Let Saigons Be Bygones: The Fall of South Vietnam, 50 Years Later.
In the latest episode, we talk about the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. We describe the events that led to the U.S. withdrawal in 1973, and then how…
Ceasefire or More War? Fadi Kafeety on the Current Middle East Situation (Part Two)
Part two of Bob's conversation with Fadi Kafeety, executive director of the Jerusalem Fund, about the long history of the region as well as current problems, and went into detail…
Ceasefire or More War? Fadi Kafeety on the Current Crisis in the Middle East (Part One)
Fadi Kafeety of the Jerusalem Fund had a long conversation with Bob about the current crisis in the Middle East. Listen in:https://bit.ly/4jVfFhk There's been a ceasefire in Gaza, but the…
Syria and the larger war in the Middle East, w/ Journalist Charles Glass
Bob had a great conversation with Charles Glass, who was the ABC News correspondent from the Middle East throughout the 80s and 90s, and has written countless books and articles…
Organizing to End Chevron’s Support for Israel’s Genocide w/ Dov Baum
In our latest, we talk about Chevron's energy partnership with Israel with Dov Baum, director of the American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) Action Center for Corporate Accountability. Listen in: https://bit.ly/4aBzLsL…
Scrappy Memorial Day | America Goes Abroad In Search of Monsters to Destroy
Memorial Day was created to pay respect to soldiers who died in the war, but it quickly took on another purpose--to promote "patriotism" and American militarism and foreign interventions. Here…
Liberals Celebrate International Women’s Day By Bombing Gaza
In our latest Scrappy Sunday, we talk about the State of Disunion that liberals have wrought on the rest of us. We talk about International Women’s Day being celebrated while…
Howling at the Abyss . . . How the Democrats Moved So Far and So Fast to the Right
In Green & Red's latest "Scrappy Sunday," we talk about how American moved so far to the right so fast . . . . starting with the 1960s, when Nixon…
Dr. Ussama Makdisi on Sheikh Jarra, Gaza and the Israeli Colonization of Palestine
Beginning on May 9th, the Israeli Defense Force attacked Palestinian populations in Gaza for 11 days leaving 250 dead (including 66 children), more than 1700 injured and over 6000 homeless. This most recent attack by the Israelis was in relation to Israeli settler provocations against Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.
We talk with Dr. Ussama Makdisi (@UssamaMakdisi) about the history of Israeli colonization and displacement of the Palestinian people. How the U.S. supports Israel with $3.8 billion a year in military aid while trying to appear as a “mediator” in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The Israeli propaganda machine targeting of critics and journalists of Israel in the U.S.
Listen: http://bit.ly/PalestineGandR
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