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Israel’s goals in Gaza & debunking the Mainstream Narrative - Dimitri Lascaris

In this episode of The Source, we speak with journalist and lawyer Dimitri Lascaris about his recent trip to Crimea and Moscow. We also cover the latest developments related to the war in Ukraine, including NATO's reaffirmation that Ukraine will become part of NATO and the recent Pentagon leaks.
ABOUT DIMITRI LASCARIS: Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist and lawyer. As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second.
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Jeffrey Sachs addresses the UN Security Council on the wars in Palestine, Syria & Ukraine

In this contribution published on our channel, world-renowned economist, senior UN advisor and best-selling author Jeffrey D. Sachs talks about the causes of the wars in Ukraine, Syria and Gaza and offers solutions that the United Nations can pursue to end them. The mainstream media in the West has largely ignored this speech. This contribution was produced on November 20, 2023 and sent to us by Jeffrey Sachs with permission to publish.
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Col. Wilkerson on Israel-Gaza and the war in Ukraine

In this episode of The Source, our senior editor Zain Raza returns to interview Lawrence Wilkerson, retired Army colonel and former chief of staff to Colin Powell, on the latest developments surrounding Gaza and Ukraine. We assess the Hamas attack on October 7th and Israel's response to it and whether it constitutes genocide. We examine Israel's objectives in Gaza and explore why the US continues to support it unconditionally. Finally, we assess why support for Ukraine is waning in the United States and whether Europe alone, led by Germany, can lead Ukraine to victory.
ABOUT LAWRENCE WILKERSON: Lawrence Wilkerson is currently a Senior Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and formerly a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of Williams and Mary. Lawrence Wilkerson’s last positions in government were as Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff (2002-05), Associate Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning staff under the directorship of Ambassador Richard N. Haass, and member of that staff responsible for East Asia and the Pacific, political-military and legislative affairs (2001-02). Before serving at the State Department, Wilkerson served 31 years in the U.S. Army. During that time, he was a member of the faculty of the U.S. Naval War College (1987 to 1989), Special Assistant to General Powell when he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-93), and Director and Deputy Director of the U.S. Marine Corps War College at Quantico, Virginia (1993-97). Wilkerson retired from active service in 1997 as a colonel, and began work as an advisor to General Powell. He has also taught national security affairs in the Honors Program at the George Washington University. He is currently working on a book about the first George W. Bush administration.
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Edward Snowden Exclusive | The Deep State & How You Can Make a Difference

This interview was undertaken by acTVism Munich on the 15th of January 2017 in Munich.
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Yanis Varoufakis on Israel-Palestine, Ukraine and the Hypocrisy of the West

In this episode of The Source, we talk to world-renowned economist and intellectual Yanis Varoufakis about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the international developments taking place in the European Union and the United Nations around it. We also explore the question of whether Israel's 56-year occupation of Palestine and its settlement policy have contributed to the violence in the region. We inquire about concrete steps the Israeli government can take to end the Hamas hostage crisis. Finally, we discuss the war in Ukraine and how to end it, and whether Germany can once again become an economic power while continuing to sanction Russia and import American liquefied natural gas (LNG).
ABOUT YANIS VAROUFAKIS: Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek politician, professor of economic theory at the University of Athens, former finance minister of Greece and founder of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25). He is also the author of several books on the European debt crisis, financial imbalances in the world, and game theory.
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The Hospital Attack & the Destruction of Gaza | Dr. Shir Hever

In this episode of The Source, we speak with independent journalist, author and economist Dr. Shir Hever about the current conflict between Israel and Palestine. First, we inquire about who was behind the attacks on the al-Ahli Arab hospital that killed 500 Palestinian civilians seeking refuge. Then we discuss the situation in Gaza and whether Israel's actions constitute genocide and collective punishment. We examine the role of the West and whether it has played a constructive or destructive role in this conflict. We assess why the Israeli military has not yet launched a ground invasion of Gaza and whether this move could trigger a regional war. Finally, we assess the significance of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's Oct. 7 tweet about the failure of the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent this attack, despite exporting cutting-edge spying and surveillance technologies to despots around the world.
ABOUT DR. SHIR HEVER: Dr. Shir Hever is an independent economic researcher and journalist. He writes articles and research for various venues and gives lectures in political and academic venues. He is the author of The Privatisation of Israeli Security (Pluto, 2017) and The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto, 2010). He is currently the military embargo coordinator of the BNC (Boycott National Committee) of the BDS movement.
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Hamas’ Attack on Israel & the Roots of the Conflict - International Lawyer Dimitri Lascaris

In this episode of The Source, we speak with journalist and international law and human rights lawyer Dimitri Lascaris about recent developments in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. We begin with an assessment of Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and evaluate Israel's response so far. We then assess the humanitarian situation in the southern Gaza Strip, where 1.1 million Palestinians have been forced to flee by Israel. We also examine the reasons why Israeli intelligence was unable to detect the attack by Hamas, despite being warned by Egyptian intelligence days in advance. We inquire whether Israel's policies, which Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International call apartheid and occupation, are responsible for the recurring violence in the region. Finally, we ask why the West invokes international law and sanctions when Russia annexes Ukrainian territory, but does not apply the same standard when Israel annexes Palestinian territory.
ABOUT DIMITRI LASCARIS: Dimitri Lascaris is a journalist and lawyer. As a lawyer, he specializes in class action litigation, international law and human rights. He was a member of the shadow cabinets of the Green Parties of Canada and Quebec. In 2020, he ran for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada and came in second.
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Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges & Dr. Shir Hever on Israel & Palestine

This is a compilation of interviews we conducted with Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges, and Shir Hever prior to the outbreak of conflict in Palestine and Israel on October 7, 2023. Since the focus of the mainstream media is currently on the recent crises, we took the opportunity to shed light on the historical and geopolitical picture of the issue, an approach that we feel is missing from the media's coverage. ABOUT NOAM CHOMSKY: Noam Chomsky is a world-renowned political dissident, anarchist, linguist, author and institute professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he’s taught for more than half a century. Chomsky has written more than 100 books, his latest being “Because We Say So“. Chomsky has been a highly influential academic figure throughout his career, and was cited within the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) more often than any other living scholar from 1980 to 1992. His work has influenced a wide range of domains, including artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, logic, mathematics, music theory and analysis, psychology and immunology. ABOUT CHRIS HEDGES: Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for 15 years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East bureau chief and Balkan bureau chief for the paper. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. He is the host of show The Chris Hedges Report. ABOUT DR. SHIR HEVER: Dr. Shir Hever is an independent economic researcher and journalist. He writes articles and research for various venues and gives lectures in political and academic venues. He is the author of The Privatisation of Israeli Security (Pluto, 2017) and The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto, 2010). He is currently the military embargo coordinator of the BNC (Boycott National Committee) of the BDS movement.
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Israel and Palestine Conflict - Everything You need to Know

In this episode of The Source, we talk with independent journalist, author and economist Dr. Shir Hever about the current conflict between Israel and Palestine and how it came to be. We then examine the role of decades of Israeli occupation and apartheid and whether it is related to the current escalation of violence. We assess the role of the Western media before the conflict erupted and ask whether they reported with the same frequency and quality when Israel was committing crimes against humanity against Palestinians. We also talk about the international law that Western politicians invoke when it comes to Ukraine, for example, and whether the same standard applies to Palestine, where Israel has not only acted as an occupying power since 1967, but also continues to drive local populations off their land in order to build new settlements on it. Finally, we discuss what approach the international community can take today to achieve a lasting and sustainable peace between Israel and Palestine.
ABOUT DR. SHIR HEVER: Dr. Shir Hever is an independent economic researcher and journalist. He writes articles and research for various venues and gives lectures in political and academic venues. He is the author of The Privatisation of Israeli Security (Pluto, 2017) and The Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation (Pluto, 2010). He is currently the military embargo coordinator of the BNC (Boycott National Committee) of the BDS movement.
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Standing ovation for a Nazi in Canada, Nord Stream Update & the Hypocrisy of the Green Party

In this episode of The Source, we talk with author and independent journalist Fabian Scheidler about the theories surrounding the Nord Stream pipeline bombing and which one is most plausible one year later. Then we examine the significance of an incident in the Canadian Parliament where politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, mistakenly gave a standing ovation to a former SS Nazi officer. Then we discuss the hypocrisy of the German Green party and why they changed their position on climate, war and other issues after coming to power. Finally, we analyze Austria's long-standing policy of neutrality, including toward the war in Ukraine, and what lessons we can learn from it.
ABOUT FABIAN SCHEIDLER: Fabian Scheidler, born in 1968, studied history and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and theater directing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt/M. Since 2001, he has worked as a freelance writer for print media, television, theater and opera. In 2009, he founded the independent television magazine Kontext TV with David Goeßmann. Otto Brenner Media Prize for critical journalism (2009). As a dramaturge and playwright, he worked for many years for the Grips Theater in Berlin. In 2013, his opera "Death of a Banker" (music: Andreas Kersting) premiered at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater in Görlitz. In 2015, Fabian Scheidler's book "Das Ende der Megamaschine. Geschichte einer scheiternden Zivilisation" by Promedia Verlag (Vienna). The Robert Jungk Library for Future Studies selected it as one of the "TOP 10 Future Literature 2015". Visit his website here: https://www.megamaschine.org/en/
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