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Rania Khalek Dispatches

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Aug 28, 2024 • 32min

‘Unfathomable’ Israeli Crimes Backed By the ‘American War Machine’, w/ Egyptian Activist Rahma Zein

Rania Khalek was joined by Egyptian activist Rahma Zein to discuss the genocide in Gaza. 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.
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Aug 21, 2024 • 1h 24min

DNC Won’t Budge on Israel Support, Even as Genocide Sets Region Ablaze, w/ Ali Abunimah

Rania Khalek hosts a special live episode of Dispatches w/ Ali Abunimah, executive director of the Electronic Intifada and author of “The Battle for Justice in Palestine.” 
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Aug 16, 2024 • 36min

Miko Peled: Inside Israel’s ‘Insane Society’ that Systematically Tortures and Rapes Palestinians

To discuss Israel’s intensifying atrocities in Gaza, including its weaponization of rape, Rania Khalek was joined by Miko Peled, the son of an Israeli general and the head of the newly established Palestine House of Freedom in Washington, D.C. Peled is the author of “The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine.”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.
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Aug 12, 2024 • 1h 23min

How Will Iran Respond? Will Israel’s Assassination Spree Ignite All-Out War? w/ Elijah Magnier

Israel’s assassination spree across Iran and Lebanon amidst its ongoing genocide in Gaza has brought the  Middle East closer to the brink of regional war. To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek is joined by veteran war correspondent and analyst Elijah Magnier for a special live episode of Dispatches.  
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Jul 27, 2024 • 49min

North Korea in Geopolitics: US Threats, Russia’s Alliance and the Palestine Connection

To discuss the recent North Korean treaty with Russia, new threats from the U.S. and the untold history between North Korea and Palestine, Rania Khalek was joined by Ju-Hyun Park, a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, an anti-imperialist organization of Koreans in the U.S. for Korean  reunification and national liberation. They are also engagement editor at The Real News.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.Nodutdol just launched their new national U.S. out of Korea campaign, which you can learn more about here: https://usoutofkorea.orgYou can watch the last episode with Ju-Hyun on Dispatches here: https://youtu.be/acZVbISIZg4?si=1rnwtZWjK4ruSj2C 
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Jul 20, 2024 • 40min

Israel’s Cowardice, As Seen From Lebanon, w/ Ghadi Francis

To help us understand the view from Lebanon about the genocide in Gaza, Rania Khalek was joined by influential journalist Ghadi Francis.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.
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Jul 18, 2024 • 1h 4min

Israel Wants the World to Become Numb and Distracted, But the Genocide is Ongoing, w/ Mouin Rabbani

Nine months into an active genocide in Gaza, Rania Khalek is joined by Mouin Rabbani, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies.
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Jul 15, 2024 • 51min

How Third Parties Can Help Break the US Ruling Class’s Stranglehold Over Politics, w/ Eugene Puryear

How did the US end up with a two-party dictatorship? Are Trump and Biden really the only options? Does lesser evil voting work? If it’s meant to prevent the worst case scenario, then how come it didn’t prevent the genocide in Gaza? Is third party voting really as useless and fascist enabling as Democrats say? To discuss this and more Rania Khalek was joined by BT’s Eugene Puryear. 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.
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Jul 1, 2024 • 1h 2min

Zionism Before, During and After the Nazis: A History of Collusion, w/ Tony Greenstein

To discuss the Zionist movement’s untold history of collaboration with fascism, including Nazi Germany, Rania Khalek was joined by Tony Greenstein, a longstanding Jewish anti-Zionist, Marxist and anti-fascist activist from the UK and author of “Zionism During the Holocaust: The Weaponization of Memory in the Service of State and Nation.”Watch the extended version of this interview on our Patreon. Become a member at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content.
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Jun 24, 2024 • 48min

US Imperialism in Crisis: Century of Bullying Boomerangs Into Resistance on All Fronts

Is the fierce resistance to the genocide in Gaza a sign of an imperialist system in crisis? What are the various anti-imperialist fronts aligned against the US around the world and what is China’s role? What are the characteristics and contradictions of the US-led imperialist order and in what ways are the chickens coming home to roost in the imperial core? To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Nina Farnia, Assistant Professor of Law at Albany Law School, a longtime activist and a scholar of Critical Race Theory, with a focus on US imperialism and its impact on domestic law. Her forthcoming book is called “Imperialism: An American Story.”Watch the extended version of this interview on our Patreon. Become a member at https://www.Patreon.com/BreakthroughNews to access the full episode and other exclusive content. 

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