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Israel OCCUPIES Lebanon During Fake "Ceasefire" (w/ Rania Khalek)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] Rania Khalek is a Lebanese-American journalist based in Beirut and the host of Dispatches on BreakThrough News. She returns to Current Affairs to give an update on Lebanon, where Israel has continued bombing, occupying territory, issuing displacement orders, and demolishing villages during what is being called a “ceasefire.” 🇱🇧 Subscribe to BreakThrough News: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakThroughNews/featured [https://www.youtube.com/@BreakThroughNews/featured] 🇱🇧 Rania's SubStack: https://substack.com/@raniakhalek?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=58m7xg [https://substack.com/@raniakhalek?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=58m7xg] 🇱🇧 Rania's Twitter: https://x.com/RaniaKhalek 🇱🇧 Rania's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raniakhalek/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/raniakhalek/?hl=en] 0:00-5:16 There Is No Ceasefire in Lebanon 5:16-11:52 What Israel Is Destroying in Southern Lebanon 11:52-19:13 Hezbollah and the Fault Lines Inside Lebanon 19:13-25:32 Negotiations Under Fire: Peace or Submission? 25:32-27:57 Hezbollah’s Resilience 27:57-34:02 How U.S. Media Sanitizes Israel’s War 34:02-39:16 America’s Role in Destroying Lebanon 39:16-42:37 How Americans Can Show Solidarity 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/ [https://shop.currentaffairs.org/]

Abdul El-Sayed GOES AFTER Trump, AIPAC, and Corporate Dems

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, public health official, Current Affairs contributor, and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan. He joined Nathan Robinson to discuss his campaign, the fight over Gaza and AIPAC inside the Democratic Party, Chuck Schumer’s leadership, Medicare for All, corporate money in politics, and why he believes Democrats can win by rejecting the old theory of “electability.” 〽️ Abdul's Website: https://abdulforsenate.com/ [https://abdulforsenate.com/] 0:00-3:41 Why This Campaign Feels Different 3:41-7:05 Gaza, AIPAC, and U.S. Tax Dollars 7:05-11:45 Abdul’s Theory of Electability 11:45-15:45 Persuading Trump Voters 15:45-17:22 Schumer and Democratic Leadership 17:22-19:30 Money Out of Politics, Medicare for All, and Senate Priorities 19:30-23:05 Presidential Power and Foreign Policy 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/ [https://shop.currentaffairs.org/]

“Progress” Is Making Things Worse (w/ Sam Miller McDonald)

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] Sam Miller McDonald is a writer and longtime Current Affairs contributor. He joins Nathan Robinson to discuss his new book Progress: How One Idea Built Civilization—and Now Threatens to Destroy It, a sweeping critique of the belief that history is a story of constant improvement. 🌀 Buy Sam's book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250278319/progress/ [https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250278319/progress/] 🌀 Read Sam's articles: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/author/samuel-miller-mcdonald [https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/author/samuel-miller-mcdonald] 0:00-8:30 critiquing the Pinker-style narrative of progress 8:30-19:43 “progress” as destruction: industrialization and ecological collapse 19:43-23:34 what actually constitutes wellbeing 23:34-30:15 why the idea of “progress” is misleading 30:15-36:42 how “progress” justifies violence (Nazism, colonialism) 36:42-41:37 imagining values beyond “progress” 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/ [https://shop.currentaffairs.org/]

Meanwhile, Zohran Is Just Getting Things Done

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] As Trump creates economic havoc and commits war crimes, the socialist mayor of New York City demonstrates what serious, responsible government looks like. 🗽 Read the article: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/meanwhile-zohran-is-just-getting-things-done [https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/meanwhile-zohran-is-just-getting-things-done] 🦩SUBSCRIBE TO CURRENT AFFAIRS MAGAZINE: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] 🦩 PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/c/CurrentAffairs [https://www.patreon.com/c/CurrentAffairs] 🦩THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738224/the-myth-of-american-idealism-by-noam-chomsky-and-nathan-j-robinson/]

The Phony Virtue of Cory Booker

🌹 Use the code "15OFF" for a discount on Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] After being a leading Democratic enabler of the genocide of Palestinians, Cory Booker now has the audacity to publish a book about moral virtue. 🦩Subscribe to Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership [https://www.currentaffairs.org/membership] 🦩 Merch: https://shop.currentaffairs.org/ [https://shop.currentaffairs.org/]