https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/705cb9a8-172e-466d-9509-90a0a898e92d On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 3/13 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear are joined by special guests: Nora Barrows-Friedman, associate editor of The Electronic Intifada, joins the show to discuss Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia student activist abducted by DHS. Trump’s plan to deport Khalil, a permanent resident and the lead negotiator in Columbia’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment marks a dangerous escalation in the Trump administration’s crackdown on the Palestine solidarity movement. Barrows-Friedman puts the crackdown into context as Israel ratchets up its starvation campaign of Gaza. Sarah Raymundo, International Liaison Officer for BAYAN Philippines and Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines, joins the show to discuss former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. Raymundo reviews Duterte’s legacy of brutal extrajudicial killings in the so-called “war on drugs.” Amanda Yee, host of BreakThrough’s The China Report, joins the show to break down China’s recent National People’s Congress and National People's Political Consultative Conference—a key political gathering where the country sets its national priorities for the year ahead. Known as the ‘Two Sessions,’ this year’s meeting highlighted AI and elderly care as central initiatives. Yee explains why China is focusing on these sectors amid rising U.S. hostilities and its own rapid technological advancements, including the launch of Deepseek. Hiram Rivera, founding director of the Community Resource Hub for Safety & Accountability, joins the show to discuss the recent wildcat strike by New York prison guards. The strike, which lasted three weeks, began just as murder charges were announced against six guards for the brutal beating death of handcuffed inmate Robert Brooks. Rivera will argue that the strike, which forced lockdowns and denied inmates basic rights, was a calculated ploy to justify decades of abuse by blaming poor conditions. Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear will discuss the horrifying massacres of over 1,000 people in Syria carried out by sectarian death squads from HTS, led by Syria’s new president, Mohammed al-Jolani—formerly the leader of Al-Qaeda in Syria. #breakthroughnews Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:10:00 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/705cb9a8-172e-466d-9509-90a0a898e92d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.