Best Helena Cobban Podcasts (2024)

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Helena Cobban, talk on Hamas at Westmoreland Church, April 21, 2024 1:22:12

12d ago1:22:12

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In March 2024, the Middle East Committee of Westmoreland Church, which is a very active "UCC" congregation located on the borderline between Maryland and Washington DC, invited Helena to go and speak to their members on the topic "Hamas: A Primer." The event took place on April 21, 2024, and took the form of a conversation conducted, for the first …

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Understanding Hamas, Ep.1: Dr. Paola Caridi 1:06:01

20h ago1:06:01

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This was the first of a series of Public Conversations that Just World Ed is presenting in May 2024, on the theme of "Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters." The series is presented by JWE President Helena Cobban and board member Rami G. Khouri. Our first guest was journalist and author Dr. Paola Caridi. You can see much more information about t…

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Introducing: PalCast with Yousef Aljamal and Helena Cobban 13:36

6M ago13:36

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This episode introduces the people behind a brand new series, PalCast, which will be hosted by Palestinian refugee (and friend of the shack) Dr Yousef Aljamal and his longtime collaborator and friend Helena Cobban, herself an activist and author of great renown. PalCast is a collaboration between Just World Educational and Tortoise Shack Media, whi…

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PalCast, Episode 1. The Streets are with Palestine 38:50

6M ago38:50

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As Israel's genocide in Gaza continues, PalCast's Dr Yousef Aljamal and his co-host Helena Cobban survey the situation on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank and the waves of pro-Palestinian sympathy that have swept around the whole world, including throughout the Global South and even at the grassroots level within most Western countries. They no…

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PalCast: Episode 2, the shared Palestinian and Irish struggles 44:05

6M ago44:05

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The second episode of Palcast discusses the shared struggle of the Palestinian and Irish peoples. From Captain Boycott, to Bloody Balfour, to hunger strikes, Dr Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and Tony Groves delve into the shared struggle between the two nations, and indeed the anti-apartheid movements globally. We also look at the mistakes that Ire…

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Globalities: On untangling Syria's devastating civil war 29:53

1y ago29:53

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In this episode, Helena Cobban presents a voiced version of the essay she published today on the Globalities website, which is titled, "Untangling Syria's devastating civil war." In the essay, Ms. Cobban, a long-time analyst of Syria's affairs, expresses her cautiously optimistic assessment of the possibility that recent shifts in West Asian politi…

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Global Shifts Update, April 14 33:39

1y ago33:39

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In this episode of her Global Shifts series, Just World ed President Helena Cobban looks at the events and developments of the past week that illustrate the big shifts now underway in the global balance. This week, she looks at the continuing fallout from the visit that French Pres. Emmanuel Macron paid recently to Beijing, and also at this week's …

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This week's major shifts in the global balance 23:54

1y ago23:54

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In today's episode Just World Ed's Helena Cobban presents her review of the key shifts in the global balance that we've seen over the past week. This episode covers: The ongoing contest between NATO and Russia over Ukraine The two big diplomatic events in Beijing this week Implications of Pres. Macron's visit to Beijing Implications of the new rapp…

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A Korea-style armistice for Ukraine? A voiced essay from Globalities 20:03

1y ago20:03

20:03

In mid-January 2023, the veteran analyst of world affairs Helena Cobban published an essay at Globalities.org in which she explored the urgent need for a country-wide ceasefire or armistice for Ukraine, and explored the value of the precedent set by the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953. She also looked at the issue of armistices more broadly and …

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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with William B. Quandt 1:18:37

2y ago1:18:37

1:18:37

This was the sixth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own. In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked t…

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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Joseph Gerson 1:03:13

2y ago1:03:13

1:03:13

This was the fifth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own. In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked t…

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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Ivana Nikolic Hughes 1:13:57

2y ago1:13:57

1:13:57

This was the fourth conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own. In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked …

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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Vicki Elson 1:01:39

2y ago1:01:39

1:01:39

This was the third conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own. In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked t…

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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Ray McGovern 1:23:39

2y ago1:23:39

1:23:39

This was the second conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own. In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug talked …

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The Urgency of Banning Nukes: Conversation with Prof. Ted Postol 1:20:47

2y ago1:20:47

1:20:47

This was the inaugural conversation in Just World Educational's project to produce and share multimedia resources to inform, educate, and engage new generations of (especially) Americans on the need to Ban All Nuclear Weapons and dismantle all existing nuclear arsenals, including our own. In this convo, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Amelle Zeroug disc…

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Helena Cobban and Richard Falk talk nuclear realities at Mt. Diablo 32:33

2y ago32:33

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On May 20, JWE President Helena Cobban spoke at an event on the Ukraine Crisis and the nuclear risks associated with it that was hosted by the Mount Diablo Center for Peace and Justice in Walnut Creek, California. JWE board member Richard Falk contributed a video message to this event, which took the form of a 20-minute dialogue that Ms. Cobban had…

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Richard Falk & Helena Cobban, Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace! 22:39

2y ago22:39

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This virtual conversation between Helena Cobban and Richard Falk was pre-recorded for the Friends of Mt Diablo Peace and Justice Center for screening on May 20th, 2022. For more information or to download Just World Educational’s report “Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!” please visit www.justworldeducational.org. Support the Show.…

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Report Launch, Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace! 1:06:39

2y ago1:06:39

1:06:39

The launch of our report “Ukraine: Stop the Carnage, Build the Peace!” in which Helena Cobban and Richard Falk were joined by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Medea Benjamin, Gar Smith, Ray McGovern, David Swanson, Cynthia Lazaroff, Rick Sterling, and David Barash to discuss the crisis in Ukraine and the policy recommendations included in the report. Support…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Dr. David Barash & Cynthia Lazaroff 1:21:38

2y ago1:21:38

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The eighth and final session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Dr. David Barash and Cynthia Lazaroff. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Phyllis Bennis and Indi Samarajiva 1:17:42

2y ago1:17:42

1:17:42

The seventh session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Phyllis Bennis and Indi Samarajiva. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Anatol Lieven and Ray McGovern 1:17:29

2y ago1:17:29

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The sixth session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Anatol Lieven and Ray McGovern. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Dr. Radha Kumar and Dr. Mary Kaldor 1:13:46

2y ago1:13:46

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The fifth session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Dr. Radha Kumar and Dr. Mary Kaldor. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Bill Fletcher, Jr., Erik Sperling and Marcus Stanley 1:18:45

2y ago1:18:45

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The fourth session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Bill Fletcher, Jr., Erik Sperling and Marcus Stanley. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Medea Benjamin and Marjorie Cohn 1:05:45

2y ago1:05:45

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The third session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Medea Benjamin and Marjorie Cohn. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Amb. Chas Freeman, Jr. and Katrina vanden Heuvel 1:13:23

2y ago1:13:23

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The first session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Amb. Chas Freeman, Jr. and Katrina vanden Heuvel. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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"#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World" with Vijay Prashad & Lyle Goldstein 1:01:30

2y ago1:01:30

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The first session of "#UkraineCrisis: Building a Just and Peaceful World," a biweekly series of online convos hosted by JWE Pres. Helena Cobban and Board Member Richard Falk, joined this week by guests Vijay Prashad and Lyle Goldstein. For full bios and more info, please visit bit.ly/Ukr-Updates Support the Show.…

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The World From Palestine: Episode 6 31:39

2y ago31:39

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This week on The World From Palestine, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Yousef Aljamal untangle the ways in which empires erase and appropriate the cultures of indigenous peoples, whose lands they settle and steal. Support the Show.By Helena / Yousef

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The World From Palestine: Episode 5 33:16

2y ago33:16

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In this week's episode, Helena and Yousef take us on a journey from Rwanda to India to understand the classic “divide and rule” tactic that belays many imperial projects and the various strategies indigenous people have used to push back. Support the Show.By Helena / Yousef

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The World From Palestine: Episode 4 33:46

2y ago33:46

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In this episode, Helena and Yousef examine how colonial powers throughout history, including Israel, have used various forms of mass incarceration as a central tool in their project to control the indigenous populations of the areas they are colonizing. Support the Show.By Helena Cobban and Yousef Aljamal

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The World From Palestine: Episode 3 29:59

2+ y ago29:59

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This episode delves into the the dire environmental impact that West-European settler-colonial projects have always had on the lands and peoples that have been their target. From Israeli afforestation to the near-extinction of buffalo in the Great Plains of North America, Helena and Yousef break down settler attempts to appropriate resources and de…

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The World From Palestine: Episode 2 38:27

2+ y ago38:27

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This week, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Yousef Aljamal break down the myths settler states have used throughout the past six centuries to erase indigenous populations and justify their occupation. Support the Show.By Helena Cobban and Yousef Aljamal

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The World From Palestine: Episode 1 30:42

2+ y ago30:42

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This is the first episode in our new podcast series “The World From Palestine.” In this series, JWE President Helena Cobban and Palestinian scholar Yousef AlJamal will be jointly exploring the intersections between Palestine’s liberation struggle and other anti-imperialist struggles throughout history, and until today. Today, Helena and Yousef disc…

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Eating the Other, part 1 34:23

3+ y ago34:23

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This is the first one-third of a very rich conversation on food sovereignty topics that Just World Educational presented on November 28, as part of our latest webinar series “Beyond Survival: Food Sovereignty Challenges in Palestine and Worldwide.” This session of the series explores commonalities between the food-sovereignty struggles of Palestini…

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U.S.-China Public Dialogue, Session 2, Economic Affairs 57:26

3+ y ago57:26

57:26

Just World Educational's President, Helena Cobban, hosts the second session of the groundbreaking “US-China public dialogue” that JWE is holding in collaboration with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University in Beijing. This dialogue session features two great specialists who discuss some of the currently contested issues …

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US-China Public Dialogue, Session 1, Political-military Affairs 1:03:32

3+ y ago1:03:32

1:03:32

Just World Ed President Helena Cobban hosts the first session of the groundbreaking “US-China public dialogue” that JWE is holding in collaboration with the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University in Beijing. This dialogue session features two wonderful specialists who discuss some of the big-picture topics of contention in t…

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Dr. Lyle Goldstein discusses US-China relations with Helena Cobban 47:35

3+ y ago47:35

47:35

At a time when US-China tensions seem to be increasing, Just World Educational is launching a new project on the shifting balance between the two countries, as Phase 2 of its continuing "World After Covid" project. In this phase of the project, JWE will be releasing the materials from each of the sessions held in podcast format as well as video and…

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Frank Joyce discusses issues in the antiwar movement with Helena Cobban 42:44

4+ y ago42:44

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This episode is an inter-season special: an interview Just World Educational President Helena Cobban conducted with Frank Joyce, a veteran antiwar and workers-rights organizer who was the co-editor, along with Dr. Karin Aguilar-San Juan, of the 2015 anthology The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement. In July this year, F…

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Story-Backstory ep. 13: Bolton: pushing the United States into a war against Iran? 30:08

5y ago30:08

30:08

On this week’s podcast, Just World Educational's president, Helena Cobban, discusses the currently high tensions between the United States and Iran with Amb. Chas W Freeman, Jr., a very distinguished former American diplomatist and the author of a number of very informative books. The most recent of these are collections of his essays on, respectiv…

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SBS ep.12: Thinking fast and slow in reporting Israel-Gaza fighting 39:34

5y ago39:34

39:34

This week’s podcast is Number Twelve in our multi-week “Story/Backstory” project, which explores Washington’s current policies in the Middle East, and the Middle East itself, in a broader historical perspective. It is a complement to a column by Just World Ed President Helena Cobbanthat ran May 8th on the Mondoweiss website, “Thinking fast and slow…

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SBS ep.11: Saudi Arabia’s assault on Yemen, and U.S. involvement in it 33:47

5y ago33:47

33:47

This timely episode focuses on Saudi Arabia's very destructive and now four-year-long war on Yemen, and the direct participation in it of some units of the U.S. military. In early April, the two houses of Congress enacted legislation to end this participation. Pres. Trump vetoed that legislation. Then yesterday, May 2, the Senate held a vote to try…

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Story-Backstory ep. 10: The UAE and Gulf Arab state influence-buying in Washington 42:04

5y ago42:04

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This episode in the "Story-Backstory" series is a complement to the article that Helena Cobban published on Mondoweiss on April 25, exploring a small window that the Mueller Report provided into the world of the influence-buying operations undertaken by the UAE and other rich Arab Gulf states in Washington DC. In this episode, Ms. Cobban interviews…

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Story-Backstory ep.8: Algeria's popular movement making waves 31:55

5y ago31:55

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Since late February, the large North African country of Algeria has been the site of a massive popular movement that every Friday brings millions of people into the streets demanding deepseated reform. The protests were sparked when the country’s ageing president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that he would be seeking a fifth term in office. Last w…

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Story-Backstory ep.7: Palestinian Jerusalem faces Israel's assaults 34:26

5y ago34:26

34:26

Just World Educational President Helena Cobban and guest Nora Lester Murad discuss Israel's continuing waves of attack against Palestinian life in Jerusalem, which Ms. Murad describes here as "The front-line of the Palestinians' ongoing Nakba." Ms. Murad is the co-author of the recently published book Rest In My Shade. This episode is a complement …

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Story-Backstory ep. 6: Trump's support for Israel's Golan annexation 42:48

5y ago42:48

42:48

Just World Educational president Helena Cobban and guest Amb. Peter Ford look at the implications of Pres. Trump's March 25 decision to break with decades of US policy and provide official US support for Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan. This episode is a complement to the column Ms. Cobban published on this topic in Mondoweiss, March 26. Suppo…

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Story/Backstory ep.5: Beating Israel's "But Khamas!" ploy 18:21

5y ago18:21

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This episode of the "Story/Backstory" series is related to the column "Beating Israel's 'But Khamas!' ploy" that was released on the Mondoweiss website on March 20. In this episode, JWE president Helena Cobban tries something a little new. Instead of starting off by reading the text of the column, she briefly summarizes it, and then dives right int…

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Story/Backstory ep.4: Gaza the crucible 30:27

5y ago30:27

30:27

Just World Ed president Helena Cobban reads the column she had on this topic on Mondoweiss on March 13, which asked whether the Great March of Return movement that has swept the Gaza Strip for the past 50 weeks, may be the third great political movement to be born in Gaza. In the second half of this episode she discusses the Great March of Return w…

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Story/Backstory episode 3: The two-state solution is dead 38:05

5y ago38:05

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Just World Ed president Helena Cobban first of all reads the column she published March 6 on Mondoweiss, "The two-state solution is dead. Let's plan for the one state." Then, she discusses the issue of one-state vs. two-state with special guest William B. Quandt, former Middle East advisor to Pres. Jimmy Carter... Support the Show.…

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Story/Backstory episode 2: The curious case of US domination of Palestine-Israel peacemaking 24:14

5y ago24:14

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In this episode in our "Story/Backstory" miniseries, JWE president Helena Cobban first reads, then reflects on her most recent 1,300-word op-ed on U.S. policies in the Middle East. For more details on this project, visit the blog on our website. Support the Show.By Helena Cobban

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Story/Backstory, episode 1: The longer arc of U.S.-Palestine relations 26:57

5y ago26:57

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This is the first episode in our new "Story/Backstory" miniseries, which combines both the reading by JWE president Helena Cobban of her most recent 1,300-word op-ed on U.S. policies in the Middle East, with a slightly longer segment in which she reflects on some of the issues raised by the op-ed. For more details, visit the blog on our website. Su…

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Gaza-Palestinian author and activist Laila El-Haddad recalls Operation Cast Lead 35:26

5+ y ago35:26

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In this episode you’ll hear a conversation I held recently with Laila El-Haddad, a political analyst, author, and rights activist who is from a family deeply rooted in Gaza, Palestine, though she currently lives near Baltimore, Maryland. Laila is the author or co-author of three Gaza-themed books, including the famed "ethnographic" cookbook, The Ga…

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