0:08 — Phyllis Bennis is a Middle East analyst and Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her books include Before & After: U.S. Foreign Policy & the War on Terror.
0:33 — Joel Beinin a Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University.
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4 Day Pause on Fire Agreed in Exchange for Hostages in Israel and Palestine; Plus, Israeli Political Strategy for Safe Hostage Exchange

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0:08 — Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, politician, author and the former finance minister of Greece. His latest book is “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.”




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Fund Drive Special with Yanis Varoufakis

0:08 — George Bisharat, Professor Emeritus at University of California College of Law, San Francisco. His research and writing focus on international legal aspects of Palestine/Israel and on U.S. policies toward the Middle East.
0:20 — Rebecca Gross is a PhD student in Literature at UC Santa Cruz and the UCSC Unit Chair for UAW 4811.
0:33 — Natasha Lennard is a columnist for The Intercept and associate director of the Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism graduate program at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is the author of “Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life.”
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ICC Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders; Plus, UAW 4811 Strike Begins in UC Santa Cruz; Academics Supporting Palestine Face Repression, Doxxing

0:08 — John Feffer is Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, Institute for Policy Studies.
0:33 — Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.
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Russia’s War in Ukraine; Plus, Corona Calls with Dr. Swartzberg

0:08 — Marni Fylling is a science illustrator, writer, and educator. Her latest books are Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Pacific Coast Tide Pools and Fylling’s Illustrated Guide to Nature in Your Neighborhood.
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4 Day Pause on Fire Agreed in Exchange for Hostages in Israel and Palestine; Plus, Israeli Political Strategy for Safe Hostage Exchange

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