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Catch Rania Khalek's Dispatches for insight, analysis, investigations, interviews and on the ground reports on global issues from a left perspective.

    Israel’s Global Operation to Bully Students and Silence Anti-Genocide Jews, w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman

    Israel’s Global Operation to Bully Students and Silence Anti-Genocide Jews, w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman

    Israel’s war on Palestine isn’t limited to Gaza. It’s global. In the US it takes the form of censorship, bullying, intimidation, doxxing, accusations of antisemitism, attacking people’s livelihoods, and increasingly lobbying for the state to prosecute anyone who dares to stand up for the rights of Palestinians. But even in the face of all this, solidarity is growing across the US and around the globe.


    To discuss this and more Nora Barrows-Friedman, staff writer and associate editor at The Electronic Intifada. 


    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.

    Follow The Electronic Intifada: https://www.youtube.com/@TheElectronicIntifada 

    • 39 min
    Israel Vows Extermination, Ignoring World Demand to End Gaza Genocide, w/ As’ad Abukhalil

    Israel Vows Extermination, Ignoring World Demand to End Gaza Genocide, w/ As’ad Abukhalil

    The Israelis and their US sponsors have created a world where it’s normal to fire on hospitals, journalists and UN workers while killing 5,500 children in 45 days. 

    Rania Khalek will be joined by Prof.  As’ad Abukhalil for a special live episode of Dispatches to discuss the genocide in Gaza, western double standards and racism towards Palestinians, Israel’s bad propaganda, and growing resistance from the Middle East to the streets of the US.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South

    Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South

    Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-in-93064780

    This is a mask off moment for the imperialist West. All of the sociopathic narcissism that underpins the dystopian global order they created is on display for everyone to see. They have made a mockery of international humanitarian law and killed any pretense of the freedom and democracy they claim to represent. Meanwhile they turn inward to repress their own populations from protesting against Israel’s shocking aggression on Gaza. 


    To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Matteo Capasso, the Marie Curie Research Fellow at Columbia university and university of Venice Italy, Author of “Everyday politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya” and editor of Middle East Critique. His work focuses on the nature and impact of US-led imperialism.

    • 49 min
    UN Official Who Resigned in Disgust: Gaza is ‘Textbook Case Of Genocide’

    UN Official Who Resigned in Disgust: Gaza is ‘Textbook Case Of Genocide’

    Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-un-in-92827009

    Craig Mokhiber worked at the UN for three decades and recently resigned from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights over its failure to address what he called a “textbook case of genocide in Gaza.” He joined Rania Khalek to discuss what prompted him to leave when he did, the current Israeli assault on Gaza, the genocide label, challenges inside the UN on the issue of Palestine, and more. 


    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.

    Read Craig’s resignation letter here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24103463-craig-mokhiber-resignation-letter 

    • 43 min
    Gaza Exposes Naked Brutality and Deeper Crisis of US-Led World Order

    Gaza Exposes Naked Brutality and Deeper Crisis of US-Led World Order

    Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-gaza-92659388

    To discuss the implications of Israel’s onslaught on global politics in an increasingly multipolar world, how the rift between the imperialist countries and the rest of the world has never been more stark, the US’s frightening reaction to the decline of American hegemony and what it means for Gaza and the rest of us, Rania Khalek was joined by Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany who is currently associate professor of history at Koc University in Istanbul.

    This is just the first half of this episode. The second half 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.

    • 41 min
    Ukraine to Gaza, Europe is on a Self-Destructive War Drive w/ Prof Wolfgang Streeck

    Ukraine to Gaza, Europe is on a Self-Destructive War Drive w/ Prof Wolfgang Streeck

    Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ukraine-to-gaza-92464031

    So what’s new with the war in Ukraine? Is anyone winning? How will it impact the future of Europe and NATO? What are the similarities to the war on Gaza? How will escalation in the Middle East impact Ukraine? And how is the war on Gaza exposing all the hypocrisy of the EU in particular?
    To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by prolific writer and author Wolfgang Streeck, Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

    This is the first part of this episode. You can access the rest of the interview at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakThroughNews

    • 34 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
101 Ratings

101 Ratings

Tomyamg00m ,

If reality is important to you, this is your show.

BT is a rock solid source of actual news and full scope context. if your field your brain has been turned to mush by watching so called commercial "mainstream" news, this is where you start your brain restoration.

StopMovingAndListen ,

Nix Daniel Bessmer

Excellent interview as always, but Daniel Bessemer is promoting division between Americans. The Rage Against the War rally proves that we can come together for common good issues. He profits from division is the only way I can understand his limited vision. Please cross him off the list.

Ala amr ,

Great show informative

Great show and gives different views, well prepared and I liked the notes with time stamps. I also would like to propose that you make some shorter episodes as this might deter many from following. I also like to add that you need to add people from other countries when you talk about those countries, to be more credible. Also to listen to the views of the people in Europe and other countries. Do you think they are dump and crazy and just follow us government blindly!

I started listening to your podcast and liked ina way your approach for fighting capitalism, but what I cannot digest is your last episode where you are celebrating the return of Syrian tyrant to the Arab league. I can understand that some leaders are using this as a pressure on Syria and there may be conditions that we are not aware of. But for God’s sake he will never be forgiven until he fixes what he did to his county and his peoples. But it does not seem so, as he considers his return as victory to Iran, China and Russia. I hope you do not celebrate villains

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