After Israeli soccer fans instigated violent clashes in Amsterdam on November 7, Western leaders and media swiftly defended the hooligans as innocent victims of anti-semitism. Pacifica’s Polina Vasiliev has more.
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Next, Block Report’s JR Valrey recently spoke to Milton Allimadi about Uganda’s involvement in the Western-backed genocide in the Congo. Allimadi is the Founder and Executive Editor of the Black Star News, the Deputy Managing Editor of the City Sun in Brooklyn, an adjunct professor at the City University of New York and a Ph.D. candidate at Howard University.
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Despite the federal government’s promises to help residents of East Palestine after the Norfolk Southern train derailment, many still lack health care and have no way to leave their contaminated homes.
University of California San Diego Medical School professor Beatrice Golomb has been leading a project on the chemical contamination of East Palestine and other catastrophic chemical disasters including 09/11 and the Gulf War. She spoke with Pacifica’s Steve Zeltzer.
On Friday, November 15, there will be a rally at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington DC to call for justice For East Palestine residents. For more information, visit justiceforeastpalestineresidentsandworkers.com.
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In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Democrats in a letter posted on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.
Sanders said, “It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working-class people would find that the working class has abandoned them.” Roland Martin took issue with Sanders’ remarks and issued a blistering rebuke to the Senator from Vermont on his platform, Roland Martin Unfiltered. Follow Roland Martin on Instagram @ Roland Martin and other social media platforms.
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In closing, we share an excerpt from a resurfaced 2003 video, in which Senator Bernie Sanders shares his views on the Republican Party’s priorities and policies. Sanders spoke at a C-SPAN & Comcast leadership event at Washington D.C.’s Schools Without Walls High School.
We thank all of Pacifica’s sister stations and affiliates who contribute to the production of this show. Today’s program was produced by the Capitalism, Race & Democracy collective, with contributions from Steve Zeltzer, JR Valrey, Polina Vasiliev and Akua Holt.
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Music:
Lowkey, “Soundtrack to the Struggle 3”
