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James is joined by Andrew and Michael Paarlberg to discuss the Trump administration’s campaign of drone strikes against boats in the Caribbean and the regional response.

Sources:

https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/the-caribbeans-zone-of-peace-under-threat-a-conversation-with-david-abdulah/

https://newsday.co.tt/2025/10/20/trinidad-and-tobago-stands-firm-with-us-on-regional-security/

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Margaret reads you a haunted house story about real estate desirability.

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- Squatting with Andrew

- Domination Is Peace: Trump’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

- The Economics of the Tariff Regime

- New Wall Construction and Borderlands Resistance

- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #38

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Sources:

Squatting with Andrew

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-hidden-histories-of-resistance

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anders-corr-anarchist-squatting-and-land-use-in-the-west

Domination Is Peace: Trump’s 20 Point Peace Plan for Palestine feat. Dana El Kurd

Testimonies of Palestinian prisoners - https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-prisoners-tell-horrific-rape-israeli-detention 

Return of Palestinian bodies - https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-bodies-hostages-gaza-ceasefire-aid-trump-rcna238128 

Greta Thunberg on her experience in Israeli prison - https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face 

20 point peace plan - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o

Board of Peace - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/1/trumps-gaza-board-of-peace-promises-tony-blair-yet-another-payday 

Jared Kushner Peace to Prosperity Plan - https://www.un.org/unispal/document/peace-to-prosperity-a-vision-to-improve-the-lives-of-the-palestinian-and-israeli-people-us-government-peace-plan/ 

Hamas on disarmament - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-aims-keep-grip-gaza-security-cant-commit-disarm-senior-official-says-2025-10-17/ 

Palestinian public opinion on Palestinian Authority - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2095%20press%20release%206May2025%20ENGLISH.pdf 

International Tribunal on Yugoslavia - https://www.icty.org/en/content/slobodan-milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87-trial-prosecutions-case 

On Bosnia - https://theconversation.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina-world-leaders-risk-renewed-violence-if-the-country-breaks-apart-171068

UN commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory report - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf 

Marika Sosnowski on ceasefires - https://theconversation.com/the-gaza-ceasefire-deal-could-be-a-strangle-contract-with-israel-holding-all-the-cards-267208 

Palestinians in Gaza killed after ceasefire - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/14/live-trump-signs-gaza-ceasefire-deal-with-leaders-of-qatar-egypt-turkiye

Palestinian child in West Bank killed - http://bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g9p0ppe0o

Palestinian family homes raided - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-bank-israel-raids-homes-prisoners-be-released-Gaza-ceasefire-deal

Netanyahu on Rafah - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-rafah-crossing-reopening-b2847869.html

The Economics of the Tariff Regime

https://archive.ph/YUg11

https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2025/october/eu-proposes-new-safeguard-measures-to-protect-its-steel-industry/

https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look

https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay/alma992976480893401631/44MAN_INST:MU_NUI

https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/misery-and-debt

New Wall Construction and Borderlands Resistance

https://www.sierraclub.org/arizona/blog/2025/10/no-more-walls-san-diego-county

https://givebutter.com/borderlandsresistance 

https://www.sierraclub.org/borderlands

https://borderwallresistance.com/

Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #38

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-china-visit-2026/

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/10/21/us-china-now-in-a-very-different-kind-of-trade-war-experts-warn

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/20/trump-china-trade-tariffs-rare-earths/86803021007/

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-tightens-rare-earth-export-controls-2025-10-09/

https://www.livemint.com/economy/india-us-trade-deal-likely-soon-huge-tariff-cuts-on-the-horizon-11761046733288.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-sets-date-for-meeting-with-chinas-xi-as-trade-tensions-rise-162418137.html

https://archive.vn/Xq4oy

https://archive.vn/njCSi

https://archive.vn/pQQzf

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/19/trump-colombia-petro-caribbean-strikes

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/whats-at-stake-during-trumps-visit-to-asia/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-eyes-china-export-curbs-as-trump-wobbles-on-meeting-with-chinas-xi-162418423.html

https://archive.vn/wJn9z

https://archive.vn/i9IJQ

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-ranchers-beef-tariffs-argentina.html

https://archive.vn/Osx1d#selection-1966.0-1970.0

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The gang discuss misleading reporting on ICE acquisitions, Trump's Argentina bailout, the Republican nazi group chat, celebrations of the Marine Corps 250th birthday and all the news from the past two weeks.

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-china-visit-2026/

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/10/21/us-china-now-in-a-very-different-kind-of-trade-war-experts-warn

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/20/trump-china-trade-tariffs-rare-earths/86803021007/

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-tightens-rare-earth-export-controls-2025-10-09/

https://www.livemint.com/economy/india-us-trade-deal-likely-soon-huge-tariff-cuts-on-the-horizon-11761046733288.html

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-trump-sets-date-for-meeting-with-chinas-xi-as-trade-tensions-rise-162418137.html

https://archive.vn/Xq4oy

https://archive.vn/njCSi

https://archive.vn/pQQzf

https://www.axios.com/2025/10/19/trump-colombia-petro-caribbean-strikes

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/whats-at-stake-during-trumps-visit-to-asia/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-us-eyes-china-export-curbs-as-trump-wobbles-on-meeting-with-chinas-xi-162418423.html

https://archive.vn/wJn9z

https://archive.vn/i9IJQ

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/trump-ranchers-beef-tariffs-argentina.html

https://archive.vn/Osx1d#selection-1966.0-1970.0

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James is joined by Erick Meza to discuss the plans for new border walls in San Diego and elsewhere, and how people are resisting the destruction of sacred spaces, wildlife habitat, and wilderness.

Sources:

https://www.sierraclub.org/arizona/blog/2025/10/no-more-walls-san-diego-county

https://givebutter.com/borderlandsresistance 

https://www.sierraclub.org/borderlands

https://borderwallresistance.com/

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Mia looks at the economics behind American and European steel tariffs to explain the push behind the broader tariff regime and how capitalism works.

Sources:

https://archive.ph/YUg11

https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/publications/alerts-and-updates/2025/october/eu-proposes-new-safeguard-measures-to-protect-its-steel-industry/

https://www.piie.com/blogs/china-economic-watch/chinas-excess-capacity-steel-fresh-look

https://www.librarysearch.manchester.ac.uk/discovery/fulldisplay/alma992976480893401631/44MAN_INST:MU_NUI

https://endnotes.org.uk/articles/misery-and-debt

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In this episode, Dana El Kurd examines what we know about the new 20 point peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, presented by President Trump. This plan helped facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza in the short term, but has dangerous limitations that will impact its success in the long term. This episode outlines the issues with this plan, with comparisons to other conflict resolution mechanisms around the world. 

Sources:

Testimonies of Palestinian prisoners - https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-prisoners-tell-horrific-rape-israeli-detention 

Return of Palestinian bodies - https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/israel-hamas-bodies-hostages-gaza-ceasefire-aid-trump-rcna238128 

Greta Thunberg on her experience in Israeli prison - https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25LgKq/greta-thunberg-they-kicked-me-every-time-the-flag-touched-my-face 

20 point peace plan - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o

Board of Peace - https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/10/1/trumps-gaza-board-of-peace-promises-tony-blair-yet-another-payday 

Jared Kushner Peace to Prosperity Plan - https://www.un.org/unispal/document/peace-to-prosperity-a-vision-to-improve-the-lives-of-the-palestinian-and-israeli-people-us-government-peace-plan/ 

Hamas on disarmament - https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-aims-keep-grip-gaza-security-cant-commit-disarm-senior-official-says-2025-10-17/ 

Palestinian public opinion on Palestinian Authority - https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2095%20press%20release%206May2025%20ENGLISH.pdf 

International Tribunal on Yugoslavia - https://www.icty.org/en/content/slobodan-milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87-trial-prosecutions-case 

On Bosnia - https://theconversation.com/bosnia-and-herzegovina-world-leaders-risk-renewed-violence-if-the-country-breaks-apart-171068

UN commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory report - https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/sessions-regular/session60/advance-version/a-hrc-60-crp-3.pdf 

Marika Sosnowski on ceasefires - https://theconversation.com/the-gaza-ceasefire-deal-could-be-a-strangle-contract-with-israel-holding-all-the-cards-267208 

Palestinians in Gaza killed after ceasefire - https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/10/14/live-trump-signs-gaza-ceasefire-deal-with-leaders-of-qatar-egypt-turkiye

Palestinian child in West Bank killed - http://bbc.com/news/articles/ce8g9p0ppe0o

Palestinian family homes raided - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/west-bank-israel-raids-homes-prisoners-be-released-Gaza-ceasefire-deal

Netanyahu on Rafah - https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/middle-east/israel-gaza-rafah-crossing-reopening-b2847869.html

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Andrew and James discuss the history and political function of squatting

Sources:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/crimethinc-hidden-histories-of-resistance

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anders-corr-anarchist-squatting-and-land-use-in-the-west

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Margaret reads you "The Open Window" by Saki and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" by Ambrose Bierce

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All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file. 

- CZM Rewind: Indigenous Peoples Day

- CZM Rewind: Title 42: How a Public Health Law Kills Refugees

- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 2: Migrant Stories

- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 3: The Mutual Aid Response

- CZM Rewind: Title 42, Pt 4: The Border Patrol

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