“Everywhere that you see and peoples of the global South protest and try to take their land back, they’re immediately punished.”
@VarshaGandikota spoke with @KenRoth about collective action in the global South.
Watch ▶️ https://t.co/f4P6hoihyD
Is international trade a weapon of war?
@JasonHickel and @VarshaGandikota on the petrodollar, the SWIFT banking system and the "urgent need" for the Global South countries to develop their own alternatives.
Full episode ▶️ https://t.co/E0x7q27zYU
"Every time there's a state that exhibits any kind of sovereign-seeking potential, there's this kind of intervention."
@jasonhickel & @VarshaGandikota on the history of anti-colonial movements and how they often become targets of Western intervention.
▶️ https://t.co/E0x7q27zYU
"A study [by] the Lancet Global Health that found that since 1971, unilateral sanctions imposed by the US and the EU on the Global South countries have killed 38 million people." – @jasonhickel
Watch the full episode @VarshaGandikota ⤵️
https://t.co/E0x7q27zYU
Do Washington's claims of 'white genocide' in South Africa have anything to do with its International Court of Justice case against Israel?
@VarshaGandikota asked South Africa's former foreign minister, Naledi Pandor.
Full episode ▶️ https://t.co/9zuPjZHD1O
"Only the lowest-ranking people ever get hit with any charges."
– @JeremyScahill on the lack of accountability for US war crimes
Watch the full conversation with @VarshaGandikota ⤵️
https://t.co/0kcKfdx8us
"You can't be a vegetarian between meals...if you don't have the honesty or integrity to recognise the sameness that exists between the Dems and Republicans, you can't have an honest discussion."
– @jeremyscahill on US foreign policy
▶️ Full episode https://t.co/0kcKfdx8us
The Indian government portrays itself as a Global South leader, but instead of helping people left behind by colonialism, Modi concocts grievances against Muslims to explain India's problems, as @VarshaGandikota
describes to me on Al Jazeera's @AJReFrame. https://t.co/QQpP5GKIwq
There is no single Global South view, but an insightful voice is @VarshaGandikota. On @AJReFrame, I discuss her important cases of unfairness and power imbalances that preoccupy many in the Global South, and how the Global North is resisting change. https://t.co/QQpP5GKIwq
Gaza is “the first time in our lifetime that we are seeing genocide livestreamed to our phones and televisions every single day....The Global North has spat on human rights." -- @VarshaGandikota discusses the life-and-death challenge with me on @AJReFrame. https://t.co/QQpP5GKIwq
“China sees economic wellbeing as a kind of human right – even if in the pursuit of that development, you might trample on environmental rights, private property, etc.”
— @EmilyZFeng on Xi Jinping’s approach to prosperity
Watch ▶️ https://t.co/dmVgmC1wzy
"The fact you can't arrest today doesn't mean that you won't be able to arrest tomorrow."
Former president of the ICC Silvia Fernández spoke with @KenRoth about why the ICC struggles to bring alleged war criminals like Benjamin Netanyahu to justice.
▶️ https://t.co/ZTOwUIPFLt
Netanyahu and Putin may think they are beyond justice but should keep in mind former Serbian President Milosevic. He thought he was safe from justice and ended up dying in custody in The Hague. I discuss with Sylvia Fernandez on Al Jazeera's @AJReframe. https://t.co/gj8ZZm00FA
“What Netanyahu may have thought was going to be a very close relationship may turn out to be much more delicate than we thought.”
@stephenWalt and @hrw director @KenRoth talk Trump, Netanyahu and Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Full episode ▶️https://t.co/PuTFjMj7x7
“Israeli theatres, most of them are state funded and end up performing in illegal settlements in the West Bank. There’s a big case for boycotts there.”
Writer @ahmedmasoud02 spoke with @fbhutto about the need for Israeli boycotts.
Full episode ▶️ https://t.co/ZnVp5HbJVQ
“Restaurants, theaters, art venues and shops... people who smile a lot, make a lot of jokes and eat a lot of chili. That's what Gaza was.”
Palestinian writer Ahmed Masoud spoke with @fbhutto about Gaza before October 7th
Full episode ⤵️
https://t.co/2W7zoZr3dX
"I operated every day and most of my list was children... we saw a lot of sniper injuries, the children seemed to be specifically hit by quadcopters... lots of them were shot in the back, in the head..."
Victoria Rose is an NHS plastic surgeon who spent time working in Gaza.
“That's the essence of apartheid… to make you believe that this separation, this divisiveness is something that is logical.”
Yuli Novak (@btselem) spoke with @fbhutto about the role of the military in Israeli society.
Full episode https://t.co/tW52OV02sn
I spoke to Yuli Novak, the executive director of @btselem for @AJReframe about torture camps like Sde Teiman. You can watch the whole conversation here https://t.co/UfHF0bDAdA
"[Israel] cannot be a democracy if it's only democracy for half of the people who live under the control of this regime." – Yuli Novak, executive director @btselem
Watch the full episode ⤵️
https://t.co/tW52OV02sn