Audio from a webinar sponsored by Workers World Party. Buy Essential Dissent a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Part of the globally coordinated actions from September 18-26 defending Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes and lands throughout Palestine, reclaim their properties and ensure restitution and reparations. These days of action will mark the commemoration of the Sabra and Shatila massacres, the September 1970 massacres in Jordan, the signing of the Oslo agreements and the continuing attacks, including the current farce touted as a “peace initiative”, against the rights and struggle of Palestinian refugees for return and liberation. All of these U.S. supported efforts promote militarism and delay the potential for true peace in the region–peace based on justice and human dignity. A statement signed by more than 50 organizations raised international solidarity with the demand: No Normalization with Occupation and Colonization. This webinar will discuss the ongoing struggles of the Palestinian people and how we can build solidarity together for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. Featuring (In order of first appearance): Ted Kelly - An organizer with Workers World Party and active in Solidarity with the Palestinian Struggle Charlotte Kates - International Coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and organizer with the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition Susan Abulhawa - Palestinian novelist, poet, and member of WWP and US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel Khaled Barakat - Palestinian writer and activist whose work in Arabic and English has been widely published in a number of outlets, International Coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat Essential Dissent Online: YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

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Free Palestine! No Normalization with Colonization or Occupation

Buy Essential Dissent a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Audio from a webinar called No to the New Cold War, The organizers describe the webinar as “an international meeting in opposition to the US-led New Cold War on China.” www.NoColdWar.org. Speakers: Jenny Clegg, Sean Haoqin Kang, Martin Jacques, Yang Hanyi, Carlos Ron, Yuri Tavrovsky, Radhika Desai, Elias Jabbour, Kate Hudson YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

No to the New Cold War - Part 2

Buy Essential Dissent a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Audio from a webinar called No to the New Cold War, The organizers describe the webinar as “an international meeting in opposition to the US-led New Cold War on China.” www.NoColdWar.org. Speakers: Jenny Clegg, Carlos Martinez, John Ross, Medea Benjamin, Margaret Kimberley, Wang Wen, Vijay Prashad, Max Blumenthal YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

No to the New Cold War - Part 1

Buy Essential Dissent a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Audio from a webinar sponsored by Workers World Party, a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist political party that supports the struggles of all oppressed peoples. www.workers.org. Panelists: Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead, Siu Hin Lee, Calvin Deutschbein, Dr. Sharat G. Lin, Dave Welsh Theme Music: Monolith https://youtu.be/jRn8ruK-TRA Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Why We Defend China Against US Attacks

Buy me a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent A panel from the 2020 UNAC conference. UNAC, the United National AntiWar Coalition, held their 2020 national conference at the People's Forum in New York City (Feb 21 - 23). https://www.unacpeace.org/ Panelists: Frank Chapman, Michael Smith, Kevin Zeese With intro and commentary by moderator Margaret Flowers of Popular Resistance: https://popularresistance.org/ Also includes a guest appearance by Nancy Hollander, who was the attorney for the Holy Land Five, and lead defense counsel for Chelsea Manning. Theme Music: Monolith https://youtu.be/jRn8ruK-TRA Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Defending Our Movement

Buy me a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Audio from the first in a planned weekly series of webinars sponsored by Workers World Party, a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist political party that supports the struggles of all oppressed peoples. https://www.workers.org/ Featured Presenters (in order of appearance): Sara Flounders, Nate Chase, Makasi Motema, Larry Holmes, Taryn Fivek, Monica Moorehead Many thanks to Scott Williams for setting up the webinar and handling the technical details. Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Capitalism is Killing Us! From COVID-19 to Crashing Markets

Buy Me a Coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent A panel from the 2020 UNAC conference. UNAC, the United National AntiWar Coalition, held their 2020 national conference at the People's Forum in New York City (Feb 21 - 23). Featuring talks by Nuri Ronaghy (Iran), Maria Zaharenko (Ukraine), and Jill Clark-Gollub (Nicaragua), with an intro and outro by Kevin Zeese https://www.unacpeace.org/ Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Identifying U.S. Regime Change Campaigns

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent A panel from the 2020 UNAC conference. UNAC, the United National AntiWar Coalition, held their 2020 national conference at the People's Forum in New York City (Feb 21 - 23). https://www.unacpeace.org/ Moderator: Sara Flounders Panelists: Juyeon Rhee, Roger Wareham, Medea Benjamin Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Opposing Sanctions

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent A panel from the 2020 UNAC conference. UNAC, the United National AntiWar Coalition, held their 2020 national conference at the People's Forum in New York City (Feb 21 - 23). https://www.unacpeace.org/ Moderator: Cassia Laham Panelists: Jean Luc Pierite, Makasi Motema, Diane Moxley, Jeff Mackler Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Militarism, Racism and Climate Change

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent A panel from the 2020 UNAC conference. UNAC, the United National AntiWar Coalition, held their 2020 national conference at the People's Forum in New York City. Featured presenters: Bahman Azad, Bernadette Ellorin, Camilo Mejia, Joe Lombardo Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Opposing Imperialist Wars

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Thomas Jefferson called the U.S. an “Empire of Liberty.” Barack Obama called the U.S. an “Indispensable nation.” These manifestations of American exceptionalism and American innocence provide the doctrine of U.S. empire building at home and abroad. Danny Haiphong and Roberto Sirvent’s new book, "American Exceptionalism and American Innocence - a People’s History of the United States from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror" not only exposes this doctrine as myth but also analyzes its impact on the class struggle to develop a world free of U.S. capitalism, war, and white supremacy. Join anti-imperialist activists and journalists in a discussion about the book and its relevance as a tool toward dismantling the actually-existing fake news of U.S. Empire. Panel sponsored by Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/ Watch the full livestream: https://youtu.be/AV_IZ1OFKCE Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Dismantling the US Empire’s Fake News

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Watch the full livestream: https://youtu.be/x5o_5y5Rm7o Follow Essential Dissent on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy --- January 24, 2020 The four arrested Venezuelan Embassy Protectors - Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers, Adrienne Pine and David Paul - were on an East Coast speaking and fundraising tour from January 24 to January 28, 2020. They are facing trials on the trumped-up charge of "interfering with certain protective functions" of the government for their heroic effort to prevent the transfer of the Venezuelan Embassy to a minority leader illegally appointed by the U.S. government as President of Venezuela. This is a misdemeanor charge that carries a maximum of one-year imprisonment and a $100,000 fine each. The judge has already denied them the ability to present vital evidence in their defense. During the hearing, she referred to the embassy protectors as a "gang," and stated that the facts supported their guilt. She made it clear a trial will result in their conviction, and promptly made rulings that will ensure that outcome. Embassy Protection Collective: https://www.facebook.com/ColectivosporlaPaz/ Popular Resistance: https://popularresistance.org/ 00:00 Intro by Margaret Kimberley 02:32 Margaret Flowers 11:22 Margaret Kimberley introduces Sara Flounders 13:17 Sara Flounders introduces David Paul 15:38 David Paul 23:59 Margaret Kimberley introduces Adrienne Pine 25:07 Adrienne Pine 31:55 Sara Flounders introduces Kevin Zeese 34:28 Kevin Zeese 58:59 End

Embassy Protection Collective - The People's Forum, NYC

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent. https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Follow on Twitter to be notified of upcoming livestreams: https://twitter.com/e_Dissent This panel took place on 6/28/19 at Left Forum 2019. Abstract: Speakers will address the present day US campaigns to overthrow the governments in these countries. They will focus on US disinformation campaigns against these countries, the present US anti-war movement in defense of Iran's, Venezuela's, and Cuba's sovereignty, and how the peoples in these countries are organizing to combat US threats. 0:00 Dan Kovalik (United Steel Workers) 20:37 Moderator William Camacaro (co-founder and coordinator of the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York; artist, radio host, and activist in New York City) 26:56 Bahman Azad (U.S. Peace Council) 43:44 Q&A (Questions have been omitted due to poor audio quality) Event Organizer: Stansfield Smith Daniel Kovalik is Senior Associate General Counsel of the United Steelworkers, AFL-CIO (USW). He has worked for the USW since graduating from Columbia Law School in 1993. While with the USW, he has served as lead counsel on cutting-edge labor law litigation, including the landmark NLRB cases of Lamons Gasket and Specialty Health Care. He has also worked on Alien Tort Claims Act cases against The Coca-Cola Company, Drummond and Occidental Petroleum – cases arising out of egregious human rights abuses in Colombia. The Christian Science Monitor, referring to his work defending Colombian unionists under threat of assassination, recently described Mr. Kovalik as “one of the most prominent defenders of Colombian workers in the United States.” Mr. Kovalik received the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford University School of Law and was the recipient of the Project Censored Award for his article exposing the unprecedented killing of trade unionists in Colombia. He has written extensively on the issue of international human rights and U.S. foreign policy for the Huffington Post and Counterpunch and has lectured throughout the world on these subjects. Dr. Bahman Azad is an Iranian-American peace and justice activist living in the United States. He has been active in the peace and justice movement since his arrival in the United States in 1973, first as a student activist against the Shah's regime in Iran and then as a member of the Executive Board of the U.S. Peace Council. He joined the Veterans for Peace in the early 1990s and has been serving as Chair of VFP’s Iran Working Group. He is currently the Organizational Secretary of the U.S. Peace Council, Coordinator of the Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases and the Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases, and the representative of the World Peace Council at the United Nations. He was the organizer of USPC’s Peace and Solidarity Delegation to Venezuela which traveled to Caracas in March 2019. Bahman has a Master's degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Sociology. He is a retired Professor and former Acting Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Rutgers University, New Jersey. Please visit these Left Forum links: Website: http://www.leftforum.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theleftforum/?fref=ts Twitter: https://twitter.com/leftforum YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLeftforum

Left Forum 2019 - Combating US War and Regime Change Threats against Iran, Cuba and Venezuela

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent. https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Award-winning war journalist turned climate crisis reporter Dahr Jamail reads from his new book The End of Ice: Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning in the Path of Climate Disruption, and discusses living on a planet that has been irrevocably changed. Jamail reported from Iraq for more than a year, as well as from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey over the last 10 years, and has won the Izzy Award and the Martha Gellhorn Award for Investigative Journalism, among other awards. Support Essential Dissent: https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent Sponsored by Beyond War and Militarism, a joint committee of the Syracuse Peace Council (SPC) and the CNY Solidarity Coalition. http://www.peacecouncil.net/ ArtRage Gallery, Syracuse NY http://artragegallery.org/

Dahr Jamail - The Climate Crisis is Upon Us: How Then Shall We Live?

Please donate $1/month to support Essential Dissent. https://www.patreon.com/EssentialDissent US vs. USSR, US vs. Russian Federation How the US tried to undermine the Soviet Union when it existed and how it is trying to undermine the Russian Federation today. The panelists will discuss and critique political and ideological falsehoods and fabrications in the continuing Cold War waged by the U.S. and NATO against Russia--both historical anti-communism and the more intense lies in the current antagonism in the US drive for global hegemony. Moderator: Martin J. Sawma Panelists: Grover Furr, Maria Zakharova, Angelo D'Angelo, Joe Lombardo

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