BT Live! Join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra and special guests twice weekly for the breaking news that matters. Get the sharp left, anti-imperialist analysis you need to keep fighting. Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro says ICE “engaged in cold-blooded murder” and that he’s seen the evidence. He joins the show en route to Dilley for at least his eighth visit this year. He’ll discuss what he’s witnessed happening inside for-profit ICE detention facilities, his campaign to close the “Dilley Trailer Prison,” and his party’s support for increasing ICE funding at this moment. Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast declared “D-Day” on Iran’s financial lifelines. But China is already saying it’s not playing, and US sanctions have already proved their impotence. Is the plan dead on arrival? Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University, joins the show to explain Beijing’s defiance of US sanctions on Iran, and what it may reveal about Beijing’s playbook in an increasingly multipolar world. Trump blew up US-Canada trade talks Friday night, slapping 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian goods in what Mark Carney called an “attack.” Justin Podur, a Toronto-based writer and geopolitical analyst, joins to break down Canada’s response: matching Trump’s tariffs “dollar for dollar” starting September 8. He’ll explain what it means for America’s closest ally to be openly calling this a “war,” as the Trump administration scrambles to escalate economic pressure campaigns across the globe. Fernando Cerimedo, the far-right “political consultant” and bot farmer who helped elect Javier Milei, Jair Bolsonaro, and Rodrigo Paz, was arrested at a Bolivian airport this month. He’s accused of orchestrating a hit on his pregnant ex-partner Nadia Beller. Soledad Vallejos, an Argentina-based journalist, author, and Nueva Sociedad magazine collaborator, joins the show to break down how Cerimedo became the digital architect of Latin America’s hard-right sweep, and what his fall reveals about the movement he helped create. Plus we pay tribute to working-class icon and Appalachian Queen, Dolly Parton. Thursday, August 27 | 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT With special guests: Joaquin Castro, U.S. Rep. for Texas’s 20th District Dr. Ken Hammond, professor of East Asian and Global History at New Mexico State University Justin Podur, Toronto-based writer and geopolitical analyst Soledad Vallejos, Argentina-based journalist, author and collaborator at Nueva Sociedad magazine
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