Defectors Tell of Torture and Forced Sterilization in Militant Iranian Cult
Interviews with six defectors, including several who held senior positions, offer the most detailed account to date of what life was like inside the MEK.
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Universal Enemy: Scholar Darryl Li on the Relationship Between Transnational Jihadists and U.S. Empire
In this bonus episode, Li discusses his recent book, “The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity.”
After Trump’s Execution Spree, Lingering Trauma and a Push for Abolition
As momentum builds to abolish the federal death penalty, the loved ones of those killed in Terre Haute have just started to grieve.
Iran: What Next?
The Intercept’s Mehdi Hasan, Murtaza Hussain, Vanessa Gezari, and Ali Gharib are this week’s guests.
Trump’s Regime Change Policy for Iran Is a Fevered Fantasy — It Will Only Promote Chaos and Instability
After Qassim Suleimani’s assassination, we may already be at war with Iran. Yet the regime change policy won’t work out how Trump wants it to.
Anand Gopal and Richard Ojeda on Afghanistan
A journalist and a former soldier discuss what their experience in Afghanistan taught them about the war.
Biden Is the Perfect Figurehead for the Post-Trump National Security Establishment
Make no mistake, Joe Biden is a Washington creature with a multidecade record of support for wars and militarism.
Can the Coronavirus and the Stock Market Meltdown Break America’s Addiction to Fantasy?
Let’s use this moment to begin to disenthrall ourselves from our vain dreams about the world, and focus on dealing with reality.
Weak State: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed America’s Dysfunctional Democracy
Guest host Murtaza Hussain is joined by military expert David Kilcullen and Indian author Pankaj Mishra.
Should the Populist Left Work With the Populist Right Where They Have Common Ground, or Shun Them?
A vital debate erupted last week from a vitriolic exchange between Nathan Robinson and Krystal Ball.