Episodes

The political shake-up continues in Europe and the United States, but will it translate into change or into the same-old, same-old? We speak to historian Gerald Horne. And the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions movement scores its biggest win ever, as crises deepen in the apartheid state. An excerpt from Electronic Intifada, featuring an interview with Shir Hever. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our liste...

Wikileaks founder, journalist and whistleblower Julian Assange is freed from prison. For our monthly exploration of all things media, we speak to journalist Jon Jeter. And after President Biden is often incoherent in his first debate with former president Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is in a panic, and the presidential race may be in turmoil. Plus headlines on the debate, independent presidential candidates, DC protesters heckle Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Supreme Court further ...

What does the new mutual defense pact between Russia and North Korea mean for geopolitics, war and peace? We speak to historian Gerald Horne. And African American soldiers who fought and turned the tide in the U.S. Civil War are remembered on Juneteenth. Plus headlines on Palestine, conscientious objectors, climate and Juneteenth in DC. Voices: Gerald Horne, Darren Charles Overby, clip from “The Empire Files” podcast with Abby Martin and Mike Prysner, clip from Al Jazeera journalist Hind Khouda...

After tens of thousands surround the White House, in protest of the U.S.-Israeli attack on Gaza, an open-air People’s Court of Justice is held, putting U.S. and Israeli officials on trial for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. And why are U.S. and European officials playing nuclear chicken with Russia? We speak to historian and author Gerald Horne. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by su...

Americans don’t want their tax dollars to fund genocide, and on Saturday, June 8, they are creating a people’s red line for the Biden administration. Also, Part 2 of our coverage from the historic People’s Conference for Palestine. Scholar and educator Abdaljawad Omar on the panel “Palestinian Resistance and the Path to Liberation.” Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and by support from our listeners. In th...

On this show, we spend the hour hearing from Palestinian physician and political leader Mustafa Barghouti, members of the Palestinian Youth Movement, and others speaking on the first day of the historic People’s Conference for Palestine, held May 24-26, 2024, in Detroit. The conference was held as 125,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been either killed or seriously wounded in attacks by the Israeli military since October. But despite this tremendous loss, speakers stressed resilience, resistance an...

Today’s information war in the United States is a battle between censorship and the right to tell the truth, particularly about Palestine and Apartheid Israel. For our monthly special on media and culture, we speak to journalist Jon Jeter. And at a high school in DC, Arab students are banned from screening the film “The Occupation of the American Mind,” but we listen to portions of it on this show. Plus headlines on Debt Collective, funeral for Iran president, Kenya troops to Haiti, a combined c...

In this month’s segment of the F-word on fascism, the genocidal attack on Gaza by Israel – and the worldwide opposition to it – is educating a new generation about the deadly nature of settler colonialism. And U.S. federal workers stage an action in front of the White House to protest U.S. unconditional aid to apartheid Israel. Plus headlines, including ICJ genocide case against Israel. With Gerald Horne, Ann Wright, other retired and current federal workers. The show is made possible only by o...

Students and community members arrested and attacked by DC police at George Washington University speak out at a press conference on Capitol Hill about the destruction of their Gaza Solidarity Camp. And despite the effort by lawmakers and corporate news organizations to demonize the encampments, these student protests have grown the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Israeli regime, and further internationalized the Palestinian cause. With: Students from Gaza Solidarity...

As many Gaza Solidarity Encampments are destroyed on college campuses with hundreds of arrests, students at George Washington University mark one week of their encampment and raise the flag of Palestine. And International Workers Day takes on Special Meaning in 2024, as those rallying connected the issues of labor rights with international solidarity. Plus headlines on Gaza, attacks on college protesters, new proposed authoritarian laws in the U.S., and more. With interviews with Gerald Horne an...

The latest Gaza Solidarity Encampment is set up less than a mile from the White House and George Washington University students vow to stay until their demands are met. And after more than 200 days of Israeli assault on Gaza, and more than 110,000 dead, missing or injured, U.S. lawmakers try to squash the burgeoning student solidarity movement. We speak to our media critic Jon Jeter. Plus headlines on mass graves left by Israel military in Gaza… Rep. Summer Lee of Pennsylvania beats out billiona...

There is another attack on Iran, and repression of Pro-Palestine students continues on U.S. campuses. Sudan just marked one year of war that has killed thousands and displaced millions. Gerald Horne joins us and we hear from some of those rallying for Sudan at Freedom Plaza in DC. Plus headlines, including proposed legislation to expand the notorious 702 section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Poetry by Emi Mahmoud. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, ou...

The ratcheting up of tensions by the U.S. and its allies keeps the world on edge, from Ukraine, to West Asia, to the Pacific. We speak to Gerald Horne. In Congress, Medea Benjamin and activists confront lawmakers and officials about genocide in Gaza. And as billions are sent abroad for war, human needs like child care in the U.S. are diminished or eliminated. We feature voices from a rally by early childhood educators in DC. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to...

For Palestinians, the 2024 celebration of Land Day took on special meaning as the Israeli government attempts a “final solution” of ethnic Gaza, and the military has destroyed or poisoned vast swaths of territory that has sustained the indigenous population for millennia. Also, historian Gerald Horne weighs in on the dangerous climb of the escalation ladder in West Asia and Ukraine. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on the air, and b...

While corporate media continue to spread false stories about mass rape of Israeli women by Hamas last October 7th, documented rapes of Palestinian women, men and children are ignored. We speak to investigative journalist Arun Gupta. And according to a new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Occupied Palestine, the attack on Gaza meets the threshold for genocide. Plus headlines. The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on ...

For this show, a rebroadcast of the keynote address, “Israel Beyond Apartheid,” by author and activist Susan Albulhawa, delivered at the Israel and American Policy Conference held March 22, 2019 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC., sponsored by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. Abulhawa discusses Israel as a major weapons developer and exporter, the use of Gaza as a weapons testing lab on human beings, and the arming of rogue states. She also details Israel’s destruction of...

Part Two – “At the Table and on the Menu: Respectability Politics and Tokenism in Genocidal Times. A Conversation Between Muslim, Arab and Palestinian Women About Hollow Inside Strategies as Israel’s Genocide of Palestinians Goes Unabated. Plus headlines on Gaza, DC Ceasefire Coalition confronts DC Council, and SNCC freedom fight Dorie Ladner joins the ancestors. Moderated by Maha Hilal, an expert on institutionalized Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and counternarrative work. She is the author...

For International Working Womens Day –“At the Table and on the Menu: Respectability Politics and Tokenism in Genocidal Times,” part one of a conversation between muslim, Arab and Palestinian Women about hollow inside strategies as Israel’s genocide of Palestinians goes unabated. Moderated by Maha Hilal, an expert on institutionalized Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and counternarrative work. She is the author of the book Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Mu...

A vigil for Aaron Bushnell outside Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC draws hundreds one day after the U.S. Airman lit himself on fire in front of the embassy and died of his critical injuries. Several speakers are featured, including: Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss; Kymone Freeman of WeAct Radio; Danaka Katkovich, national co-director of Code Pink reading a statement by former U.S airmen and whistleblower Daniel Hale. Plus, Historian Gerald Horne on Michigan Uncommitted… Plus Headlines on the Flour M...

In our second excerpt from the documentary, “The Occupation of the American Mind,” Israel’s 1982 attack on Lebanon, and the massacre of hundreds of Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, forces Israel to adopt a robust strategy of propaganda called hasbara. And a new book offers the untold history of Israel and Palestinian resistance. We speak with Richard Becker about the just-released second edition of his book, Palestine, Israel, and U.S. Empire. Please make an urgently needed,...

If corporate media’s coverage of the genocide in Gaza leaves you with that upside down feeling, you re not alone. Throughout Israel’s brutal 76-year system of occupation, ethnic cleansing and apartheid in Palestine, it has always portrayed itself not as the occupier but as the victim. We speak to author and film director Sut Jhally. And as Israel’s narrative become more and more over the top this time, perhaps we are witnessing that the propaganda of empire is breaking down along with the empir...

John Pilger’s documentary, ‘Palestine is Still the Issue,’ is an unflinching analysis of state terrorism perpetrated by Israel. It is as relevant today as it was when he completed it more than 20 years ago. Then as now, good reporters in Palestine only need show actual facts on the ground to deliver a devastating account of the brutal 76-year occupation, and Palestinian resistance. Plus headlines The show is made possible only by our volunteer energy, our resolve to keep the people’s voices on ...

As more than 100,000 Palestinians have been killed or seriously injured in Israel’s ongoing attack on Gaza, we present for this hour journalist and author Chris Hedges speaking on “The Death of Israel: How a Settler Colonial State Destroyed Itself.” Hedges argues that if the Gaza slaughter continues, supported by the United States, the UK and Europe, it signals a dangerous new world order. Plus Headlines. He spoke January 18, 2024 at the The Islamic Society of Central New Jersey. He was introdu...

In its highly anticipated preliminary ruling, the International Court of Justice stops short of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza but will allow South Africa’s case of genocide against Israel to go forward. We discuss the latest with author and historian Gerald Horne. At the Bigger Than Roe Women’s March 2024, Black Lives Matter activists in DC speak out on the link between state violence and reproductive justice. Plus headlines. With: Gerald Horne, Keanna Johnson, Nee-Nee Tay, Tabitha St. Bernard-J...