Corporate Media Calls It ‘Genocide’ After Sanitizing Israel’s Crimes. Why the Shift?
August 7, 2025
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as posted by the channelOn The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 8/7 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear are joined by special guests:
Danaka Katovich, National Co-Director at CODEPINK Women for Peace, joins the show to discuss the media about face on Israel’s genocide in Gaza. As Gaza enters the fifth stage of starvation after two years of Israel’s assault, mainstream media voices have suddenly acknowledge what’s happening is ‘genocide.’ recent shift in public discourse around Gaza, as more officials and media outlets finally begin to acknowledge the US and Israel’s genocide. Katovich will discuss the US’s ongoing support for Israel’s military operations in light of shifting media discourse.
Chris Smalls, Founder of the Amazon Labor Union, joins the show after being beaten, arrested, and detained by Israeli forces for attempting to bring aid to starving Palestinians in Gaza. As the only Black person onboard the aid flotilla and the only one assaulted by Israel, Smalls will describe his experience with the racist brutality of the apartheid state and the urgent need for the labor movement to take action for Gaza.
Dr. Jemima Pierre, professor of Global Race at the University of British Columbia and member of Black Alliance for Peace, joins the show to discuss the role of private mercenaries like Erik Prince, the founder Blackwater, in escalating violence in Haiti. As Prince funnels weapons and armed drones into Haiti, Pierre warns the real goal isn’t security, but profit and imperialist control, using militarized violence against Haitians to serve US geopolitical interests.
Zoe Alexandra, editor at Peoples Dispatch, joins the show to discuss Brazil’s Supreme Court placing former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest. The move comes just days after President Donald Trump imposed steep new tariffs on Brazilian products and accused Brazil’s government of persecuting Bolsonaro. Alexandra will discuss Trump’s escalating pressure campaign and how President Lula is pushing back.
Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear will discuss the US pressure campaign in Lebanon seeking to fully disarm Hezbollah, even as Israel violates the terms of November ceasefire on a near-daily basis.
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