In the second half of the show, Lee interviews Netfa Freeman of the Black Alliance for Peace. The Black Alliance for Peace have put together a list of demands for all of the candidates running for office. The list includes cutting the US military budget by 50 percent,...
Netfa Freeman, analyst and events coordinator at the Institute for Policy Studies, joined Watching the Hawks to discuss the Trump administration’s decision to ban U.S. travel to Cuba. Watch the interview at RT America.
The recent US sanctions against Tehran were a political move by the Obama administration to fend off pressure, and are very narrow, so they won’t have a serious impact on ordinary people in Iran, said Phyllis Bennis from the Institute for Policy Studies. The US...
The 400 richest American fat cats have as much wealth as the bottom 36 million US households. To illustrate just how much prosperity the average American is missing out on, a new study uses the Space Needle, private jets, cats, and more. The report is based on the...
From Afghanistan to Yemen we are told we must fight terrorism over there to keep us safe here at home. The historical record tells us a very different story. Washington’s so-called war on terror has only created and motivated more violent extremists and destroyed...