Fog of War in Ukraine, Al-Aqsa Attacks, Starbucks Unionizes, Mexico Nationalizes Lithium

The fog of war in Ukraine is thick: Russia’s flagship naval cruiser sank, but why? Did Russia take the Ukrainian town of Kreminna? Even Ukrainian officials disagree. Mike Prysner, producer for The Empire Files & Iraq war veteran, sheds light on the phenomenon of war propaganda and reporting.

Palestine is under heavy attack. Israel forces have bombed Gaza twice this week and damaged refugee shelters, after nearly a month of raids and attacks in the West Bank, focused on worshippers at the historic Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Attacks just this week have killed five people, including a 14-year-old boy this morning. Hadeel Shatara, coordinator of Samidoun, a Palestinian prisoner rights group, goes over the struggle.

Mexico’s Congress nationalized lithium this week, after an attempt to do the same with the electricity system fell short. Prior to the votes, a recall vote on President Andrés Manuel López Obrador drastically failed – he won with more than 91% of the 16.5 million votes. Alina Duarte, independent journalist & senior research fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, explains the current political climate in Mexico and what might come next.

A UK judge ruled yesterday that journalist Julian Assange may be extradited to the United States, despite protests from organizations globally. What’s next and what does it mean for press freedom? Kevin Gosztola, managing editor of Shadowproof.com, curator of TheDissenter.org newsletter & co-host of the podcast Unauthorized Disclosure, dissects the case.

Five Virginia Starbucks locations voted to unionize this week amid a flood of stores unionizing nationwide and myriad anti-union efforts from the corporation. J Fletcher, a six-year partner and shift supervisor at Huguenot Village Starbucks in Richmond, VA, which is among the stores that just voted to unionize, explains how they got here and what’s next.

As the Biden administration raises the level of polluting ethanol in our gas at the pumps, promotes electric vehicles over public transit, and opens up federal lands for gas and oil companies to lease, what are the implications of these decisions on climate? Kassie Siegel, director of the Center’s Climate Law Institute, explains what these decisions mean in our day-to-day world.

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