Rania Khalek Dispatches
Catch Rania Khalek's Dispatches for insight, analysis, investigations, interviews and on the ground reports on global issues from a left perspective.
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301 episodes
Trump Threatens to Take Iran ‘Back to Stone Age.’ Here’s Why It May Backfire. | w/ Foad Izadi
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has entered its second month, and despite repeated assassinations, attacks on infrastructure, and growing civilian casualties, Iran has not collapsed.Meanwhile, Donald Trump is threatening to take Iran “back...
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Inside the Strait of Hormuz: Eyewitness to US-Israeli War Crimes in Iran | w/ Dimitri Lascaris
Journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris just returned from Iran, where he traveled from Tehran to the Strait of Hormuz, witnessing firsthand the impact of the US-Israeli war.From hospitals treating the wounded to the world’s most importan...
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One War Across Many Fronts: Iran, Lebanon & the ‘Axis of Resistance’ | w/ Ali Hashem
Speaking from Tehran, Al Jazeera correspondent and columnist Ali Hashem explains how Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq are all part of a single, interconnected battlefield, a coordinated confrontation between the axis of resistance and the United ...
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The War On Iran Is Spiraling Out of Control, w/ Trita Parsi
As the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran escalates into a second month, the situation is becoming increasingly unpredictable and uncontrollable.Iranian missiles are hitting Israeli targets at higher rates than expected, while the U.S. is deployi...
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Israel Wants to Annex South Lebanon — But Hezbollah Isn’t Defeated, w/ Karim Makdisi
As Israel expands its war across the region, Lebanon is once again in the crosshairs.Israeli officials are openly calling for pushing the border to the Litani River, annexing southern Lebanon, and preventing displaced civilians from ret...
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Iran Won’t Back Down — And Is Ready to Escalate If the US Does, w/ Mohammad Marandi
The United States and Israel are pushing the region toward a dangerous escalation with Iran, threatening strikes on energy infrastructure and even raising the possibility of a ground invasion.But Iran isn’t backing down.As the w...
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Fate of Global South Hinges on Iran War, w/ Marxist Economist Prabhat Patnaik
In week 4 of the U.S.-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, the global economy has been pushed to the brink. Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz shows just how key it is to global energy markets, supply chains, and food systems,...
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Iran Plays the Long Game Against Trump — And It’s Working
Three weeks into the war on Iran, the conflict is expanding more than ever.The Strait of Hormuz is closed, energy infrastructure is under attack, and U.S. bases are increasingly vulnerable. Israel and Washington are escalating.A...
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Israel Invades Lebanon Again: The Greater Israel Project That Keeps Failing
Israel has expanded its war across the region, bombing Lebanon and Iran while preparing a potential ground invasion into southern Lebanon.Israeli officials claim the goal is simply to create a “buffer zone” for security. But many Israel...
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War on Iran Could Crash the Global Economy: Yanis Varoufakis Explains
The war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran could send shockwaves through the global economy.Energy markets, shipping routes, fertilizer supply, and cloud infrastructure are all at risk. Even a short disruption could drive inflation, foo...
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Military Analysis of Iran’s Strategy + U.S. Soldiers’ Growing Opposition to the War
As war between Iran, Israel, and the United States escalates, what’s actually happening on the battlefield, and how is the conflict being viewed inside the U.S. military itself?On this live episode of Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined b...
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Iran Prepared for a Long War. Vali Nasr on Trump’s Miscalculation
As Israel expands its war on Iran and U.S. officials float the possibility of American boots on the ground, what is really happening behind the headlines?Iran expert at Johns Hopkins Vali Nasr joins Rania Khalek to explain:Wh...
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Huckabee Admits Insanity of Christian Zionism on Tucker: Israel Can Take ‘All’ of Middle East
Mike Huckabee’s reference to borders stretching “from the Euphrates to the Nile” has sparked a diplomatic firestorm across the Middle East.Even governments that normalized relations with Israel — including the UAE — publicly condemned t...
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Rubio vs AOC: Different Strategies, Same Empire [Preview]
At the Munich Security Conference, Marco Rubio said the quiet part out loud.No more “rules-based order.” No more liberal pretense. Just open coercion.After Gaza — after a genocide livestreamed for the world —...
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On-the-Ground in Iran as US Prepares New Bombing Campaign
The United States is mobilizing for a new war on Iran — repositioning military forces, floating assassination threats, and insisting on negotiations at the same time.As this military buildup intensifies, Western media is reviving a famil...
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Minneapolis Erupts, Protests Spread Nationwide After ICE Killing of Alex Pretti
Join Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra for a special live show as Minneapolis erupts after Border Patrol agents killed nurse and legal observer Alex Pretti, just hours after a historic general strike shook the state. Zoe will report from Minneapol...
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Iran, Venezuela, Palestine: The Collapse of International Law | Craig Mokhiber
Rania Khalek is joined by former UN human rights official Craig Mokhiber, whose recent Mondoweiss article, "Ushering in the age of impunity: Venezuela, Palestine, and the end of international law," unpacks how recent U.S. aggression from Venezu...
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‘There’s Been No Betrayal Here’ | Exclusive w/ Venezuela’s Ex-Foreign Minister
The U.S. military raid on Venezuela on January 3 shocked the world. On Dispatches, Rania Khalek is joined by Jorge Arreaza, Venezuela’s former foreign minister, to explain what actually happened and to respond directly to U.S. media narratives ...
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Why Trump Attacked Venezuela: Empire, Oil & China, w/ Ben Norton
Rania Khalek is joined by journalist and political economist Ben Norton, editor of the Geopolitical Economy Report, to break down why the Trump administration attacked Venezuela—and what comes next. Norton explains how Trump’s bombi...
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Gangster Imperialism: After Kidnapping Maduro, Trump Threatens Cuba, Colombia, Mexico
Rania Khalek is joined by Zoe Alexandra of People’s Dispatch and special guests for a live episode of Dispatches examining the Trump administration’s unprecedented attack on Venezuela. The US has invaded and bombed Venezuela, kidnapped Presiden...
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Can DSA Hold Mamdani Accountable? Its Co-Chairs Respond
A DSA member just won one of the most significant left-wing electoral victories in recent memory with Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York — despite red-baiting, anti-Palestinian smears, and a full-on campaign to demonize socialism.But t...
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Zohran Rises, Trump Flexes, Europe Falls — w/ Yanis Varoufakis
As the world slides deeper into imperial rot — from Trump’s transformation of the U.S. into a Department of War state, to Europe’s political collapse, to global leaders shamelessly bowing to Washington — a socialist shockwave has erupted in New...
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Why Israel Has No Future in the Middle East | Nakba Survivor Dr. Ghada Karmi
As Israel continues its relentless assault on Gaza, killing and starving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians with Western backing, even during so-called ceasefires, one thing has become clear: this isn’t just about Palestine. It’s about Weste...
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Trump’s LIES about Venezuela EXPOSED
Dozens have been killed in U.S. airstrikes on boats off the Venezuelan and Colombian coasts.The Trump administration claims it’s targeting drug traffickers — but there’s no evidence. And now they’re threatening airstrikes inside Venezuel...
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How Big Tech Is Colonizing the Internet, Partnering with Israel
Big Tech loves to sell itself as a liberatory force for connection, free speech, and empowerment.But when it comes to Palestine, those same companies have partnered with Israel to censor, surveil, and criminalize.To unpack this “d...
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