Middle east

Reese Erlich, award-winning journalist and author of The Iran Agenda, and Muhammed Sahimi, correspondent with the The Tehran Bureau, break down internal politics and US imperial interventions from Iran to Afghanistan to Iraq and Pakistan.

A longtime grassroots Palestinian organizer reports on the Gaza Freedom March in Cairo, the arrest of West Bank grassroots leader Jamal Juma' and conditions in Gaza one year after the siege.

The Director of Veterans for Peace and a national leader in United for Peace and Justice respond to Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan and discuss grassroots and inside-the-beltway strategies for stopping the US war machine.

The Director of Veterans for Peace and a national leader in United for Peace and Justice respond to Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan and discuss grassroots and inside-the-beltway strategies for stopping the US war machine.

Two distinguished commentators on Afghanistan break down the internal dynamics of Afghan politics, the history of US-Afghan relations pre- and post-invasion, political relations between Afghanistan and its neighbors, and the pro-war and anti-war forces in the US.

The expert on
history and politics of the Third World breaks down the protest movement in
Iran and the underlying class dynamics and political powers struggles behind
the accusations of electoral fraud and the state crackdown on dissent.

Free Gaza Movement activist Huwaida Arraf, Electronic Intifada co-editor Ali Abunimah and reporting live from Gaza, Amal Subawi discuss how a months-long Israeli blockade has created a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. How will Obama and the rest of the world respond?

Black Liberation Movement organizer Kali Akuno, International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network co-founder Sara Kershnar, and Assn. of Legal Aid Attorneys former president Michael Letwin discuss what role the Black Liberation Movement, the Labor Movement and the Jewish Community play in building a Palestine Solidarity Movement in the US.

Two veterans of the Palestinian movement, Rabab Ibrahim and Ziad Abbas, discuss the Israeli Siege of Gaza and the trajectory of Palestinian Struggle.