Craig Mokhiber resigned as Director of the UN’s New York Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights citing the organizations insufficient response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the push back he received even before 10/7 when critiquing the human rights violations perpetrated by Israel. In this episode, he applies his expertise as a human rights lawyer to substantiating the claim that Israel is in fact committing a genocide, and dives deep into what is broken at the UN, including capture by US interests, and what must happen to advance the rights of Palestinians.
Economics
Steve Keen – FT Alphaville interview by Izabella Kaminska
FT Alphaville interview by Izabella Kaminska encoded-773138d0559c746e466ac6247fb748ee-64.mp3 Izabella is one of the key intellects behind the Financial Times’ Alphaville project: to get an appreciation of her calibre, read her post below on the topic du […]
Geopolitics
Peter Oborne – Israeli Settlers Terrorising Palestinians
Peter Oborne reports back from Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where illegal settlers, backed by Israel’s military, are forcing Palestinians off their land with impunity
Climate Crisis
Fadhel Kaboub – Decolonizing Our Minds
Listen HERE This week’s episode welcomes back Fadhel Kaboub, a valued friend of this podcast. He and Steve discuss the concept of just transition and the problems with carbon markets as a solution to climate change. They stress the […]
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