Jon Randal discusses the Sabra and Shatila massacres with Helena
Thirty years ago this month, fighters from Lebanon's Christian-extremist Phalangist militia, working in close coordination with the Israeli military, committed massacres against unarmed Palestinians i...
14 Sep 201244min
Yaprak Gursoy discusses Turkey's regional role
Yaprak Gursoy, a contributor to Troubled Triangle: The United States, Turkey, and Israel in the New Middle East and a professor at Istanbul's Bilgi University, discussed Turkey's role in the Syrian cr...
18 Aug 201219min
Soli Özel talks about Turkey's role in Syria and the rest of the Middle East
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24 Feb 201215min
Chas Freeman discuss Middle East prospects with Helena
In this 26-minute podcast, Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr. discusses the risk of heightened U.S. confrontation with Iran during the current election year. He says he expects little U.S. activism in Palestin...
26 Jan 201226min
Reidar Visser gives Helena Cobban a bleak assessment of U.S. achievements in Iraq
The U.S. occupation of Iraq is scheduled to draw to a final end on December 31 of this year. Just World Books author Reidar Visser has closely tracked Washington's efforts to try to build a democratic...
12 Nov 201122min
Laila El-Haddad, author of 'Gaza Mom', talks about Gaza, the flotilla, and changing American attitudes
On Friday, November 4, a small flotilla crewed by western and Palestinian peace activists was stopped and boarded by the Israeli Navy as its members tried to break Israel's blockade of Gaza by sailing...
5 Nov 201113min
Joshua Foust's Afghanistan-Pakistan update, early August 2011
Just World Books author Joshua Foust discussed mid-year trends in how U.S. policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been doing, with Dalia Mortada. In this lively discussion, Foust challenged much of...
3 Aug 201117min
Our author Rami Zurayk on what happened in South Lebanon on May 15
On May 19, Just World Books will be publishing a fine new book by Lebanese agronomy specialist and social-justice activist Rami Zurayk. The book is called 'Food, Farming, and Freedom: Sowing the Arab ...
17 Mai 201115min
