About this episode

The episode discusses the criminalization of anti-Zionism, recent riots in Belfast, and a new digital safety proposal in Canada.

Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM Eastern time. Today we discuss: • The Trump administration’s policy of criminalizing criticism of Israel escalates dramatically as 8 people affiliated with the University of Michigan are charged with conspiring to threaten campus leaders and others into severing ties with Israel . An indictment unsealed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, accused pro-Palestinian activists of crossing the line from campus protest to crimes that included threats and vandalism. The defendants face varying charges, but the indictment included federal counts of conspiracy to transmit threats, witness intimidation and destruction of property to prevent seizure. • Rioters set houses, vehicles and a city bus ablaze in Belfast , torching neighborhoods after a video of a knife attack by a Sudanese asylum seeker went viral, igniting the latest anti-immigration violence to convulse the UK. Men in balaclavas and hoods shouted “ foreigners out .” The riots spread from Belfast to towns across Northern Ireland and reached into Scotland and England by nightfall…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ted Rall, Jamarl Thomas

Topics covered

• anti-Zionism
• criminalization of criticism
• pro-Palestinian activism
• anti-immigration violence
• digital safety
• U.S. airstrikes

Keywords

• anti-Zionism
• University of Michigan
• Belfast riots
• digital safety
• pro-Palestinian activism
• Trump administration
• Canada

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Michigan, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Canadian government, Digital Safety Commission of Canada

Places: Belfast, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England

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