Abby Martin speaks to Tariq Habash, a senior Education Department official appointed by Biden, about his decision to publicly resign over the administration’s Israel policy. WATCH this interview at https://youtu.be/Pe5rZR_CYl0?si=LrogBuobwMhwGd6b

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Discussion with Biden Official Who Quit in Protest Over Gaza

Look for fresh opportunities to show westerners that the mass media are deceiving and propagandizing them to get them questioning their assumptions about what they've been told about the world. Look for fresh opportunities to show them evidence that the US war machine is the most murderous and destructive force on this planet. Look for fresh opportunities to show them how status quo systems create a far less beneficial society and a far less healthy world than what we could have under different systems. You never know what could be the one thing that snaps somebody's eyes open.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Just Keep Bringing Awareness To The Depravity Of The Empire In As Many Ways As Possible

Many Latin American countries have accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people, even comparing it to Nazi Germany. Ben Norton explains the responses of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela.

VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=63Zj691F8Iw

Topics
0:00 Intro
0:54 Latin American countries that support Palestine
1:47 ICJ or ICC? Differences
2:41 ICJ says Israel can be investigated for genocide
3:32 Israel's war on Gaza is most destructive in modern history
4:20 Brazil's President Lula compares Israel to Nazi Germany
6:01 Israeli media compares Netanyahu's government to Nazis
8:18 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro accuses Israel of genocide
9:43 Bolivia's ex-President Evo Morales accuses Israel of genocide
10:22 US imperialism in Latin America and West Asia
12:08 Venezuela compares Israel to Nazi Germany
13:07 Nicaragua's President Ortega blasts West's "horrendous crimes"
13:56 Nicaragua joins South Africa's ICJ case
16:04 Cuba accuses Israel of genocide
16:39 Bolivia breaks diplomatic ties with Israel
16:58 Belize breaks diplomatic ties with Israel
17:08 Honduras recalls its ambassador in Israel
17:19 Latin America's right-wing governments support Israel
18:41 El Salvador's Nayib Bukele supports Israel
19:23 Argentina's Javier Milei supports Israel
20:21 Latin American left vs right
21:13 Latin America's anti-imperialist leadership
23:18 Outro

Latin America charges Israel with genocide, compares it to Nazi Germany

Shortly before his final act in this world, Bushnell posted the following message on Facebook:

"Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?'

"The answer is, you're doing it. Right now."

Aaron Bushnell has provided his own answer to this challenge. We're all providing our own right now.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Aaron Bushnell Burned Himself Alive To Make You Turn Your Eyes To Gaza

When the slaughter stops in Gaza
I will get to those cobwebs, promise,
and water that monstera,
and clean out that goo in the fridge.
When the slaughter stops in Gaza
I will youtube how to grow strawberries,
and whether dinosaurs ever had feathers,
and what's the deal with hibachis - 
is it something to do with fondue?
When the slaughter stops in Gaza
I will brush my hair out finally,
and call my Mum god bless her
and make her a perfect lasagna - 
no, two; I'll make one for freezing,
and I'll give Dad back his drill.
When the slaughter stops in Gaza
I will teach myself to play 'Nightswimming',
and do a drawing of that face
that I took a pic of with my camera
in that packed tram in peak-hour
Back Before All This Happened,
and I'll make some kind of cake.
When the slaughter stops in Gaza
I will sit with my love in our camp chairs,
our fingers entwined with our heart strings,
kicking coals awake til magpies
chortle "oh boy are you guys still up?"
and then I'll let him give me an orgasm - 
the kind that rips through veils.
When the slaughter stops in Gaza
I'll have my friend for dinner,
and we can watch her vampire show
and talk about her Dad
who died seven millennia and three lives ago
in September of 2023.
And we will lay upon the couch
our teeth stained black with wine,
and we will giggle about dumb things,
and one of us will fart
and the other will fall off the couch,
and it will be good and kind and sweet,
and not once will we see dead babies
or kids ripped from their mums,
or servicemen lit on fire
screaming "Free Palestine, FREE PALESTINE!"
and have our hearts thump in our mouths,
teeth clacking like a piano,
nails digging into flesh,
because everything is awful
and nothing makes sense,
and those men are so horrible,
and why won't they stop them
and why won't they stop them
and why won't they stop
why won't they stop.
But until then, I will roll out of bed,
do a chore and eat a thing,
brush my teeth and drink some water
thump my chest and howl in sorrow
hug my babies, sniff their hair,
and get back in the fight.

When The Slaughter Stops In Gaza

You have either consciously chosen to side with the people who are being continually massacred by Israel, or you have consciously chosen to side with Israel, or you have sided with Israel by being "neutral", or you have sided with Israel by being indifferent.

Reading by Tim Foley.

You Have Already Taken A Side On Israel-Palestine (Whether You Admit It Or Not)

In the case of suicide as we conventionally understand it, death is the goal. It is the both the means and the end, in and of itself. Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation was a means to a very different end: a free Palestine and the cessation of an ongoing genocide.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Aaron Bushnell's Death Can't Rightly Be Called An Act Of Suicide

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, admitted that the “era of Western dominance has indeed definitively ended”. He warned that the EU must not divide the world into “the West against the Rest”, as “many in the ‘Global South’ accuse us of ‘double standards’”. Ben Norton analyzes the historic shift.

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

Sources and more information here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/02/26/western-dominance-ended-eu-josep-borrell/

Related videos:
- EU confesses 'our prosperity was based on China & Russia': cheap energy, low-paid labor, big market: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/18/eu-prosperity-china-russia-energy-market/
- West votes against democracy, human rights, cultural equality at UN; promotes mercenaries, sanctions: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/11/26/west-vote-democracy-human-rights-un-sanctions/

Topics
0:00 "Western dominance has ended"
2:41 Europe's "prosperity was based on China and Russia"
4:05 West vs. the Rest
5:07 Ukraine and NATO
7:05 Europe becoming US "vassal"
8:06 West votes against rest of world at UN
12:44 US-led imperialist system
18:58 Terms "Global South" and "West"
24:54 Outro

‘Western dominance has ended’, EU foreign-policy chief admits, warning of ‘West against the Rest’

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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?

The Duran Quick Take: Episode 90.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss UK Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement that if her deal or a no-deal Brexit is rejected by MPs in the House of Commons, then her government will propose delaying the UK’s exit from the European Union.

In a similar retreat, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced that his party will either table or support an amendment backing a second Brexit referendum this week.

Corbyn said that Labour would support a second referendum in order to avoid a “damaging Tory Brexit”.  Corbyn went on to accuse Theresa May of “recklessly running down the clock” in an attempt to force MPs to choose between her “botched deal” or a “disastrous no deal” scenario.

SHAMEFUL! May and Corbyn fold on Brexit. Delay and 2nd referendum on the table

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