Pants on Fire: Exposing Ruling Class Lies

In this episode, Amiad joins us to debunk the idea that sanctions are a "non-violent" form of warfare. The US empire claims that its harsh sanctions target foreign officials, businesspeople, and elites, the truth is that sanctions have caused more deaths worldwide than all weapons of mass destruction throughout history. Sanctions target civilians, often from the poorest countries on earth, and they specifically hit the young, the elderly, and the sick hardest.

Show notes:

Amiad's article in People's World: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/sanctions-only-create-suffering-for-poor-people-so-why-keep-imposing-them/

Sanctions Kill: https://sanctionskill.org/

In this episode, we talk to Duncan, a peace activist from the Asia-Pacific Subcommittee of the Peace & Solidarity Commission, about the One China Principle and how US imperialists are escalating their attempts to incite separatist groups inside Taiwan, jeopardizing peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, and obstructing the Chinese government's efforts towards peaceful reunification. Duncan gives us a brief history lesson and we discuss the importance of rebuilding the peace movement in the US.

Show Notes:

PRC State Council white paper summary: https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/whitepaper/202208/10/content_WS62f34f46c6d02e533532f0ac.html

Full Text: The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era: https://english.news.cn/20220810/df9d3b8702154b34bbf1d451b99bf64a/c.html

In this episode of Pants On Fire, two young comrades - Calla and Dylan - join us to discuss their recent visit to Cuba to attend the Building Our Future Today Youth Conference, hosted by the Unión de Jóvenes Comunistas (UJC). They share their experience and talk about the important work that the National Network on Cuba (NNOC) is doing, and ways to get involved in Cuban solidarity work.

Calla's article: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-youth-get-inside-look-at-how-cuban-elections-really-work/

Dylan's article: https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/americans-could-beat-lung-cancer-if-u-s-lifted-blockade-of-cuba/

Cuban Election Day Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClrWp0cgsR6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

National Network On Cuba 

- Website: https://nnoc.org/

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nnocuba

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalnetwork4cuba/

In this episode, we talk to Andres, co-chair of the Americas subcommittee of CPUSA's Peace and Solidarity Commission and president and CEO of Inclusion Americas, as well as Alvaro, chair of CPUSA's International Department and the Texas district chair. We discuss the myths and lies about immigration and how US imperialism is at the heart of the issue.

Show Notes:

US Immigration: Myths Vs. Facts - pamphlet published by the CPUSA Political Action Commission.

In Americas - non-profit organization that works to increase social-economic equity and the end of institutional racism in the United States.

In this episode, we talk to Amiad from Vietnam about the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, USCIRF. This commission is funded by the US government, and its purpose is to monitor countries around the world for any violations of religious freedom. Commissioners are appointed by the president, secretary of state, and congress. USCIRF has been criticized (correctly) for having a pro-Christian, right-wing bias, and for the controversial figures like Tony Perkins and Gary Bauer, who have served on the commission. We talk about the implications for the people living in what USCIRF designates as "countries of particular concern," and the commission's obvious anti-communist, anti-socialist bias in how it determines what countries to put on its watch lists.

In this first episode of Pants On Fire, we are joined by Rossana from CPUSA to discuss her recent visit to Havana to attend the International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties. We discuss the Cuban embargo and its implications for not only the Cuban people, but the entire world.