Arming Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan: Washington’s Insatiable Appetite for War

On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 1/04 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Eugene and Rania are joined by special guests: Khulekani Skosana - South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main judicial body for the United Nations, for crimes of genocide against Palestinian people in Gaza. Khulekani Skosana, a National Executive Committee Member of the South Africa Youth Council, discusses the significant move by the South African government and how South Africans draw from their own experience living in an apartheid state, to stand in solidarity with Palestinians. Yara Shoufani - In response to Israel’s US-backed genocide in Gaza, which has killed over 21,500 Palestinians since October 7th, millions around the world have taken to the streets to protest in support of Palestine. As Israel continues to escalate attacks in Gaza, the West Bank, and the wider region, including the recent Israeli drone attack in Beirut, Lebanon, Yara Shoufani, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, discusses the global outcry and the rising tide of public pressure on the US and Israel for an immediate and permanent ceasefire. Johnny Miller - Following the failed Ukrainian counter-offensive and a decrease in arms-supplies and declining public support from the US, the proxy war in Ukraine has entered a new phase. Johnny Miller, a British journalist and PressTV correspondent who spent much of the war in Donbass, breaks down the current state of the conflict and how the US wants to draw out the war as long as possible at the expense of Ukrainian lives. Brian Becker - Donald Trump has been kicked off primary ballots in Maine and Colorado over charges he faces related to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol building in Washington, DC in 2021. As the 3rd anniversary of the insurrection approaches, Brian Becker, host of BreakThrough’s The Socialist Program, National Director of ANSWER Coalition, & a longtime organizer, joins the show to discuss the lessons learned from January 6th and its impact on the right-wing movement in the United States. K.J. Noh - With voters in Taiwan going to the polls on January 13 to choose a new leader, the US is pushing hard to egg on the secessionist forces in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party which is poised to stay in office. K.J. Noh, a Peace activist, scholar on the geopolitics of Asia & organizer with Pivot to Peace, discusses how the US is escalating the new Cold War against China and why Washington is trying to make Taiwan the new Ukraine. Elias Amare - Ethiopia has signed an initial agreement with Somaliland to utilize the Red Sea port of Berbera, paving the way for the country to have commercial marine operations in the region and making Ethiopia the first country to recognize Somaliland as an independent nation. Elias Amare, the contributing editor and host of Horn of Africa TV and a veteran political activist of the Eritrean struggle for liberation, explains what this agreement could mean for the Horn of Africa and the rest of the world. #BreakThroughNews