Rania Khalek Dispatches

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Rania Khalek Dispatches episodes:

05.02.2024
Roughed Up for Protesting Genocide at the White House Correspondents Dinner
Rania Khalek is joined by Codepink’s Medea Benjamin for a special live episode of Dispatches to discuss the corporate media’s complicity in the US-funded genocide in Gaza and her recent disruption of the White House Correspondents Dinner, where she and...
04.25.2024
How Israel Weaponizes the Holocaust to Justify Killing Palestinians
Rania Khalek was joined by Tony Greenstein, a longstanding Jewish anti-Zionist, Marxist and anti-fascist activist from the UK and author of the book “Zionism During the Holocaust.” This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available...
04.11.2024
Axis of Genocide: US Doublespeak Can’t Hide Israel’s Blatant War Crimes
Rania Khalek was joined by Assal Rad, who holds a PhD in Modern Middle East History and is the author of “State of Resistance: Politics, Culture & Identity in Modern Iran.” This is just part of this episode. The...
04.08.2024
Europeans Have No Right to Tell Palestinians How to Escape Their Prison w/ Yanis Varoufakis
Rania Khalek was joined by Yanis Varoufakis, economist, political leader, former Finance Minister of Greece and the author of many books including his latest “Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism,” to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
04.03.2024
Exposing the Ruling Class’s Cartoonish History of Socialism, Stalin and WW2
Pro-capitalist ideologues in politics, media and academia have been hard at work slandering the left in an effort to subvert any true understanding of socialist history. They do this by constructing narratives around socialism, communism and leaders of socialist states...
03.26.2024
Hyperimperialism: US/NATO’s Dangerous and Decadent New Stage, w/ Vijay Prashad
What is this new era of “Hyperimperialism” for the US/NATO Empire? Where do Gaza, Ukraine, and the Cold War on China fit in? How is the decline of Global North hegemony shifting the geopolitical landscape? Are there new possibilities for...
03.21.2024
Demolishing Israel’s Colonial Feminism In Gaza, w/ Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi
To discuss colonial feminism in the context of Gaza, Rania Khalek was joined by Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, the founding Director and Senior scholar of the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program at San Francisco State University and head...
03.20.2024
Israel’s Pathological Lies & How Gaza Changed the World, 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.
03.18.2024
Humiliated In Ukraine, Exposed In Gaza: What It Means for Decline of the West, w/ Arnaud Bertrand
Despite facing defeat in Ukraine, Western powers are determined to continue fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. They insist on antagonizing China in ridiculous ways, with US members of Congress now demanding TikTok be banned. They have zero shame about...
03.11.2024
Israel’s Descent Into Madness & the Holocaust Comparison, w/ Tarik Cyril Amar
Rania Khalek was joined by Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany and associate professor at Koc University in Istanbul, to discuss Israel’s descent into genocidal fascism. Prof. Amar addresses whether it’s useful to make Holocaust and Nazi comparisons and...
03.04.2024
Michigan Shocks DNC: Will Gaza Genocide Cost Biden the Election?
Over 100,000 Michigan Democrats sent an unmistakeable message that the genocide against the Palestinians would not be forgotten in November. Rania Khalek is joined by Prem Thakker, politics reporter for The Intercept, to discuss the potential political fallout of Biden’s...
02.26.2024
‘If You Have A Platform Use It’: Why Pop Stars Should Speak Up For Palestine, w/ Singer Leila Hegazy
Throughout Israel’s genocide in Gaza, those who care have used their skills in beautiful and inspiring ways to help bring attention to the struggle for justice in Palestine. One of those people is musician Leila Hegazy, an Egyptian-Italian-American solo artist...
02.20.2024
Blacklisting and Bullying Won’t Stop Us from Saying ‘Free Palestine’ w/ Alana Hadid
Fashion icon Alana Hadid joined Rania Khalek to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the importance of speaking out against it despite the costs. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News Members...
02.19.2024
Israel’s Industrial-Scale Cruelty in Gaza is Made in USA & UK, w/ Lowkey
Rania Khalek was joined by rapper and activist Lowkey to discuss Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He’s also host of 'The Watchdog' podcast on MintPress News. This is just part of this episode. The full interview is available for Breakthrough News...
02.18.2024
The Struggle to Liberate Palestine is a Battle for the Future of Humanity, w/ Matteo Capasso
The fight against western-financed mass slaughter in Gaza isn’t just a struggle to liberate Palestine but rather a battle for the future of humanity and a battle to liberate us all. To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined...
02.13.2024
Why Does Iran Support Palestine & the “Axis of Resistance?”
What is Iran’s role in the resistance axis? Why does Iran support Palestine? Is it anti-imperialism or self-interest? And how do average Iranians feel about it? To discuss this Rania Khalek was joined by Navid Zarrinal, a Postdoctoral Fellow in...
02.01.2024
Israel is a European Invention & Gaza Genocide Was Made in West, w/ MEPs Clare Daly & Mick Wallace
Listen to the entire episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-is-in-97649308 Why does Europe support Israel so much? What does Europe gain from the occupation of Palestine and further escalation across the Middle East? How much of this is Europe following its own interests...
01.26.2024
Lesser Evilism and Gaza Genocide: Vote Blue No Matter Who? w/ Briahna Joy Gray
Listen to the full interview here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-and-w-97253263 Democratic leadership said in 2020 that people needed to vote for Joe Biden because another Trump term would bring about the worst case scenario. But Joe Biden is facilitating a genocide in Gaza. What...
01.25.2024
Horn of Africa: Unity and Disintegration in 2024? w/ Eugene Puryear
Rania Khalek will be joined by Eugene Puryear for a special live episode of Dispatches to discuss developments across the Horn of Africa.
01.23.2024
Confronting the Biden Admin’s Lies About Israel & Gaza, w/ Reporter Said Arikat
Listen to the full episode on the BreakThrough News Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-biden-97012634 Rania Khalek was joined by Palestinian journalist Said Arikat who has been regularly holding the Biden administration's feet to the fire by challenging his spokespeople. This is just part of...
01.18.2024
Accumulation of Death: How Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Serves U.S. Imperialism, w/ Prof. Ali Kadri
Where does Israel’s genocide in Gaza fit in to our late stage global imperialist order? What does it mean about the role of Zionism in the Middle East? How do the U.S. wars on other Middle Eastern countries factor in?...
01.12.2024
UN Official: Gaza Genocide is ‘Monstrosity That Will Mark Our Century’
Does Israel really have the “right to defend itself” against people it occupies? What about Palestinians, don’t they have a right to defend themselves from their occupiers? How serious is South Africa’s case charging Israel with genocide at the International...
01.05.2024
Failing in Gaza, Escalating in Lebanon: Will Israel Set Fire to Entire Region? w/ Elijah Magnier
As Israel continues its genocide on Gaza, it is ramping up its attacks in Lebanon and Syria while the US strikes Iraq and Yemen, bringing the Middle East closer to the brink of regional war. To discuss this and...
12.22.2023
Israel Is Using Infectious Disease & Starvation to Make Gaza Unlivable
By targeting hospitals and doctors while cutting off water, food and electricity and concentrating Palestinians into smaller and smaller zones of death in Gaza, the Israelis are creating a public health crisis that will kill even more Palestinians with infectious...
12.22.2023
Will Israel’s Gaza Genocide Reshuffle the Regional & Global Order?
What does the genocide in Gaza mean for the surrounding Arab states? Do their oppositional responses even matter or is it all just symbolic? How will this impact the Abraham Accords and other normalization efforts? Why won’t the Gulf states...
12.20.2023
The history of Antisemitism, Zionism & Palestinian Resistance to Colonization, w/ As’ad Abukhalil
Israel has been stealing Palestine for more than 100 years. What are the roots of the genocide in Gaza? How did Zionism form? What has Palestinian resistance to the Zionist project looked like throughout history and how has it impacted...
12.14.2023
Israel’s Never-Ending Wars on Its Neighbors & What Comes Next, w/ Ghadi Francis
Listen to the entire episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-never-94662711 There appear to be no “red lines” for what Israel can do as U.S. officials twist themselves in knots to justify genocide in Gaza with racist and dehumanizing tropes. To help us understand...
12.05.2023
Horrors In Gaza & Israel’s Sloppy Propaganda
Two months into the genocide in Gaza, Israel’s propaganda has never been more transparent and sloppy. To discuss this and critical historical context, Rania Khalek is joined by Mouin Rabbani, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian...
12.04.2023
Resistance Axis: Israel Can’t Fight All Fronts at Same Time, w/ Al-Jazeera Correspondent
What is the “resistance axis” and why does it matter in Israel’s genocide on Gaza? What is it like on the ground in Lebanon’s south where Hezbollah has been fiercely confronting the Israeli army in support of Gaza? What are...
11.27.2023
Israel’s Global Operation to Bully Students and Silence Anti-Genocide Jews, w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman
Israel’s war on Palestine isn’t limited to Gaza. It’s global. In the US it takes the form of censorship, bullying, intimidation, doxxing, accusations of antisemitism, attacking people’s livelihoods, and increasingly lobbying for the state to prosecute anyone who dares to...
11.21.2023
Israel Vows Extermination, Ignoring World Demand to End Gaza Genocide, w/ As’ad Abukhalil
The Israelis and their US sponsors have created a world where it’s normal to fire on hospitals, journalists and UN workers while killing 5,500 children in 45 days. Rania Khalek will be joined by Prof. As’ad Abukhalil for a special live...
11.17.2023
Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South
Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-in-93064780 This is a mask off moment for the imperialist West. All of the sociopathic narcissism that underpins the dystopian global order they created is on display for everyone to see. They have made...
11.13.2023
UN Official Who Resigned in Disgust: Gaza is ‘Textbook Case Of Genocide’
Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-un-in-92827009 Craig Mokhiber worked at the UN for three decades and recently resigned from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights over its failure to address what he called a “textbook case...
11.10.2023
Gaza Exposes Naked Brutality and Deeper Crisis of US-Led World Order
Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-gaza-92659388 To discuss the implications of Israel’s onslaught on global politics in an increasingly multipolar world, how the rift between the imperialist countries and the rest of the world has never been more stark,...
11.07.2023
Ukraine to Gaza, Europe is on a Self-Destructive War Drive w/ Prof Wolfgang Streeck
Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ukraine-to-gaza-92464031 So what’s new with the war in Ukraine? Is anyone winning? How will it impact the future of Europe and NATO? What are the similarities to the war on Gaza? How will escalation...
10.28.2023
Genocidal Onslaught on Gaza Shocks Conscience of the World, w/ Abby Martin
Listen to the extended version of this interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-genocidal-91798227 Israel’s genocide in Gaza has shocked the conscience of the entire world, with an endless flow of videos and images of Palestinian children cut into pieces by American bombs dropped...
10.21.2023
Hamas Rep Responds: Will There Be a Ceasefire, or is Regional War Coming?
With the death toll climbing by the hour in Gaza, including over 1000 children, the whole world is wondering if there will be a ceasefire or if a larger war is likely. Rania Khalek asked Osama Hamdan, a senior representative...
10.19.2023
Israel’s Genocide in Gaza at Fever Pitch & Potential for Regional War w/ Ali Abunimah & Rania Khalek
As Israel’s war on Gaza heats up with the potential to escalate into a regional fight, Rania Khalek hosts a special live episode of Dispatches w/ Ali Abunimah, executive director of the @TheElectronicIntifada and author of The Battle for...
10.02.2023
Not Just Coups: Meet the People’s Movements in the Streets of West Africa w/ Kambale Musavuli
Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-not-w-90192326 The West African countries of Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali are in rebellion against their former colonial masters, while the imperialists of the Global North try desperately to contain the situation. But the...
09.21.2023
The China Factor: Why Four Middle East Countries Are Joining BRICS
Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-china-89625885 Four of the six new BRICS countries - Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE - are in the Middle East. What does this mean for the region, for multipolarity, for the Cold...
09.01.2023
Can BRICS Be Anti-Imperialist With Countries Like India and Saudi Arabia? w/ Prabhat Patnaik
Listen to the full interview on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-can-w-88623146 How much of a challenge to Western hegemony does the expansion of BRICS actually pose? How much of this has been brought on by the West’s own hubris? What should we make...
08.26.2023
How Old Colonial Narratives Are Used to Denigrate Africa’s Ties with China & Russia
Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-how-88285425 We’re told that countries across the Global South are poor and plagued by violence not because of colonialism, imperialism, never ending Western wars, resource theft and destabilization campaigns. Rather, it’s because they’re ruled...
08.20.2023
Russia’s Communist Party on Ukraine: ‘If We Lose This Conflict, We Will Be Destroyed’
Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-party-88241590 The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) is the second largest party in Russia, yet their views are often ignored in Western media. How do they view the war in Ukraine, the...
08.18.2023
History of NATO Destruction of Global South & CIA Infiltration of Third World Textbooks
Listen to the full episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-of-of-87855875 To discuss the brutal history of NATO intervention in the Third World and CIA infiltration of education in targeted countries, Rania Khalek was joined by Essam Elkorghli, a Libyan PhD student at the...
08.12.2023
Fortress Imperialism: Border Industrial Complex Is Meant to Kill, from the U.S. to Europe
Border policy in the Global North has been crafted to intentionally cause people to die of thirst in the Arizona desert and drown in the Mediterranean sea as a form of deterrence. But why are people picking up and leaving...
08.08.2023
Will US & France Intervene in Niger? Anti-Colonial Sentiment Explodes Across West Africa, w/ Eugene Puryear
Breakthrough News journalist Eugene Puryear joins Rania Khalek for a special live episode of Dispatches on Tuesday August 8 at 12pm ET to discuss the latest developments in Niger following threats of military intervention by Western governments and their regional...
08.03.2023
East Germany Re-Examined: Why Its Legacy of Socialism & Anti-Imperialism Still Matters
Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-east-87132481 East Germany, or the German Democratic Republic (GDR), is remembered in the West as the antithesis to freedom and democracy. But the history and reality of the GDR was far more complex. Not...
07.31.2023
Is the US Proxy War in Ukraine Making Europe Poorer? w/ Tarik Cyril Amar
Listen to the entire interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-is-us-86956303 Western sanctions on Russia, previously Europe’s biggest natural gas supplier, has lowered European living standards in the sweltering heat while exacerbating fuel and food shortages around the world. And that’s not all —...
07.21.2023
Chinese ‘Foreign Agents’ and the New Era of McCarthyism, w/ Amanda Yee
Listen to the entire interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-and-w-86459089 The Red Scare is back. This new era of McCarthyism depends on loose and selective interpretation and enforcement of existing legal measures with some racial profiling and guilt-by-association mixed in. People are being...
07.18.2023
Anti-Palestinian Fanatics Target Professors in the US: How Rabab Abdulhadi Won
Listen to the full interview on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/full-audio-anti-86303559 For decades anti-Palestinian fanatics have harassed and attacked professors and students who dare to speak out against Israeli apartheid, going after their reputations and livelihoods with media smears and legal assaults. Why is...

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Rania Khalek Dispatches episodes:

Roughed Up for Protesting Genocide at the White House Correspondents Dinner

How Israel Weaponizes the Holocaust to Justify Killing Palestinians

Axis of Genocide: US Doublespeak Can’t Hide Israel’s Blatant War Crimes

Europeans Have No Right to Tell Palestinians How to Escape Their Prison w/ Yanis Varoufakis

Exposing the Ruling Class’s Cartoonish History of Socialism, Stalin and WW2

Hyperimperialism: US/NATO’s Dangerous and Decadent New Stage, w/ Vijay Prashad

Demolishing Israel’s Colonial Feminism In Gaza, w/ Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi

Israel’s Pathological Lies & How Gaza Changed the World, w/ Ali Abunimah

Humiliated In Ukraine, Exposed In Gaza: What It Means for Decline of the West, w/ Arnaud Bertrand

Israel’s Descent Into Madness & the Holocaust Comparison, w/ Tarik Cyril Amar

Michigan Shocks DNC: Will Gaza Genocide Cost Biden the Election?

‘If You Have A Platform Use It’: Why Pop Stars Should Speak Up For Palestine, w/ Singer Leila Hegazy

Blacklisting and Bullying Won’t Stop Us from Saying ‘Free Palestine’ w/ Alana Hadid

Israel’s Industrial-Scale Cruelty in Gaza is Made in USA & UK, w/ Lowkey

The Struggle to Liberate Palestine is a Battle for the Future of Humanity, w/ Matteo Capasso

Why Does Iran Support Palestine & the “Axis of Resistance?”

Israel is a European Invention & Gaza Genocide Was Made in West, w/ MEPs Clare Daly & Mick Wallace

Lesser Evilism and Gaza Genocide: Vote Blue No Matter Who? w/ Briahna Joy Gray

Horn of Africa: Unity and Disintegration in 2024? w/ Eugene Puryear

Confronting the Biden Admin’s Lies About Israel & Gaza, w/ Reporter Said Arikat

Accumulation of Death: How Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Serves U.S. Imperialism, w/ Prof. Ali Kadri

UN Official: Gaza Genocide is ‘Monstrosity That Will Mark Our Century’

Failing in Gaza, Escalating in Lebanon: Will Israel Set Fire to Entire Region? w/ Elijah Magnier

Israel Is Using Infectious Disease & Starvation to Make Gaza Unlivable

Will Israel’s Gaza Genocide Reshuffle the Regional & Global Order?

The history of Antisemitism, Zionism & Palestinian Resistance to Colonization, w/ As’ad Abukhalil

Israel’s Never-Ending Wars on Its Neighbors & What Comes Next, w/ Ghadi Francis

Horrors In Gaza & Israel’s Sloppy Propaganda

Resistance Axis: Israel Can’t Fight All Fronts at Same Time, w/ Al-Jazeera Correspondent

Israel’s Global Operation to Bully Students and Silence Anti-Genocide Jews, w/ Nora Barrows-Friedman

Israel Vows Extermination, Ignoring World Demand to End Gaza Genocide, w/ As’ad Abukhalil

Renewed Fascism: In Gaza Western Elites Live Out Genocidal Fantasy Against Global South

UN Official Who Resigned in Disgust: Gaza is ‘Textbook Case Of Genocide’

Gaza Exposes Naked Brutality and Deeper Crisis of US-Led World Order

Ukraine to Gaza, Europe is on a Self-Destructive War Drive w/ Prof Wolfgang Streeck

Genocidal Onslaught on Gaza Shocks Conscience of the World, w/ Abby Martin

Hamas Rep Responds: Will There Be a Ceasefire, or is Regional War Coming?

Israel’s Genocide in Gaza at Fever Pitch & Potential for Regional War w/ Ali Abunimah & Rania Khalek

Not Just Coups: Meet the People’s Movements in the Streets of West Africa w/ Kambale Musavuli

The China Factor: Why Four Middle East Countries Are Joining BRICS

Can BRICS Be Anti-Imperialist With Countries Like India and Saudi Arabia? w/ Prabhat Patnaik

How Old Colonial Narratives Are Used to Denigrate Africa’s Ties with China & Russia

Russia’s Communist Party on Ukraine: ‘If We Lose This Conflict, We Will Be Destroyed’

History of NATO Destruction of Global South & CIA Infiltration of Third World Textbooks

Fortress Imperialism: Border Industrial Complex Is Meant to Kill, from the U.S. to Europe

Will US & France Intervene in Niger? Anti-Colonial Sentiment Explodes Across West Africa, w/ Eugene Puryear

East Germany Re-Examined: Why Its Legacy of Socialism & Anti-Imperialism Still Matters

Is the US Proxy War in Ukraine Making Europe Poorer? w/ Tarik Cyril Amar

Chinese ‘Foreign Agents’ and the New Era of McCarthyism, w/ Amanda Yee

Anti-Palestinian Fanatics Target Professors in the US: How Rabab Abdulhadi Won