On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 10/30 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Rania Khalek and guest host Zoe Alexandra are joined by special guests: Jeremy Scahill, co-founder of Drop Site News and one of the few Western reporters in regular contact with Hamas leaders, joins the show to discuss Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza, including Tuesday night airstrikes that killed over 100 people, 46 of them children, despite the so-called ceasefire. Scahill will discuss why Israel, with U.S. complicity, is trying to sabotage the agreement — and what it means for the ongoing genocide and the next phases of the “ceasefire.” José Luis Granados Ceja, Mexican journalist with Venezuela Analysis, joins the show to discuss the Trump administration’s escalating aggression toward Venezuela, including military strikes, B-52 bombers, warships, and deadly Caribbean attacks that have already killed 57 people. Luis explains the U.S. push for regime change, the capture of CIA-linked mercenaries by Venezuelan forces, and how the country is mobilizing its armed forces and Bolivarian Militia in response to mounting imperial threats. Ju-Hyun Park, member of Nodutdol and Web Editor at BreakThrough News, joins the show as Trump strong-arms Asian nations into one-sided trade “deals,” including South Korea’s $200 billion payout to the U.S. Park discusses the Korea trade deal, the APEC Summit, Trump’s upcoming meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, and how his protection racket is designed to keep the U.S. on top while bleeding developing economies dry. Claudia De la Cruz, former presidential candidate and executive director of IFCO-Pastors for Peace, joins the show to discuss the historic New York mayoral race where Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is poised to win. As the political establishment panics, De la Cruz explains how Mamdani’s rise signals a growing working-class movement filling the vacuum left by Democrats’ failure to confront Trump’s authoritarianism — and what comes next for the movement challenging both parties’ grip on power. Johana Tablada de la Torre, Deputy Director of U.S. Affairs at Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, joins the show as Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest ever in the Atlantic, pounds the Caribbean, as Cuba reels from shortages caused by the genocidal U.S. economic blockade. She discusses Cuba’s massive evacuations and disaster preparedness, the island’s efforts to protect human life, and the global push to condemn the 63-year blockade, as 165 nations at the U.N. once again isolate the U.S. for its policy of starvation and deprivation. #breakthroughnews

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