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Israel’s Gaza Food Blockade Triggers Famine, Hospitalizes Thousands of Children for Acute Malnutrition

Interview with Craig Mokhiber, international human rights lawyer, former director NY Office of UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights, conducted by Scott Harris

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Ralph Nader: Trump’s 100-Day Attack on Democracy a ‘Fascist Dictatorship’

Interview with Ralph Nader, America’s leading public interest lawyer and four-time independent presidential candidate, conducted by Scott Harris

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Memphis Residents Fighting to Shut Down Elon Musk’s Polluting Super-Computer Data Center

Interview with KeShaun Pearson, executive director of the group Memphis Community Against Pollution, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

This Week’s Under-reported News Summary – May 7, 2025

Compiled by Bob Nixon

  • Halted Agent Orange cleanup puts thousands at risk
  • Trump border nominee accused of ‘cover-up’
  • FEMA eliminates popular disaster adaptation program

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Resistance Roundtable: The Fight to Save the First Amendment with Dr. Isaac Kamola

Dr. Isaac Kamola, director of the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom with the American Association of University Professors, discusses the Trump regime's juggernaut attacks on free speech at colleges and universities and the budding collaboration with labor to create a united front against this assault.
And Brian Timko, communications and volunteer coordinator with Unidad Latina en Accion (ULA), talks about the demonstration and boycotts directed at Avelo Airlines (New Haven, CT) which just signed a contract to fly deportation flights for the Department of Homeland Security.
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