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Katie talks to journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed and former State Department Foreign Affairs Officer Annelle Sheline talk about how the Biden administration’s horrific choices on Gaza and beyond are still shaping US policy, while the policymakers responsible are trying to deflect blame and getting cushy jobs. Then, Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans joins us from China to talk about what is happening there, what is happening in the U.S., uprisings around the world and why Fox News is obsessed with her. Finally, Brazilian organizer Stephanie Weatherbee Brito talks about Lula’s victory in Brazil against fascism and The U.S.-Zionist attempts against Latin America.  NEVER AGAIN — KATIE'S DOCUMENTARY Katie's film follows Holocaust survivors speaking out against Israel's actions in Gaza and insisting that "Never Again" must mean never again for everyone. Donate to the film through its fiscal sponsor, UnionDocs: https://donate.uniondocs.org/campaigns/never-again/ Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call 252-648-4970 • Or visit https://chapter.com/halper Akbar Shahid Ahmed is the diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun. For his Gaza coverage, he has received a Writers Guild Award and a New York Press Club Award and has twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award. Based in Washington, D.C., Ahmed previously covered foreign policy at HuffPost for twelve years. He is a Yale graduate who grew up in Karachi, Pakistan.  Annelle Sheline, Ph.D., is a research fellow in the Middle East program. She previously served as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor’s Office of Near Eastern Affairs (DRL/NEA), before resigning in March 2024 in protest over the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israeli military operations in Gaza. Her book “Weaponizing Tolerance: Arab Monarchies and American Support for Moderate Islam” will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2027.  Jodie Evans is the co-founder of Code Pink.  Stephanie Weatherbee Brito is a former labor organizer with UNITE HERE, popular educator, and part of the International Peoples’ Assembly.  **Please support The Katie Halper Show **  For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all  Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps  Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to Judge Napolitano about how his politics have changed and who he would vote for if living in a certain state. Then she talks to Eli Clifton about his new book “Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.” And finally Katie interviews whistleblower, judge, Gaza Flotilla delegate Karen Ortiz about why she’s running for Congress in NY-12 (https://ko4congress.com/). To see the full interview with Judge Napolitano and Eli Cliton, join us on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow  Judge Andrew P. Napolitano is the host of Judging Freedom. He was the youngest life-tenured Superior Court judge in the history of New Jersey. A graduate of Princeton University and the University of Notre Dame Law School, he sat on the bench from 1987 to 1995. He taught constitutional law at Seton Hall Law School for 11 years, and he returned to private practice in 1995. He was Fox News’ senior judicial analyst on the Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network and was the host of “FreedomWatch” on the Fox Business Network. Napolitano also lectures nationally on the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law, civil liberties in wartime, and human freedom. He has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications.He is the author of five books on the U.S. Constitution, including, "Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception In American History."  Eli Clifton is cofounder and senior advisor at the Quincy Institute, a research institute, action-oriented think tank and journalistic project which promotes military restraint, diplomatic engagement and cooperation with other nations. An investigative journalist, Eli focuses on money in politics and U.S. foreign policy. He previously reported for the American Independent News Network, ThinkProgress, and Inter Press Service, and is coauthor of the Center for American Progress report “Fear Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America.” Clifton is coauthor of the forthcoming book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power.  Karen Ortiz (https://ko4congress.com/) is a born and bred New Yorker, lifelong public servant, former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission administrative judge, federal whistleblower, Global Sumud Flotilla U.S. delegate, and progressive independent running for Congress to represent NY’s 12th Congressional district. Born in New York District 12, she grew up primarily in Garden City, Long Island but returned to New York City as soon as she graduated from high school. Karen began her legal career while an undergraduate at Columbia University, working as assistant to famed criminal defense attorney Barry Slotnick. She then pivoted to public service upon graduating from Fordham Law School. In addition to the EEOC, Karen has worked for the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, the Social Security Administration, the NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, and MTA NYC Transit.In early 2025, Karen was one of the first federal workers to speak out against the Trump 2.0 regime’s illegal Executive Orders and directives. She was terminated after her whistleblowing and refusal to follow Trump’s anti-trans Executive Orders. Despite veiled threats from the Trump administration, she continues to speak out in support of the LGBTQIA+ community and all marginalized New Yorkers. Karen is a certified yoga instructor, former Girl Scout (Silver Award), and recently participated in the Global Sumud Flotilla as a U.S. Delegate. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to Roger Waters and Mona Miari about art and politics, cowards (like Ed Sheeran and Metallica frontman James Hetfield) and their musical collaboration "Comfortably Numb Reimagined." But first, Katie talks to Etan Mabourakh about the Democrats' fecklessness on Iran and to Dr. Hussain Nadim about the current repression in Pakistan.  For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-172305414 Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call 252-648-4970 • Or visit https://chapter.com/halper Roger Waters is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Waters was the main lyricist for the classic British rock band Pink Floyd. Waters is an active supporter of the BDS movement since 2011, and has routinely called for a total cultural boycott in Israel, urging artists to not perform in the region. Waters famously called out Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke for holding concerts in the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv in 2017. The singer has routinely spoken about how the people in the West are indoctrinated to believe that Israel is not an apartheid state, even lending a voice-over to the 2016 documentary film Occupation of the American Mind.  Mona Miari is a Palestinian artist, singer - songwriter and artistic director. Based in New York City, she elevates Arabic music on the global stage and has performed at venues including Lincoln Center, BAM, Opera America, Brooklyn Museum, National Sawdut, The Alex Theatre (Los Angeles), The Great American Music Hall (San Francisco), Steri Hall (Palermo) and many others. She serves as the Artistic Director and leader of the first-ever Arab Chorus in New York City (NYAC).  Etan Mabourakh is a Jewish Iranian American political strategist, community organizer, and advocate for peace, diplomacy, equitable immigration, and civil rights. He serves as Executive Director of Brooklyn For Peace and Senior Advisor for Organizing at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), building grassroots power and mobilizing communities to oppose war and militarism, defend civil & immigrant rights, and hold elected officials accountable. His advocacy includes advancing diplomacy, challenging illegal war & broad economic sanctions, and opposing U.S. complicity in war crimes and illegal weapons transfers to Israel.  Dr. Hussain Nadim has worked in senior policy and academic roles focusing on national security and emerging technologies. He was previously a Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow at Yale University and has published extensively, including a recent book on US foreign policy toward Pakistan, Aid, Politics, and the War of Narratives in the US-Pakistan Relations.  ABOUT THE PAID PARTNERSHIP  Chapter connects you with a licensed Medicare advisor to compare coverage where you live, using your doctors, prescriptions, and budget. Ask whether your current coverage still fits. The consultation is free, with no obligation to enroll. Call 252-648-4970 and say Katie Halper sent you.  Chapter is a private insurance agency, not Medicare. It may receive commissions from insurers when people enroll through Chapter. Chapter says its advisors' pay does not depend on the plan they recommend. Chapter can search plans it does not offer; it contracts with many, but not all, insurers. Its current public disclosure says it represents 50 organizations offering 15,778 products nationwide. For information on all your options, visit Medicare.gov, call 1-800-MEDICARE, or contact your State Health Insurance Assistance Program. SUPPORT THE SHOW  Join Katie on Patreon for full interviews and bonus conversations: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call 252-648-4970 • Or visit https://chapter.com/halper  Katie talks to Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro and lawyer Eric Lee about Lee's client Yehonatan Ovadia, a Jewish Israeli who has been in ICE detention since August for protesting Israel. He now faces deportation.  Then Katie talks to historian Daniel Bessner about the state of the world, the end of history and his new book "Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture At The End The American Century." NEVER AGAIN — KATIE'S DOCUMENTARY  Katie's film follows Holocaust survivors speaking out against Israel's actions in Gaza and insisting that "Never Again" must mean never again for everyone. Donate to the film through its fiscal sponsor, UnionDocs: https://donate.uniondocs.org/campaigns/never-again/  UnionDocs donations support the documentary; Patreon memberships support this show.  SUPPORT THE SHOW  Join Katie on Patreon for full interviews and bonus conversations: https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow  Watching live? Like, subscribe, share the stream, use YouTube Join or send a Super Chat. Merch: https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all  ABOUT THE PAID PARTNERSHIP  Chapter connects you with a licensed Medicare advisor to compare coverage where you live, using your doctors, prescriptions, and budget. Ask whether your current coverage still fits. The consultation is free, with no obligation to enroll. Call 252-648-4970 and say Katie sent you. Again: 252-648-4970.  Chapter is a private insurance agency, not Medicare. It may receive commissions from insurers when people enroll through Chapter. Chapter says its advisors' pay does not depend on the plan they recommend. Chapter can search plans it does not offer; it contracts with many, but not all, insurers. Its current public disclosure says it represents 50 organizations offering 15,778 products nationwide. For information on all your options, visit Medicare.gov, call 1-800-MEDICARE, or contact your State Health Insurance Assistance Program.  Yaakov Shapiro is an international speaker, author, and pulpit rabbi for over 30 years, now emeritus. After graduating high school at age 16, Rabbi Shapiro dedicated himself to full-time study of religion. At age 19 he published his first book, משפטי הבירורים, a collection of original expositions on rabbinic principles of tort adjudication. He has written several other books including, most recently, The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s Journey from Identity Crisis to Identity Theft (2018), a 1381-page treatise on the differences between Judaism and Zionism. Rabbi Shapiro is a recipient of the Community Leadership Award from Agudath Israel of America; the Keser Torah Award from Yeshiva Torah Vodaath; Harbotzas Torah award from Yeshiva Bais Yisroel; Parent of the Year Award from Bnos Yisroel; and a post-rabbinical scholarship award from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture.  Eric Lee is an immigration lawyer and federal litigator who served as lead counsel in Dep't of State v. Muñoz & argued the case before the U.S. Supreme Court in April 2024. He's represented numerous students & visa holders facing discipline for pro-Palestinian & socialist speech. He is the Recipient of American Immigration Lawyers Association's 2024 Jack Wasserman Award for excellence in litigation.  Daniel Bessner is the Pyle Associate professor in American Foreign Policy in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. He is the writer of the Imperialist Realism substack and the cohost of the podcast American Prestige. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

First, Human Rights Lawyer and former UN official Craig Mokhiber and Hind Rajab Foundation lawyer Jake Romm talk about how and why to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. Then Garrison Lovely, journalist and author of Obsolete: The AI Industry’s Trillion-Dollar Race to Replace Us — and How to Stop It exposes what's really happening with AI. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-170961643 Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call (252) 648-4970 or visit https://chapter.com/halper Chapter is the Medicare advisory company that makes comparing plans less overwhelming. Get free guidance based on your needs. Garrison Lovely is the author of Obsolete: The AI Industry's Trillion Dollar Race to Replace Us — and How to Stop It (Nation Books). Former Reporter in Residence at the Omidyar Network. In 2025, the Pulitzer Center named him an AI journalist worth following. Garrison's cover story in The Nation, "Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower," was the magazine's 4th most popular story in 2023. His Jacobin cover story, "Can Humanity Survive AI?," made rounds among staff members working for several U.S. senators and representatives. He studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, where he co-founded the Prison Reform and Education Project and volunteered as a teaching assistant in the Cornell Prison Education Program.  **Please support The Katie Halper Show **  For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all  Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps  Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM!  German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to veteran journalist Bob Scheer and USC instructor and organizer Kate Levin about academic freedom and labor. Then Moe Tkacik breaks down the Ed Sheeran Macklemore saga and exposes who Robert Kraft REALLY is. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-170312351 Paid Partnership with Chapter • Call (252) 648-4970 or visit https://chapter.com/halper Chapter is the Medicare advisory company that makes comparing plans less overwhelming. Get free guidance based on your needs. Moe Tkacik is the investigations editor of the American Prospect. Earlier in her career she worked for the Wall Street Journal, co-founded the feminist site Jezebel and waited on Steve Miller and Steve Mnuchin's wife at various fine dining establishments. She lives in DC with her husband and 2 sons. Robert Scheer is the publisher of Scheer Post (https://scheerpost.com/). Scheer has written eight books, including two this decade: "The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street while Mugging Main Street," and his newest book is "They Know Everything about You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy." He is a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California. He has interviewed Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and others. Between 1964 and 1969 he was Vietnam correspondent, managing editor and editor in chief of Ramparts magazine.  Chapter and its affiliates are not connected with or endorsed by any government entity or the federal Medicare program. Chapter Advisory, LLC represents Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO, and PFFS organizations and stand alone prescription drug plans that have a Medicare contract. Enrollment depends on the plan’s contract renewal. While we have a database of every Medicare plan nationwide and can help you to search among all plans, we have contracts with many but not all plans. As a result, we do not offer every plan available in your area. Currently we represent 50 organizations which offer 18,160 products nationwide. We search and recommend all plans, even those we don’t directly offer. You can contact a licensed Chapter agent to find out the number of products available in your specific area. Please contact Medicare.gov, 1-800-Medicare, or your local State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to get information on all of your options. **Please support The Katie Halper Show **  For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all  Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps  Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM!  German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Belal Elsiesy of Palestinian Youth Movement talks to us about how and why United Airlines is secretly sending equipment and weapons to Israel on passenger flights, to be used by the IDF against Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Then Kate Willett, a comedian and co-host of the Dystopia Now podcast, talks about what’s really happening in the AI world and what Big Tech CEOs are hiding. Finally, clinical psychologist Lara Sheehi talks about the PSYOPs which are still going on, psychic militancy, and her book "From Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures." For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-169668167 Belal Elsiesy is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement and researcher for the People’s Embargo for Palestine campaign. Kate Willett (https://katewillett.com/) is the co-host of Dystopia Now podcast, where comedian Kate Willett and academic Emile Torres explore the philosophies and religions of Silicon Valley and tech billionaires shaping our country, our world, and our future. She is also the author of "Dirtbag Anthropology (https://www.audible.com/pd/Dirtbag-An.... Her 15 minute special premiered on Netflix’s “Comedy Lineup” in 2018 and her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan and Elle. Lara Sheehi (pronounced Shee-high) is a President’s Fellow at UC Davis, a licensed clinical psychologist, and the host of the Psychic Militancy podcast. Lara’s work focuses on psychoanalysis, the psychic refusals central to liberation struggles and life-making in the Global South, the psychic dimensions of resistance and revolution, and critical Zionism studies. She is the author of From Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures and co-author with Stephen Sheehi of Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine. Lara is a member of the founding collective for the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (https://criticalzionismstudies.org/) and is on the advisory board for Forensic Architecture.  **Please support The Katie Halper Show **  For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all  Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps  Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM!  German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to Jacobin journalist Branko Marcetic about a bombshell report on Israel’s own role in October 7th, and why Establishment  Democrats and the corporate media are whitewashing Iran war monger Mike Rogers, the Republicans running for senate against Abdul El Sayed; Aisha Farooqi, about her running for Congress in Michigan against Isreal Firster Jeremy Moss; and Al Jazeera’s Josh Rushing about his new documentary “Killing at Sea” on the Trump Admininstration’s murderous  Operation Southern Spear. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/full-broadcast-169011149 **Please support The Katie Halper Show **  For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cw/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all  Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps  Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ SUBSCRIBE TO MY FOREIGN LANGUAGE CHANNELS EVEN IF YOU DON'T SPEAK THEM!  German — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperGerman2 French — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperFrench Spanish — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperSpanish Italian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperItaliano Portuguese — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperPortuguese Russian — www.youtube.com/@KatieHalperRussian Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson joins us to discuss the war on Iran and whether Ukraine is winning its war against Russia, as former Vice President Mike Pence has recently argued. Author, activist, and Palestine-solidarity campaigner Tony Greenstein returns following his acquittal on a charge under Section 12(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000—alleging that he invited support for a proscribed organisation—over three X posts linking to a 2023 blog post. Finally, journalist and historian Vijay Prashad and Kouros Esmaeli unpack the recent Guardian open letter addressed to Iranian political prisoners, initially signed by figures including Rashid Khalidi, Robin D. G. Kelley, and Angela Davis, and the controversy surrounding its text and signatories.  **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dr. Mohammad Marandi joins Katie from Tehran where he talks to us about the latest in the war on Iran. Then Palestinian Youth Movement's Taher Dahleh discusses the Anas Al-Sharif, Nathan Robinson and Alec Karakatsanis talk about Woke 1.0 and Franchesca Hong race, and Greg Stoker assesses the Iran War and reacts to the sailor jumping overboard on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln.  **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Katie talks to Salvatore Mercogliano of What's Going On With Shipping about developments in the Strait of Hormuz & the future of the Persian Gulf. But first, Katie talks to Dr. Kavita Algu, a physician who resigned from Mount Sinai after being targeted for her Pro-Palestinian activism, & Dania Majid, president of the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association’s & lead author of their bombshell report, “Anti-Palestinian Racism: Naming, Framing, & Manifestations," about the institutional consequences Palestinians & their allies face for their identities & advocacy. Plus, a surprise appearance from fan favorite Samira Mohyeddin in the Patreon portion! For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/patreon-full-sal-166445945 Article links:  https://springmag.ca/our-voices-must-...  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...  Salvatore Mercogliano is a professor of history & chair of the Dep't of History, Criminal Justice & Politics at Campbell University in North Carolina. He holds a BS in marine transportation from SUNY Maritime College, along with a merchant marine deck officer license where he worked both afloat & ashore. After leaving gov't service, he earned an MA in maritime history & nautical archaeology from East Carolina University & a PhD in military & naval history from University of Alabama. Author of the monograph Fourth Arm of Defense: Sealift & Maritime Logistics in the Vietnam War. In 2021, Prof. Mercogliano launched the YouTube channel What’s Going on With Shipping? (@wgowshipping⁩) following the Ever Given incident in the Suez Canal. Dr. Kavita Algu is a primary care physician, public advocate & scholar currently studying health policy, Indigenous health & human rights at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at University of Toronto. Born in apartheid South Africa, her early life deeply shaped her commitment to health equity and human rights—principles that have guided her decade-long medical career. Dr. Algu previously served for nearly ten years as a palliative care physician at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Toronto. During her tenure, she championed anti-racism initiatives & co-led a successful effort to secure gov't funding for a dedicated Indigenous palliative care program. Dania Majid is the co-founder & president of the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association & is the lead author of ACLA’s 2022 report “Anti-Palestinian Racism: Naming, Framing & Manifestations.” She co-edited the book “When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian media covered up the destruction of Gaza” published by The Breach. Dania is also the co-founder & artistic director of the Toronto Palestine Film Festival. She sits on the steering committee for the Hearing Palestine program at the University of Toronto & is co-founder & organizer of the Vote Palestine campaign. In addition to being a long-time advocate for the Palestinian & Arab community, Dania is also a housing rights lawyer with a legal aid clinic in Ontario & sits on the steering committee of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Ontario Chapter. **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rep. Ro Khanna talks about his trip to the West Bank, this week's elections, Abdul El Sayed's victory and his controversial exchange with journalist Jeremy Scahill. Then human rights attorney Craig Mokhiber responds to Ro. And finally, Sam Husseini discusses interrupting Chuck Schumer and why he's running for Congress. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/patreon-full-ro-165984961 Khanna proudly represents California's 17th Congressional District, located in the heart of Silicon Valley, and is serving his fifth term. He serves as vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on the House Armed Services Committee as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems (CITI), a member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and on the Oversight and Accountability committee, where he previously chaired the Environmental Subcommittee. Craig Mokhiber is a longtime international human rights lawyer who served as director of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. In 2023, he resigned after publicly accusing the U.N. of failing to address what he calls a "text-book case of genocide" unfolding in Gaza. He is a member of the Gaza People's Tribunal. Sam Husseini is an independent journalist currently writing at husseini.substack.com. Husseini has also written for a variety of publications, including CounterPunch, The Nation, The Washington Post, USA Today and Salon. He has written extensively about Palestine and international law. Last year he repeatedly wrote about the possibility of a country invoking the Genocide Convention against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Husseini regularly attends State Department briefings, asking tough questions. Husseini is founder of VotePact.org, which encourages left-right cooperation to undermine the establishment duopoly. He is also a visual artist.  **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Rania Khalek and Medea Benjamin talk about the U.S. Government's attack on free speech, free press, Cuba and being targeted by Marco Rubio. Human Rights attorney Jake Romm discusses how the Hind Rajab Foundation is holding Israeli war criminals accountable. But first, anti-fascist comedian Ron Placone talks about Anti-Fascist Pasta Night! To see the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/patreon-full-ron-165388349 **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

UPDATE: because of travel issues, Ro had to postpone his appearance but will be joining the show August 6th at 6:30 pm EST. Palestinian-American father Kamel Musallet talks about his son Sayfollah Musallet, who was was murdered by Israeli terrorist settlers and soldiers. Sana Saeed exposes the truth behind the recent NDAA and the merger of the U.S. and Israeli militaries. For the full discussion, please join us on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow/posts/patreon-full-164826128 **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kshama Sawant talks about why she's running for Congress, her theory of change and what socialism means. Palestinian writer and organizer Tara Al-Alami talks about "Predatory State," a new report published by the Palestinian Feminist Collective with supported from Progressive International, which documents Israel’s systematic use of sexualized and gendered violence against Palestinians, across detention centres, homes, military operations, and systems of surveillance, from the Nakba of 1948 to the present. The report shows that this violence is not incidental. It is a systemic and historical mechanism of settler-colonial rule. Kshama Sawant was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2013 as the first socialist in nearly a century. She won four elections during a decade in office, overcoming bitter opposition from big business and the Democratic Party. Her office won the nation’s highest minimum wage (now $21.30/hour), the Amazon Tax, and landmark renter rights. In the wake of the Dobbs ruling that dismantled Roe v Wade, Kshama won publicly funded free abortion in Seattle. She also won the nation's second and strongest resolution against the genocide in Gaza in November 2023. Kshama won these victories because she refused to adopt the careerist approach of making private deals with Seattle’s Democratic Party politicians. Instead, she used her office to build mass movements of working and oppressed people. Kshama is now running as an independent antiwar socialist for the U.S. Congress and calling for a total arms embargo on Israel and for free healthcare for all funded by taxing the rich. Tara Alami is a Palestinian writer and organizer from occupied Jerusalem and occupied Yafa, based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). She is a member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective, and n author of the "Predatory State," a new report published by the PRC with supported from Progressive International, which documents Israel’s systematic use of sexualized and gendered violence against Palestinians, across detention centres, homes, military operations, and systems of surveillance, from the Nakba of 1948 to the present. **Please support The Katie Halper Show** For bonus content, exclusive interviews, to support independent media & to help make this program possible, please join us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thekatiehalpershow Get your Katie Halper Show Merch here! https://katiehalper.myspreadshop.com/all Follow Katie on Twitter: https://x.com/kthalps Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kthalps Follow Katie on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kthalps_ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy