Religious bigotry in the U.S. racializes Muslims and Arabs – particularly those in immigrant communities. This week’s episode tackles an ongoing trend where racism quashes religious freedom. Host Sahar Aziz and longtime war correspondent and Pr

Episode 6: The 100 Years' War on Palestine

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This episode delves into one hundred years of colonial war on the Palestinians, waged first by the Zionist movement and then Israel, while backed by Britain and the United States, the great powers of the age. Host Sahar Aziz and this week’s gue

Episode 5: Merge Left: A Fireside Chat

Apr 12th, 2024 39m 12s

The political manipulation of coded racism, also known as dog whistle politics, has evolved in the aftermath of the Trump presidency. Host Sahar Aziz and Berkeley Law Professor Ian Haney López discuss how merging the struggles for racial justic

Episode 04: Exporting the War on Terror: Islamophobia in Asia

Mar 26th, 2024 34m 24s

Host Sahar Aziz and Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law Professor Khaled Beydoun discuss the latest legal and political developments in the troubling rise of global Islamophobia in India, China, and other Asian countries

Episode 03: Shining a Light on New Jersey’s Secret State Intelligence System

Mar 12th, 2024 41m 29s

Civil liberties are vulnerable to infringement in large part due to the post-9/11 expansion of a government surveillance apparatus. Join us as we examine the threats to civil liberties and rights posed by Fusion Centers, as highlighted in the C

Episode 02: Consistent Partiality: U.S. Foreign Policy on Palestine-Israel

Feb 27th, 2024 30m 54s

Although the Biden administration talks about supporting democracy and human rights, it has maintained unconditional US support for Israel even as human rights organizations label it an apartheid state. What are the political and ideological fo

Episode 01: Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Feb 13th, 2024 55m 5s

Scholar Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitnick spotlight how holding fast to one-sided and unwaveringly pro-Israel policies reflects the truth-bending grip of authoritarianism on both Israel and the United States. 'Excep

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