now in the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). Iran has evacuated its embassy and the Russians are, according to their own statements, in talks with the “rebels” AKA “terrorists”, who are now in control of large swathes of Syria.
Pascal Lottaz discusses what all of this means with Ambassador Chas Freeman. He served in the United States Foreign Service, the State and Defense Departments in many different capacities over the course of [ . . . ]

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Ukraine and Israel in Wars – Comments by former CIA Analysts Larry C. Johnson and Ray McGovern

Interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano – they comment on unexpected developments caused by the Biden Trump Transition
Judge Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge and as legal analyst for Fox News. After his career in TV, Napolitano started his own Youtube show – Judging Freedom. In late 2024 it had almost 500,000 subscribers.
CIA analysts Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern are in the large group of former intelligence analysts who are regular weekly commentators on foreign policy for Judge Napolitano.
Here is the Nov 29, 2024, INTEL Roundtable on Judging Freedom, hosted by Andrew Napolitano.
Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years, serving seven U.S. presidents – from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush.
He earned an MA [ . . . ]

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Ukraine and Israel in Wars – Comments by former CIA Analysts Larry C. Johnson and Ray McGovern

Interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano – they comment on unexpected developments caused by the Biden Trump Transition     Judge Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge and as legal analyst for Fox News. After his career in TV, Napolitano started his own Youtube show – Judging Freedom. In late 2024 it had almost 500,000 subscribers.
CIA analysts Larry Johnson and Ray McGovern are in the large group of former intelligence analysts who are regular weekly commentators on foreign policy for Judge Napolitano. Here is the Nov 29, 2024, INTEL Roundtable on Judging Freedom, hosted by Andrew Napolitano.
Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst for 27 years, serving seven U.S. presidents – from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. He [ . . . ]

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

TUC Radio Archives re-broadcast on the 61st anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination          This talk caused a controversy in the media when it was first aired on the 30th anniversary of the JFK assassination. Parenti saw not just the violent death of an individual but said: “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 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, since retired, was one [ . . . ]

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