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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In Minnesota, two well-known civil rights activists Nekima Levy Armstrong and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, as well as activist William Kelly were taken into federal custody on Thursday. Federal officials are calling the disruption, which injured no one, a “coordinated attack” and also "anti-Christian" — despite Armstrong being a Christian preacher herself who argues that ICE's activities violate the teachings of the gospel.

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Confidence in the police chief lost after the Israeli fan ban Plus: With interest rates rising, does the UK student loan system need reform? ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ director discusses the true story that cannot be forgotten.

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Is the era of American global dominance finally in decline? Does the Global South finally have a real alternative to the Western model of development? As the U.S. intensifies its aggression against the rest of the world — from attacks on Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro to tariff wars against its own neighbors — a new alternative is emerging. Political analyst Zoon Ahmed Khan joins Amanda Yee this week to discuss the rise of China’s “people-centered” development and its application in Belt and Road Initiative, its global governance model vs. the U.S., and why more and more countries, and even Western G7 nations like Canada, are turning towards strategic partnerships with Beijing.

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