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Give The People What They Want!

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★★★★★
5
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45 reviews
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United States
This podcast has
189 episodes
Language
English
Explicit
No
Date created
2020/12/19
Latest episode
2025/11/07
Average duration
31 min.
Release period
10 days

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A weekly news podcast bringing you the latest updates on the struggles that define our world from the people's perspective. Your favorite hosts, Zoe Alexandra, the editor of Peoples Dispatch, Indian journalist Prasanth R., and international editor at Morning Star Roger McKenzie move across continents and issues in this weekly 30 minute round-up. Artwork: Tings Chak Producer: Vyshakh T Audio Editor: Devin Martinez

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A spectre haunts New York
2025/11/07
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Peoples Dispatch editor Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they discuss the victory of Socialist Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor elections, the RSF capture of El Fasher in Sudan, disputed elections and popular protests in Tanzania and Cameroon, Trump’s threats to Nigeria over allegations of “Christian genocide” as well as updates from the Trump-Xi meeting in Busan, South Korea.
Latin America unites against Trump's threats
2025/10/23
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Peoples Dispatch editor Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they discuss the intensifying US threats and attacks in the Caribbean, Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans for the Aston Villa game, the 80th anniversary of the Manchester Pan-African Congress, expectations from Japan’s new right-wing prime minister, and the No Kings actions in the United States.
Will the ceasefire stick?
2025/10/18
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Peoples Dispatch editor Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they reflect on the ceasefire announcement in Palestine, the popular protests in Madagascar, the political crisis in France, US attacks on Venezuelan sovereignty as well as recent developments in the DRC.
2 Years of Israel's genocide in Gaza
2025/10/09
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Peoples Dispatch editor Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they reflect on two years of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, Israel's illegal interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, the crackdown on civil liberties in the UK, the political crisis in France, protests and violent repression in Ecuador and Peru, and what it means that renewables are overtaking coal as the largest source of electricity.
Will youth protests pave the way for systemic change?
2025/10/02
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. In this episode, they reflect on Israel's continued genocide on the people of Gaza, Trump’s "peace" plan, major developments at the United Nations General Assembly, the UN’s approval of a “Gang Suppression Force” for Haiti, and the youth protests in Morocco and Madagascar.
Global South calls for an end to the Gaza genocide at UNGA
2025/09/25
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, editor of Peoples Dispatch, and Indian journalist Prasanth R as they reflect on the ongoing session of the United Nations General Assembly in which leaders of the Global South have called for an end to the genocide in Gaza. They also discussed US attacks on the sovereignty of Brazil and Venezuela, the release of activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the second anniversary of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), and the ongoing protests in Ecuador and Peru.
80 years since China defeated fascism
2025/09/04
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, editor of Peoples Dispatch, and Indian journalist Prasanth R as they reflect on the recently concluded SCO summit in China, 80 years of China's victory over Japanese fascism, US attacks on Venezuelan sovereignty, Israeli onslaught on Yemen as well as the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Peace on the horizon in Europe?
2025/08/20
Tune in to another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R., and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star. This week, they reflect on the prospects for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, the devastating cholera outbreak in Sudan, Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City and the ongoing murder of journalists in the enclave, the advance of the right wing in Bolivia’s general elections, and the victory of Air Canada workers.
80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2025/08/06
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R., and Roger McKenzie, international editor of the Morning Star, as they recollect the horrors of the dropping of the atom bomb in Japan, the hunger, starvation, and deaths in Gaza, mainstream media's calls to free reporting from Gaza, a roundup on Trump's tariff frenzy, as well as an update on the legal backlash Jair Bolsonaro has been facing.
Glimmer of justice in Colombia
2025/07/30
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss Israel’s interception and abduction of the latest Freefom Flotilla “Handala”, far-right mobilizations in the UK, recently released State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report, the importance of Emancipation Day in the UK, Lancet's report on sanctions as well as the conviction of former far-right President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe.
July 26 is a day of revolutionary change in Cuba and Niger
2025/07/24
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they reflect on two years since the coup and popular uprising in Niger, the Doha agreement between the DR Congo government and M23 militias, the return of Venezuelan migrants home from El Salvador, the climate crisis and its relationship with soaring food prices, Abahlali baseMjondolo's stand against xenophobia, as well as the new Freedom Flotilla, Handala, which set sail recently.
Brazil stands up to US diktats
2025/07/17
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R, and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they reflect on the prospects of peace in Sudan, attacks on press freedom in Pakistan, Brazil's response to US tariff hike threats, the achieveability of UN Sustainable Development Goals, The Hague Group's “Emergency Conference of States” in Colombia, as well as the Israeli attacks on Gaza and Syria.
250 million strike in India
2025/07/10
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they reflect on the recently concluded BRICS summit in Brazil, the resumption of attacks by Ansar Allah on Israel-linked ships in the Red Sea, possibilities of a peace deal in Palestine, crackdown on pro-Palestine activists in the UK, and the national strike in India in defense of workers' rights.
Violence will not crush the spirit of resistance!
2025/07/03
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill, Francesca Albanese's UN report on what economic powers and corporations are behind the Genocide in gaza, trafficking of Ghanaians to Nigeria, the intensification of the blockade on Cuba as well as the repression of demonstrations marking one year of the protests against the Finance Bill in Kenya.
Will the firing actually cease?
2025/06/25
Tune in for another episode of Give The People What They Want! with Zoe Alexandra, Indian journalist Prasanth R and Roger McKenzie, international editor of Morning Star, as they discuss the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel, weeks of aid massacres in Gaza, DRC-Rwanda peace talks, mistreatment of African migrant workers in Saudi Arabia and the UK, as well as the victory of socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani in the Democratic primaries for NYC mayoral elections.

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5 out of 5
45 reviews
★★★★★
Greenhorn Tenderfoot 2023/09/19
Heartwarming
As a recovering cynic I recommend this show. It’s got the juice, fresh squeezed love for all the people
★★★★★
jdixvx 2022/02/16
Great movement news roundup
I rely on this show to help me keep up with world events.
★★★★★
Tatanka oyate 2021/09/27
Love your show
Great job Vijay and the team. Necessary reporting and analysis.
★★★★★
campasino pancho 2021/07/28
Great Show
Around the world in half an hour. Excellent topics, with a socialist lens. I love it. Thank you.
★★★★★
slimelaar 2021/05/16
Incredible weekly news round up
Incredible weekly news round up and analysis
★★★★★
WhiteStarRanger 2021/02/21
Five Star
Very informative and delivers much needed analysis to events from all over the world.
★★★★★
nickcirca1933 2021/01/13
Thank you.
Please consider covering Sri Lanka~ ~Tamil diaspoura
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