3594 - The Iran Escalation Trap; UK Green Party's Historic Win w/ Robert Pape, Grace Blakeley

Mar 5, 2026

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Grace Blakeley

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Robert Pape

Robert Pape, political science professor specializing in air campaigns and escalation dynamics. Grace Blakeley, political economist and author focused on corporate power and UK politics. They discuss why precision bombing fails to topple regimes and how escalation traps form. They also analyze the UK Green Party breakthrough and how Labour’s shift opened space for a left-green surge.

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INSIGHT

UK Greens Won By Mobilizing Displaced Labour Voters

UK Greens absorbed the left displaced from Labour and combined relatable candidates with door-to-door organizing.
Grace Blakeley: Hannah Spencer, a working-class candidate, mobilized volunteers and focused on cost-of-living and Gaza stance.

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Listen First Then Tailor Campaign Messaging

Build campaigns by listening first and tailoring messaging to local concerns.
Blakeley: volunteers who knocked doors then shaped messaging around resident feedback, boosting persuasion and turnout.

INSIGHT

Relatable Candidates Broaden Green Party Appeal

Relatable, working-class Green candidates broaden the party beyond its middle-class base.
Blakeley: door-knocking, listening to local concerns, and translating them into messaging drove turnout in Gordon and Denton.

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It's an Emmajority Report Thursday on The Majority Report On today's program: Senators Chuck Schumer and Chris Coon are signaling that they will vote for $50 billion in supplemental funding for Trump's illegal war in Iran. Jack Reed (D-RI) says he would not vote for the War Powers resolution UNLESS it is being implemented in defense of Israel. The president of Israel, Isaac Herzog, says that this war is different from past wars in the Middle East because this one is focused. Despite no one being able to agree on why this war is happening. Professor Robert Pape of the Escalation Trap on Substack joins the show to discuss the tactics of regime-change operation from a historical perspective. Grace Blakeley joins the program to discuss the Green Party's big victory last week in the UK. Kristi Noem has been fired from DHS after a disastrous hearing before Congress. In the Fun Half: Some dummy from the Washington Post howls for his food by calling Bernie Sanders's proposed wealth tax as an assault on the American dream. Governor Polis of Colorado is flirting with the idea of pardoning Tina Peters who is in prison over her efforts to overturn the 2020 elections. Skip Bayless and his wife share their thoughts on the war in Iran, FINALLY! all that and more To connect and organize with your local ICE rapid response team visit ICERRT.com

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