I have been trying to make productive use of time forced away from the office by bad weather. So I have been doing things this week like making sure my show is booked for 1/28 and writing 1300+ words about Moms for Liberty activism and the broader right wing movement to abolish free public education. So now I have all the live streams for January booked and I can let you know who the next guests will be!
First, as previously announced, co-host Bess Goden I will be speaking to Ben Theobald of WEFT Radio and Chambana DSA in Champagne-Urbana, IL on 1/21/24 at 8Am PST/11AM EST. Our primary topic will be his involvement in local Palestine activism, but I am sure I will have questions about the state of COVID in central IL as well. Since Ben is in the DSA I might also have questions about how all this impacts local politics. I hope you can join us!
Speaking of Palestine, the Parliament of the EU issued a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire… with conditions that will probably be unacceptable to many in the Palestinian resistance. The demand that the Palestinian resistance release all of its Israeli prisoners unilaterally and immediately ignores that the whole purpose of the 10/7 operation was to take prisoners to trade for Palestinians held hostage by Israel’s inhumane “administrative detention” system. If you understand the strategy, then you understand why the IDF is committed to their brutal “Hannibal” strategy for killing their own citizens to get the Palestinians. They understand that a prisoner exchange is a defeat.
Ever since the Israeli state broke off a truce and a series of prisoner exchanges with Hamas to renew their brutal and genocidal assault on Gaza, the IDF has doubled down on more destruction and death. They are killing theirown people in order to kill the inhabitants of a city of children. There is no excuse for this.
I also don’t think it’s realistic to demand that Hamas immediately disband. If Hamas did so, the only power remaining in Gaza would belong to the IDF and that would not end well for the people of Gaza. As long as the IDF remains an existential threatto the existene of the Palestinian people, they will have the need for armed self defense in some capacity. Whio will decide when Hamas had “disbanded” and who will define “Hamas?”
On 1/28/2024 I will be rejoined by Dr. Renee Levant to talk aboutthe state of the resistance in Palestine. The show will run an hour late to fit Dr. Levant’s schedule. This means we will be streaming at 9AM PST/Noon EST instead of the usual time. I am really looking forward to the show because I want to talk to Dr. Levant about news developments like the EU proposing a permanent ceasefire, as long as the Palestinian resistance surrenders unconditionally. I really hope you can join us!
I'll probably be there for both of those shows, in one form or another depending who's in the chat. I love Bess and she's in no less than 5 group chats with me, one of which you frequent. 😊
Yes there's a lot to talk about regarding the Gaza/Palestinian genocide by the Zionists, who began massacring Palestinians in the 1920s. In fact the German Nazis took inspiration from the Zionists and the Americans. And the IOF are currently bombing the last major hospital in Gaza.
Take care, and I'll tweet at ya. ♥️
Looking forward to these conversations.