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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says the blast that leveled the Port of Beirut is a suspected Israeli attack, and that if investigations confirm that suspicion, Lebanon will retaliate. Press TV Beirut correspondent Mariam Saleh and commentator Kevin Barrett discuss these developments.
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Press TV Just as the UN took Saudi Arabia off the child killer list, the Saudi-led coalition struck Yemen, which led to the deaths of children. Why does the UN, which is supposed to watch out for the well-being of children, take Saudi Arabia off a list in which it knows it is guilty if those crimes? In this edition of the debate, we will ask this exact question from our guests, and look at why this illegal war is still being waged one of the poorest countries in the world…
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US President Donald Trump has repeated his hugely-controversial endorsement of occupied Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “undivided capital” as he outlined his administration’s self-styled plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which Palestinians have already dismissed. (Press TV)
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Listen HERE Had I been in the room with Trump, Netanyahu, and that truckload of applauding sycophants bussed in from the Israeli Embassy, and had been forced to sit down in the front row and listen to Trump-and-Bibi’s “Deal of the Century” bullshit, I could easily have suicide-bombed the whole place without needing an explosive vest—since just listening to the live feed made me so angry I almost went up in a 100 megaton fireball while merely sitting at my desk ; – ) But seriously, folks, we have a serious problem with evil in high places. Today’s show features…
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Listen HERE First 40 minutes: Cynthia McKinney Ph.D., former six-term Congressional representative and Green Party Presidential candidate has just returned to the United States from Bangladesh, where she teaches at North South University. During her trip the news broke about Trump ordering the assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, effectively declaring war on Iran. In this conversation we discuss the Iran situation and related issues, including the power of the Israel lobby in the United States—a topic on which Dr. McKinney has been quite outspoken. Toward the end of the interview, we ask: What would it take to transform the current awareness…
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Will Trump re-ignite tensions with North Korea? Not likely in an election season.
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Press TV interview with Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor Masoud Soleimani received a warm welcome in Tehran by his family members and Iranian officials. Soleimani left Iran on a sabbatical last year. But he was detained upon arrival in Chicago and transferred to a prison in Georgia.
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Donald Trump plays the Ugly American role to perfection Press TV interview featuring Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor “The Pentagon claims that revenues from US-controlled oilfields in northeastern Syria are channeled into (terrorist) forces backed by the US in the country.” -Press TV Smedley Butler, who would have founded Veterans Today if the internet had existed back then, famously said “War Is a Racket.” Normally US presidents don’t admit that. They say they’re defending democracy, human rights, oppressed minorities—anything but oil and gangsters and corporate profits. Donald Trump, with his tasteless, charmingly psychopathic lack of hypocrisy, has changed all that. From…
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Video above courtesy of Press TV; below is my interview with the Iranian newspaper Kayhan –Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor 1) Houthis have attacked the vital source of world energy which has resulted in worldwide shock. By this act they shocked the global economy for few days. How did they reach this point of strength after 5 years of conflict with Saudis? The success of the Houthi-led Yemeni resistance illustrates the importance of morale in military affairs. The formerly Saudi-Emirati (now just Saudi) invaders of Yemen boast a combined military budget of almost $100 billion per year. The Republic of…
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Press TV Debate featuring Veterans Today Editor Kevin Barrett vs. Brent Budowsky of The Hill (WARNING: IT GETS HEATED!) This edition of the program is about the new Irans reduction of JCPOA commitments. The third phase, which deals with modern centrifuges being installed, is reversible like the last two phases provided the Europeans hold up their end of the bargain. Its stated repeatedly that Irans course of action to counter the USs breach and the EUs lack of will is totally within the framework of the deal.
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