The Katie Halper Show

Patreon-only: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53083786 I talk to historian Jules Gill-Peterson about her groundbreaking and moving book "Histories of the Transgender Child." Peterson is associate professor of English and gender, sexuality, and women's studies at The University of Pittsburg. She's the General Co-Editor of Transgender Studies Quarterly (Duke University Press). And her writing can be found in places like The New York Times, The Guardian, and more. Find out more about Jules at https://www.jgillpeterson.com/, follow her on twitter at twitter.com/gp_jls and check out her substack Sad Brown Girl https://sadbrowngirl.substack.com/ .Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Izzy Award-winning Journalist Aaron Maté (https://twitter.com/aaronjmate) calls out media figures who claim to be Left and "anti-interventionist," while totally ignoring the intervention in the countries they're reporting on. Having recently been attacked for reporting from Syria, Maté responds to a segment from The Young Turks and Ana Kasperian who, after smearing Aaron as a working for dictators & denying the murder of children, went on to do a segment on the Syrian elections: "They will claim to be anti us intervention, they'll claim to be leftist while simultaneously, in the case of this segment, omitting any of the most minimal facts about us intervention, the ten-year dirty war launched by the CIA, the occupying one third of the country, and the murderous sanctions that prevent it from rebuilding. Imagine doing a segment about Syria right now, claiming that you're against intervention and not being able to name or acknowledge the most basic facts about the ongoing U.S. intervention that is making Syrians' lives miserable. And then proceeding to advance all of the current talking points that are being used to justify U.S. intervention. It's this cowardly thing of not wanting to own your actual position, which is simply 'I'm going to be a useful idiot for imperialism' and do exactly what the rest of the established media is doing to the extent that it's talking about Syria at all and parrot all the talking points.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Steven Donziger (https://twitter.com/SDonziger), the lawyer under house arrest for successfully suing Chevron for poisoning the Ecuadorian Amazon & the indigenous people who live there talks with musician (Pink Floyd) & activist Roger Waters (https://twitter.com/rogerwaters) about why this case is so unprecedented & so important (https://www.donzigerdefense.com/). Donziger has been under house arrest for over 650 days in a case Manhattan's prosecutor declined to prosecute. Instead, the judge had to appoint a corporate firm with Chevron ties to prosecute Donziger.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Patreon only: Max Blumenthal on experiencing more antisemitism in Israel from Israeli Jews than anywhere else & the idiocy of Debra Messing. https://www.patreon.com/posts/51641714 Katie & Leslie talk pop culture, the death of Kentaro Miura, trolls, and Leslie's past cold weather naivety. Then, Arab-American Institute (https://twitter.com/AAIUSA) founder Jim Zogby (https://twitter.com/jjz1600) reflects on the state of affairs in Israel Palestine, the shift in the US political status quo, Netanyahu’s corruption trial, his wife's dirty laundry, how we got here & what’s next. Max Blumenthal also drops by to provide his take, as well as agree to be made aware of the dumpster fire that keeps on giving that is Debra Messing, which you can check out in full at Patreon.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Yumna Patel (https://mondoweiss.net/author/yumnapatel/) joins the show live from Bethlehem where she reports on the Occupation and talks about the facts on the ground, debunks some talking points and shares what it's like to be a journalist in a state that bombs AP buildings. Then Palestinian human rights attorney, author and writer Noura Erakat (http://www.nouraerakat.com/) talks about Palestinian resistance, solidarity, the death of her cousin and reads the names of her friend's family members who were killed by the IDF this weekend.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Political scientist, prolific author, son of Holocaust survivors and fearless critic of Israel Norman Finkelstein joins Katie Halper for a livestreamed discussion about Israel's attacks on Palestinians, the significance of the reports on its apartheid state by Human Rights Watch and Israel's own human rights organization B'Tselem, why he thinks Israel may be at a turning point and overplayed its hand, and why it's a lunatic state. Finkelstein is the author of 11 books, including Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom, The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Human Suffering and Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish Romance with Israel Is Coming to an End. http://normanfinkelstein.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Extended Reed interview here (https://www.patreon.com/posts/51203261) Seattle City Council woman Kshama Sawant (https://www.kshamasolidarity.org/​) talks about her resolution calling on the Biden administration to support patent waivers for U.S.-produced vaccines that would allow facilities in other countries to begin manufacturing generic vaccines based on Pfizer and Moderna's formulas. Sawant also discusses the Right Wing recall campaign being launched against her. Dr. Adolph Reed, professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, political scientist, and editor of Nonsite (https://nonsite.org/​​), talks about identity politics, the NGO-ization of Black Lives Matter, and the state of The Left. Reed is the author of "Class Notes: Posing As Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene," "W. E. B. Du Bois and American Political Thought: Fabianism and the Color Line," "The Jesse Jackson Phenomenon: The Crisis of Purpose in Afro-American Politics," "Stirrings in the Jug: Black Politics in the Post-Segregation Era." Sawant has served on the Seattle City Council since 2014. She is a member of the political party Socialist Alternative. Her most recent re-election campaign was in 2019 in which Amazon spent an unprecedented $1.5m to defeat her. She has been a consistent advocate of raising taxes on the wealthy, expanding city services for the city’s workers and for environmental rights and Palestinian human rights. She is facing a right wing recall in retaliation for spearheading victories like $15 minimum wage and the Amazon Tax and supporting Black Lives Matter.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

SHIREEN AL-ADEIMI explains that Joe Biden didn't end the war in Yemen. He's merely rebranded it. Shireen Al-Adeimi (https://twitter.com/shireen818) is an assistant professor of education at Michigan State University. Since 2015, she has played an active role in raising awareness about the Saudi-led war on her country of birth, Yemen, and works to encourage political action to end U.S. support.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Journalist, filmmaker (https://gazafightsforfreedom.com/​) and Empire Files (https://twitter.com/EmpireFiles​) host Abby Martin (https://twitter.com/AbbyMartin​) refused to sign a pro-Israel pledge which promised to not participate or advocate the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. She was asked to sign the oath in January, 2020 when she was set to deliver a keynote speech at Georgia Southern University. When she refused, her talk was canceled. In February, 2020 Martin, together with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), filed a federal free-speech lawsuit against the University System of Georgia, for the “unconstitutionality” of its decision. The law suit reads that, "The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia... conditioned an invitation to speak at an academic conference on the Plaintiff agreeing in writing to abandon her First Amendment-protected journalism about and political advocacy for the rights of Palestinians. The Complaint alleges violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983." Abby talks about the status of her lawsuit, the media landscape, censorship, free speech and covering taboo subjects including, but not limited to, the Israeli-Palestinian conflictAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bolivia-based Journalists Ollie Vargas and Camila Escalante push back against the lies spread by Western media and The State Department. Then labor organizer and TwinkRev contributing editor Esperanza Fonseca talks about capitalism, feminism and imperialism. Camila Escalante is the co-founder of Kawsachun News (https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews) in Bolivia and known for her reporting on TeleSUR. Ollie Vargas (https://twitter.com/OVargas52) is a Bolivian journalist and writer. He has contributed to teleSUR, Morning Star, and other media outlets and is part of Kawsachun News. Esperanza Fonseca (https://twitter.com/endclasssociety) is a member of the anti-imperialist feminist organization AF3IRM, contributing editor to the LGBTQ Marxist magazine TwinkRev, and a labor organizer.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy