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In this episode, we are joined by human rights lawyer, journalist and author Dan Kovalik. Kovalik is an expert on U.S. empire, foreign policy and international human rights.
He has shared his expertise in a long chain of books including, “The Plot to Attack Iran,” “The Plot to Attack Venezuela,” “The Plot to Control the World” and his most recent book, “No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests.”
Today, the Trump administration is capitalizing on the global coronavirus pandemic to increasing pressure against sanctioned nations including Venezuela, Cuba, Iran and Syria; adding to a long list of nations -- including Russia, China, Nicaragua and North Korea -- that now represent the quarter of the world’s population living under the boot of U.S. economic warfare.
The continuation of these sanctions during a deadly pandemic has revealed the true nature of the maximum pressure campaign that is not only hurting economies but killing millions of people.
Despite being on the receiving end of this deadly policy - which includes decades of crippling sanctions, threats of war, and attempted coups through the funding of extremist opposition groups - victims of Washington’s heavy-handed foreign policy are rising above the challenge to cope with the coronavirus.
Eight of these targeted nations have made an
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