Iran Ceasefire Ends; Our Cynical Era Of Imperialism w/ Daniel Bessner, Elijah Manley | MR Live

8/17/26 - Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland welcome Daniel Bessner, historian, journalist, and associate professor of American foreign policy at the University of Washington, on to discuss his new book, Imperialist Realism: Politics and Culture at the End of the American Century; and Elijah Manley, Democrat challenger to Debbie Wasserman-Schultz in the primary for Florida’s 20th Congressional District.

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