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The birth of Israel and the death of Zionism – Israeli Professor Ilan Pappe

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Why the Zionist project embraced settler colonialism and why it will ultimately fail to achieve its goals     Here are excerpts from a much longer interview with the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, first broadcast on the Middle East Eye channel on November first 2024. This program goes into distribution on November 5, 24 – election day in the U.S. – where support for Israel’s bombing of Gaza has an outsized influence on the outcome.
Thanks to Middle East Eye (MEE) for the excerpts. They are a UK-based news website founded in 2014 and cover the Middle East and North Africa. Mohamed Hassan welcomed Ilan Pappe to their studios in London. Pappe is one of Israel’s New Historians. Since the release of British [ . . . ]

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Jeffrey Sachs on: BRICS New Currency UNVEILED, Iran-Israel War & WW3

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Danny Haiphong interviews Jeffrey Sachs on the 2024 BRICS Summit     The annual BRICS summit was held on Oct. 22–24 in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The group started in 2006, and has since doubled in numbers. This was the first BRICS summit to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as members.
Thirteen nations have now been added as partner countries of BRICS: Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
The aim of the BRICS alliance is to challenge the economic and political monopoly of the West. So-called Western Governments, and analysts and podcasters are now trying to make sense of what this [ . . . ]

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Jeffrey Sachs on: BRICS New Currency UNVEILED, Iran-Israel War & WW3

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Danny Haiphong interviews Jeffrey Sachs on the 2024 BRICS Summit     The annual BRICS summit was held on Oct. 22–24 in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan. BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The group started in 2006, and has since doubled in numbers. This was the first BRICS summit to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates as members.
Thirteen nations have now been added as partner countries of BRICS: Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.
The aim of the BRICS alliance is to challenge the economic and political monopoly of the West. So-called Western Governments, and analysts and podcasters are now trying to make sense of what this [ . . . ]

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Sea Shepherd Ocean Protectors – Captain Paul Watson, TUC Archives

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With an update on the arrest, on July 21,2024, of Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant     This is an archival TUC Radio program from 2016. You will hear Captain Paul Watson describe his extraordinary journey saving whales and life in the oceans. Paul Watson was co-founder of Greenpeace and CEO of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He was commander on seven different Sea Shepherd ships since 1978 and now, at age 73, leads vessels under the flag of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. Thanks to the French Thinkerview collective for the interview.
This archival program has contemporary significance: On October 23, 2024, the day this program is being placed back into distribution, Paul Watson remains in prison in the capital city [ . . . ]

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Sea Shepherd Ocean Protectors – Captain Paul Watson, TUC Archives

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With an update on the arrest, on July 21,2024, of Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant     This is an archival TUC Radio program from 2016. You will hear Captain Paul Watson describe his extraordinary journey saving whales and life in the oceans. Paul Watson was co-founder of Greenpeace and CEO of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. He was commander on seven different Sea Shepherd ships since 1978 and now, at age 73, leads vessels under the flag of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. Thanks to the French Thinkerview collective for the interview.
This archival program has contemporary significance: On October 23, 2024, the day this program is being placed back into distribution, Paul Watson remains in prison in the capital city [ . . . ]

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Nuclear War – Annie Jacobsen’s Reasons for Peace

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Against the Threats of Use of Nuclear Weapons by NATO, the U.S., Russia and Israel     The investigative journalist and acclaimed author, specializing in weapons and war, Annie Jacobsen, has come closer than other investigators to the razor edge of secrecy that surrounds the current nuclear war machine. Her book, Nuclear War, is based on hundreds of interviews with war planners and engineers – plus recently declassified documents.
Annie Jacobsen, reminds us that a Doomsday killing machine has been designed, capable of destroying not just two cities but life on this planet – first with fire and heat and then seven to ten years of darkness and ice sheets from nuclear winter.
Annie Jacobsen’s book, Nuclear War, A Scenario, has 373 pages of [ . . . ]

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Nuclear War – Annie Jacobsen’s Reasons for Peace

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Against the Threats of Use of Nuclear Weapons by NATO, the U.S., Russia and Israel     The investigative journalist and acclaimed author, specializing in weapons and war, Annie Jacobsen, has come closer than other investigators to the razor edge of secrecy that surrounds the current nuclear war machine. Her book, Nuclear War, is based on hundreds of interviews with war planners and engineers – plus recently declassified documents.
Annie Jacobsen, reminds us that a Doomsday killing machine has been designed, capable of destroying not just two cities but life on this planet – first with fire and heat and then seven to ten years of darkness and ice sheets from nuclear winter.
Annie Jacobsen’s book, Nuclear War, A Scenario, has 373 pages of [ . . . ]

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The Greek economist, scholar and politician Yanis Varoufakis reflects on one year of genocide in Gaza

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On October 2, the French author and film producer Frank Barat invited him to a conversation    Yanis Varoufakis comments on the role of global powers, particularly the United States, in perpetuating the war on Gaza. Frank Barat asks him about the unparalleled violence, the media’s portrayal of the situation, and the historical context of Zionism.
These are excerpts from a 35 minute interview of the Greek university lecturer, economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of the Democracy in Europe movement, a left-wing pan-European party he co-founded in 2016. Previously, he was Greece’s Minister of Finance during much of 2015. Varoufakis’ most recent book is Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.
You can find the full 35 minute interview under [ . . . ]

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The Greek economist, scholar and politician Yanis Varoufakis reflects on one year of genocide in Gaza

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On October 2, the French author and film producer Frank Barat invited him to a conversation    Yanis Varoufakis comments on the role of global powers, particularly the United States, in perpetuating the war on Gaza. Frank Barat asks him about the unparalleled violence, the media’s portrayal of the situation, and the historical context of Zionism.
These are excerpts from a 35 minute interview of the Greek university lecturer, economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis. Since 2018, he has been Secretary-General of the Democracy in Europe movement, a left-wing pan-European party he co-founded in 2016. Previously, he was Greece’s Minister of Finance during much of 2015. Varoufakis’ most recent book is Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.
You can find the full 35 minute interview under [ . . . ]

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The Killing of Hassan Nasrallah – Analysis by Alastair Crooke

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The former British diplomat Alastair Crooke is interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano    Hassan Nasrallah led Hezbollah in Lebanon for more than three decades and made it into a military and political force. Nasrallah’s killing in a massive Israeli air attack in a southern suburb of Beirut raises fears of a dangerous expansion of Israel’s wars – even more deeply involving the U.S.
Alastair Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. His specialty is political Islam. He was interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano on his channel: Judging Freedom on Sept. 30, 2024.
DATE: – Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024.
CREDIT: Andrew Napolitano’s podcast channel: Judging Freedom
The longer interview is posted on Napolitano’s podcast channel, Judging [ . . . ]

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The Killing of Hassan Nasrallah – Analysis by Alastair Crooke

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The former British diplomat Alastair Crooke is interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano    Hassan Nasrallah led Hezbollah in Lebanon for more than three decades and made it into a military and political force. Nasrallah’s killing in a massive Israeli air attack in a southern suburb of Beirut raises fears of a dangerous expansion of Israel’s wars – even more deeply involving the U.S.
Alastair Crooke was a ranking figure in both British Intelligence with MI6 and European Union diplomacy. His specialty is political Islam. He was interviewed by Judge Andrew Napolitano on his channel: Judging Freedom on Sept. 30, 2024.
DATE: – Streamed live on Sep 30, 2024.
CREDIT: Andrew Napolitano’s podcast channel: Judging Freedom
The longer interview is posted on Napolitano’s podcast channel, Judging [ . . . ]

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Nuclear War and the Devastating Power of Nuclear Weapons – Annie Jacobsen and Steven Starr

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When Penguin Random House prepared the release of Annie Jacobsen’s most recent book: Nuclear War, A Scenario; for early 2024, they did not anticipate that it would appear at a time of heightened risk of a nuclear war.
The risks include casual threats of the use of nuclear weapons over Ukraine or in the Middle East; as well as the actual attacks or threats to the nuclear plants in Ukraine and Russia.
Annie Jacobsen’s book is based on dozens of exclusive interviews with military and civilian experts who built the modern nuclear weapons and launch systems.
Annie Jacobsen and Professor Steven Starr explain how nuclear weapons and the highly automated systems that set them off, have become so much more deadly than in [ . . . ]

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Nuclear War and the Devastating Power of Nuclear Weapons – Annie Jacobsen and Steven Starr

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When Penguin Random House prepared the release of Annie Jacobsen’s most recent book: Nuclear War, A Scenario; for early 2024, they did not anticipate that it would appear at a time of heightened risk of a nuclear war.
The risks include casual threats of the use of nuclear weapons over Ukraine or in the Middle East; as well as the actual attacks or threats to the nuclear plants in Ukraine and Russia.
Annie Jacobsen’s book is based on dozens of exclusive interviews with military and civilian experts who built the modern nuclear weapons and launch systems.
Annie Jacobsen and Professor Steven Starr explain how nuclear weapons and the highly automated systems that set them off, have become so much more deadly than in [ . . . ]

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Missiles to Ukraine – for World War III?

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The Grayzone, Col Larry Wilkerson, Miami Herald and the New York Times     Print and Internet media in mid September 2024 were filled with speculation whether the U.S. would agree with the UK to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia.
The Miami Herald from September 16, 2024, wrote: US may let Ukraine fire missiles deep inside Russia. Here’s why experts say it’s risky.
The leading argument by politicians for an incursion into Russia is the often repeated statement that Putin plans to take over all of Ukraine and move on from there. A secret guarded for over two years now is the fact that the fist meeting to end the war, was held four days after the start [ . . . ]

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Missiles to Ukraine – for World War III?

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The Grayzone, Col Larry Wilkerson, Miami Herald and the New York Times     Print and Internet media in mid September 2024 were filled with speculation whether the U.S. would agree with the UK to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike deep inside Russia.
The Miami Herald from September 16, 2024, wrote: US may let Ukraine fire missiles deep inside Russia. Here’s why experts say it’s risky.
The leading argument by politicians for an incursion into Russia is the often repeated statement that Putin plans to take over all of Ukraine and move on from there. A secret guarded for over two years now is the fact that the fist meeting to end the war, was held four days after the start [ . . . ]

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