Air Date: 1-31-2025

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The genocide and subsequent ceasefire in Gaza is only the latest horrifying consequence of botched military misadventures in the Middle East and if the history of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons can teach us anything it's that atrocities have long shadows.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Gaza Ceasefire Explained Reading Between The Lines - The Socialist Program - Air Date 1-16-25

KP 2: The Ceasefire in Gaza w Mohammad Alsaafin - American Prestige - Air Date 1-19-25

KP 3: Trump's Middle East Plans w Mouin Rabbani - Behind the News - Air Date 1-23-25

KP 4: On the Situation in Syria and its Implications for the Region - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 1-6-25

KP 5: Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict - CounterSpin - Air Date 11-29-24

KP 6: Trump's Middle East Plans w Mouin Rabbani Part 2 - Behind the News - Air Date 1-23-25

KP 7: Egypt, Jordan Reject Trump Plan to Clean Out Gaza; Palestinians Return to N. Gaza in Historic Day - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-27-25

KP 8: Gaza Ceasefire Explained Reading Between The Lines Part 2 - The Socialist Program - Air Date 1-16-25

(51:16) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the echos of atrocities

DEEPER DIVES

(1:02:15) SECTION A: THE DEAL

A1: The Ceasefire in Gaza w Mohammad Alsaafin Part 2 - American Prestige - Air Date 1-19-25

A2: Gaza Ceasefire Explained Reading Between The Lines Part 3 - The Socialist Program - Air Date 1-16-25

A3: The Ceasefire in Gaza w Mohammad Alsaafin Part 3 - American Prestige - Air Date 1-19-25

(1:24:41) SECTION B: CEASEFIRE POLITICS

B1: Biden on Gaza ceasefire 'The elements of this deal were what I laid out in detail' - The ReidOut - Air Date 1-15-25

B2: Ceasefire in Gaza w Akbar Shahid Ahmed - Long Reads - Air Date 1-25-25

B3: Egypt, Jordan Reject Trump Plan to Clean Out Gaza; Palestinians Return to N. Gaza in Historic Day Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-27-25

B4: Ceasefire in Gaza w Akbar Shahid Ahmed Part 2 - Long Reads - Air Date 1-25-25

(1:46:00) SECTION C: THE EMPIRE

C1: On the Situation in Syria and its Implications for the Region Part 2 - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 1-6-25

C2: Gaza Ceasefire Explained Reading Between The Lines Part 4 - The Socialist Program - Air Date 1-16-25

C3: On the Situation in Syria and its Implications for the Region Part 3 - Revolutionary Left Radio - Air Date 1-6-25

C4: Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor CACI - Democracy Now! - Air Date 11-14-24

C5: 11 Men Freed After 20+ Years of Extreme Deprivation. Will Biden Close Guantánamo for Good - Democracy Now! - Air Date 1-8-25

C6: Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict Part 2 - CounterSpin - Air Date 11-29-24

(2:28:35) SECTION D: NOW WHAT?

D1: Ceasefire in Gaza w Akbar Shahid Ahmed PART 3 - Long Reads - Air Date 1-25-25

D2: Trump's Middle East Plans w Mouin Rabbani Part 3 - Behind the News - Air Date 1-23-25

D3: The Ceasefire in Gaza w Mohammad Alsaafin Part 4 - American Prestige - Air Date 1-19-25

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