Happy Monday! Emma speaks with Ahsan Butt, associate professor of international studies at George Mason University, to discuss the recent schism in relations between Canada and India over the purported assassination of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia. Then, she speaks with Akela Lacy, politics reporter at The Intercept, to discuss her recent piece entitled […]

It’s Casual Friday! Sam and Emma speak with Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, to round up the biggest stories in foreign policy this week. Then, they’re joined by comedian Judy Gold, host of the Kill Me Now podcast! First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Bob Menendez renewing his […]

It’s another EmMajority Report Thursday! She speaks with Azad Essa, senior reporter for Middle East Eye, to discuss his recent book Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance Between India and Israel. Then, she’s joined by Paris Marx, author of the Disconnect newsletter and host of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast, to discuss their recent writing on ChatGPT. Check out Azad’s book here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745345017/hostile-homelands/ Check […]

Michael Brooks hosts writer Achin Vanaik to discuss his recent piece in Jacobin magazine, “The Escalating Crisis on the India-China Border,” and why each country’s foreign policy deserves blame for the escalation. On today’s show: Biden looking for Cuban and Venezuelan American votes with red baiting anti-Trump ad. Writer Achin Vanaik joins us to discuss his […]

Alex Sammon of the American Prospect joins Michael Brooks to discuss his piece, “Barack Obama’s Legacy Is Narendra Modi.” Sammon and Brooks dive into how the former president helped rehabilitate the prime minister on the global stage, which helped set the stage for Modi’s current anti-Muslim agenda in India. The two explain how Modi deliberately allowed […]

Good morning, joining Michael Brooks on today’s Majority Report is Professor Mohammed Junaid to discuss the on-going situation in Kashmir. Brooks and Junaid begin their conversation with an overview of Kashmiri history, including its constitutional autonomy and the recent decisions by Modi’s government to revoke the region’s relative independence. Junaid explains that the Modi regime […]

Happy Friday! While Sam travels back from Las Vegas, the venerated Michael Brooks brings you this week’s Casual Friday featuring Daniel Bessner from the University of Washington and activist/organizer Nomiki Konst. We’re live at noon EST. Become a member of the Majority Report today! Don’t forget to subscribe to Majority.FM’s new morning podcast the AM […]

Michael Brooks is joined by two guests this Thursday on the Majority Report: Author and historian Cal Winslow joins the program to discuss his piece about the ongoing protests by Blackjewel Kentucky miners, “No Neutrals in Harlan County.” And Djene Bajalan also joins the program to discuss the Trump administration’s plans to pull grant funding from UNC and […]

Donald Trump ignores a question from CNN and calls the reporter “fake news”. Will the media defend itself against Trump. Analyst, Dan Dicker explains why Rex Tillerson simply means an oil and gas based foreign policy. Exxon’s investments in Russia. How Exxon will win in the new foreign policy. Rex Tillerson’s foreign policy and the […]

Professor and Informed Comment Juan Cole explains India’s election results, the controversial history of India’s next Prime Minister Narendra Modi, why the Congress Party lost, the politics of the Hindu far right, the fusion of religious nationalism and free market policies, what led to Turkey’s mining disaster, the Turkish integration of religious right politics and […]