Instead of an End to Violence in the Persian Gulf as Trump’s 80th Birthday Gift From Iran, He Celebrates Mindless Violence in the Claw Where Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden Once Stood
We begin with Trump hoping for a birthday present in the form of a peace deal to end his war on Iran which Iran’s IRGC seems unwilling to grant, although apparently in a few days an MOU will be signed. Joining us to discuss the proposed 60 day ceasefire, an opening of the Strait of Hormuz and end to the US blockade and the handing over of $24 billion to Iran is Harrison Mann, Associate Director for Campaigns and Policy at Win Without War, a progressive national security advocacy network. His advocacy and public commentary focus on reforming U.S. Middle East policy and illuminating the connections between foreign and domestic policy. He is a former US Army major assigned to the Defense Intelligence Agency who resigned in protest of the Department of Defence’s support for the Israeli military and its war on Gaza.
A Post-War Strategic Realignment That Will Leave the U.S. Much Worse Off
Then we examine the post-war strategic realignment in the Middle East which will leave the US much worse off than it was before Trump and Netanyahu started this war. Joining us is Aslı Bâli, a professor of law at the Yale Law School, past president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America and a nonresident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Previously, she served as founding faculty director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law and is the former director of the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies. We discuss her article at The Boston Review, “The ceasefire in the Persian Gulf is a prelude to an emerging, precarious realignment.“
With Big Oil a Winner of This War, It’s Past Time to Kick the Habit and Get Off The Oil Drug
Then finally with big oil the winner of this war which should be a wakeup call for all to kick the habit and get off the oil drug, we will speak with Aaron Regunberg, a contributing editor at The New Republic, a climate lawyer, and a progressive organizer. He is the co-host of the Fighting Fascism podcast, director of the Climate Accountability Project at Public Citizen and previously served as member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives. We discuss his latest article at The New Republic, “How Big Oil Wrecked Your Summer.”
