Just one call.  No more weapons for you, Bibi/Israel.  How good it would be.

One of the weirdest things happening in the world today is the way US officials keep insisting that they are not at war with the groups they're dropping bombs on in the middle east, and that they do not seek conflict with the people they are attacking.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The US Keeps Bombing People While Saying It Doesn't Want To Fight

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss realistic alternatives to the neoliberal model of financialization, and tangible policies to build a productive, sustainable economy.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=o2HTc8yA4mI

Transcript: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/09/economic-solutions-neoliberalism-radhika-desai-michael-hudson

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Economic solutions: How to go from financialized neoliberalism to a productive, sustainable economy

So to summarize, the IDF has been packing the population of Gaza into the southernmost part of the enclave like toothpaste toward the end of a tube, and now they're going to attack that southernmost part, but it's totally not genocide and you're an evil Nazi if you say it is.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Pushing Gazans Into Rafah And Then Attacking Rafah, Killing UNRWA Funding Without Evidence

The Israeli state was born in 1948 when zionists colonized Palestine. What are the colonial roots of Israel and what role does Israel play in the pursuit of policies mirroring the interests of U.S. and western imperialism?

Brian is joined by Richard Becker, the author of the newly updated book, "Palestine, Israel, and U.S. Empire," published by 1804 Books.

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The Colonial Roots of Zionism: Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire

The Biden administration is feeding pleasing sound bites to the mass media about the president saying mean things about Netanyahu in order to placate their base, while having their foot firmly on the gas pedal of concrete actions toward continuing the genocide in Gaza.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Ignore What Western Officials Say About Israel; Watch Their Actions Instead

Four months. This has been happening for four months. If you're still supporting Israel after four months of atrocities, then you're just a shitty human being. After four months you've lost any possible claim to have overreacted to October 7 in the emotional heat of the moment, and this is just who you are as a person.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Continuing To Support Israel At This Point Just Means You're A Garbage Human Being

If I wanted to increase antisemitism, I imagine I'd do a lot of really evil stuff under a Star of David flag while adamantly insisting that my actions are inseparable from the Jewish people and the Jewish faith. I'd kill children by the thousands and commit genocidal atrocities.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Perfect Recipe For A Real Antisemitism Crisis

The entire western political-media class are currently rending their garments about the prison death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and are being joined by the propaganda-addled citizenry of the western empire. Meanwhile Julian Assange's last-ditch effort to appeal against extradition to the United States is coming up in a few days with a tiny fraction of the attention.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Crocodile Tears Over Navalny While Ignoring Assange

While visiting Serbia, China's President Xi Jinping condemned the US and NATO for bombing Beijing's embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia in 1999. Ben Norton discusses why Washington launched the attack, and lied about it. Then Ben analyzes China-Serbia relations and the Belt and Road Initiative.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=MILgSmiBLA8

Topics
0:00 Xi condemns US/NATO for bombing China's embassy
1:50 US attack was intentional
4:44 Protests in China
5:58 Civilian victims of NATO's war on Yugoslavia
7:34 China's relations with Yugoslavia
9:05 Belt and Road Initiative
10:21 Chinese investment in Serbian steel plant
17:38 Outro

Xi Jinping blasts US/NATO for bombing China's embassy in Serbia

This week we discuss a lawsuit which seeks to force New York City to end patterns of segregation in its public school system. Also, we discuss the history of the ongoing humanitarian and political crisis in Sudan. But first we talk to an MIT student who was suspended in the crackdown on Palestine solidarity protests.

Black Agenda Radio May 17, 2024

Political economists Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson are joined by Professor C.P. Chandrasekhar to discuss what is really happening in India's economy, if its government growth statistics and other official data are accurate, the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party BJP, and the country's 2024 elections.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3zt1ZYzWP7k

You can watch other episodes of their program Geopolitical Economy Hour here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDAi0NdlN8hMl9DkPLikDDGccibhYHnDP

Is India's economy truly thriving? Or is it exaggerating its growth?

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

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