Rania Khalek Dispatches from the Underclass

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Three weeks into the war on Iran, the conflict is expanding more than ever. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, energy infrastructure is under attack, and U.S. bases are increasingly vulnerable. Israel and Washington are escalating. According to Middle East expert Vali Nasr, this is actually all part of Iran’s strategy. Iran isn’t trying to […]

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As Israel expands its war on Iran and U.S. officials float the possibility of American boots on the ground, what is really happening behind the headlines? Iran expert at Johns Hopkins Vali Nasr joins Rania Khalek to explain: Why Iran prepared for decapitation strikes Why “regime collapse” is far from guaranteed How global oil supplies […]

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The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran enters day two, with bombs falling across the Middle East. After assassinating Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Washington and Tel Aviv push for rapid regime change, but Iran is escalating across every GCC country hosting U.S. forces. Iran, Tel Aviv, and the Gulf states are all taking unprecedented hits. Join […]

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We’re joined live by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, “Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law,” unpacks how recent U.S. aggression from Venezuela to Gaza signals a dangerous unraveling of the post-World War II legal order.

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  What’s really behind the nightmare at the border? In a special mixed media edition of my BreakThrough News program Dispatches, I expose a bipartisan crisis of imperialism decades in the making. Check it out! PODCAST (subscribe to Dispatches with Rania Khalek onSPOTIFY). VIDEO

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I joined The Grayzone’s Anya Parampil on her show Red Lines for a conversation about the impeachment soap opera that Democrats subjected us to last week despite knowing they wouldn’t have the votes. Meanwhile, no help has arrived for Americans struggling through a pandemic depression.

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