Global Fury as Israel’s Gaza Genocide Rages and US Blocks Ceasefire

On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 12/14 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Eugene and Rania are joined by special guests: Vijay Prashad - The US vetoed yet another UN resolution calling for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, showcasing the flagrant double standard for the so-called “rules based international order.” The West regularly deploys the use of international law when it serves their interests, as in the case of the International Criminal Court’s warrant for Russia’s President Putin, but has provided Israel with impunity in the face of blatant violations of international law. Vijay Prashad, the Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute, joins the show to discuss the hypocrisy of the US and the ICC as well as the stalling Ukraine war. Layan Sima Fuleihan - On December 11th, tens of thousands across the globe stopped business as usual in response to a call for a global general strike launched by Palestinian civil society as Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza rages on. Layan Sima Fuleihan, the Education Director at The People’s Forum, an editor at 1804 Books, and an organizer with the Shut It Down For Palestine coalition, discusses the global solidarity movement for Palestine and the rising tide of public pressure on the US and Israel for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Ben Becker - Four days into the genocidal bombing and siege of Gaza, with a massive ground invasion pending, the West’s most prominent left-liberal intellectuals stood up and spoke out against … the leftists on the streets for Palestine. But three months later, a mass anti-war movement in solidarity with Palestine has rocked the US, leaving liberals who condemn Palestinian resistance, isolated. Ben Becker, Editor-in-Chief of BreakThrough News, discusses the remarkable transformation of the US political environment in response to the global movement for Palestine. #BreakThroughNews