‘It’s a deeply colonial mindset… a deeply held belief that white people in the United States can go and police brown people around the world.’ In this episode of Real Talk, former Ecuadorian foreign minister Guillaume Long reacts to the United States’ abduction of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and shares his views on why this action is rooted in colonialism.

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Our guest this week was born in 1943, in what was then British India - modern day Pakistan. Unlike most, who have learned history through books and second-hand sources, he has witnessed first-hand much of the 20th and 21st centuries. Tariq Ali founded Verso Books, the leading left-wing publishing house in Britain, as well as the New Left Review. He met Malcolm X, was friends with John Lennon and Hugo Chavez, and spearheaded the anti-Vietnam War movement.

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The US weighs its military options in Iran. Plus: Robert Jenrick sacked from the shadow cabinet, and the eyebrow-raising attempt at rewriting the history of October 7th.

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Sina Rahmani, host of East Is a Podcast, joins the show as the threat of a U.S. attack on Iran looms. Rahmani breaks down Washington’s long campaign of aggression against Iran— from crippling sanctions to covert and overt attacks— and explains how years of economic siege have fueled hardship and unrest. He argues that Iran is being targeted not for “human rights,” but for supporting Palestine, defending its sovereignty, and challenging U.S. dominance in a shifting multipolar world. Jamal Abdi, President of the National Iranian American Council, joins the show to discuss how Washington is weaponizing protests inside Iran to justify war. Abdi will explain how genuine economic grievances— worsened by U.S. sanctions— are being cynically manipulated by U.S. and Israeli officials to sell bombing and regime change to the public. He warns that the last thing Iranians need is foreign military strikes and that any U.S. assault on Iran would be unauthorized and illegal under both U.S. and international law— risking a far wider regional war.

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The U.S. military raid on Venezuela on January 3 shocked the world. On Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s former foreign minister, to explain what actually happened and to respond directly to U.S. media narratives about “betrayal,” regime change, and control.

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Husayn Karimi, labor organizer and journalist with On the Line, joins the show as a preparation for a statewide economic shutdown rapidly builds in Minnesota. Workers, students, and community groups are preparing to disrupt business as usual on January 23 in response to the killing of Renee Good and the largest federal ICE operation in state history, demanding an end to ICE terror and deportation raids. Can Minneapolis ignite a national general strike against ICE? Josh Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, joins the show to discuss the collapse of the ceasefire and integration deal between the Syrian government and the Syrian Democratic Forces after armed groups loyal to President Ahmad al-Sharaa attacked and massacred the Kurdish resistance forces — and what it means for Syria’s future.

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What if we could cheat death? Researchers are pushing the boundaries of what it means to grow older.

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speaks to Temir Porras, who has worked at the highest levels of government during Hugo Chávez’s presidency in Venezuela, including as chief of staff to then-foreign minister Nicolás Maduro.








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As part of the Minnesota statewide strike, workers at the Minneapolis–St. Paul (MSP) airport are joining a walkout and sit-in to demand ICE out of Minnesota.


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Keir Starmer’s allies have some questionable tactics up their sleeves to prevent a coup by Andy Burnham. Plus: We speak to Meghan Bodette from the Kurdish Peace Institute about the future of Syria, new data suggests that liberal democracy is close to collapse, & Trump claims NATO troops in Afghanistan avoided the frontline.

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