Iran Update With Sina Toossi + Nerdeen Kiswani Sues Betar & Cuban Americans Defend Cuba

About this episode

Katie Halper discusses legal actions regarding Palestine and updates on Cuba and Iran with various guests.

Katie talks to NYC-based Palestinian organizer Nerdeen Kiswani (Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, ) & her lawyer Chris Goodshall-Bennett about suing Betar under the KKK Enforcement Act of 1871. Then Katie speaks to analyst Sina Toossi talks about Iran, world war, & who will win. But first, Katie gets a Cuba update from Danny Valdes, a NYC-based Cuban-American organizer who & Kate Willett, a comedian & the host of the podcast Dystopia Now both of whom doing Cuba solidarity organizing with DSA. Danny is organizing a Cuban-American delegation & Kate is organizing a media delegation, which you can support here, ( https://www.givesendgo.com/aidandjournalismdelegation ) that are part of a convoy to Cuba ( https://nuestraamericaconvoy.org /) Nerdeen Kiswani is a Palestinian organizer from New York City. She is the founder & chair of Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, a community organization of Palestinians in exile in pursuit of liberation. Nerdeen has spoken for the Palestinian cause on television programs & at events & conferences worldwide & has organized marches with tens of thousands in support of Palestinian liberation. A…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Halper

Guests: Nerdeen Kiswani, Chris Goodshall-Bennett, Sina Toossi

Topics covered

• Iran
• Palestine
• Cuba
• legal action
• solidarity organizing
• world politics

Keywords

• Iran
• Palestine
• Cuba
• Nerdeen Kiswani
• solidarity
• legal action
• DSA
• CUNY

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, DSA, CUNY

Places: Cuba, New York City, NYC

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