Longtime anti-war activist David Swanson recently returned from a trip to Russia. āI wanted to see what Russians thought about foreign policy, about the United States, and about all the āscandalsā in Washington that mention Russia all the time but hardly ever have any evidence in them,ā said Swanson, publisher of the influential web site WarIsACrime.org. Russians are keenly aware of the history of U.S. encirclement and hostility towards their country. āThey see opposition to Trump in the United States as all coming out of an anti-Russian agenda,ā he said. āThey have no idea, whatsoever, that people might dislike Trump for some other reasons.
Frank Chapman and Hatem Abudayyeh join us from Chicago to discuss the city council vote calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and update us on events in Palestine and in Chicago.
Aly Wane is on the advisory board of the Immigrant Justice Network. He joins us from Syracuse, New York to discuss the failure of the recent immigration bill and the bipartisan consensus on punitiveā¦
We're joined by Kevin Steele and Raven, two organizers of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition and About the People. We discuss their work and the "People's Senate Giveback & Genocide Conventionā¦
The nations that brag the most about "democracy" routinely ignore the will of their people. Support for Israel's war crimes in Gaza is but one example of this phenomenon.
South African Pan-Africanist Victor Lungelo carefully maps the links between āHitlerās Heirs:ā Fascist South Africa and Zionist āIsrael.ā
