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Their language is illegal where they live. They can not give their kids Kurdish names. A continuing legacy of European imperialism. Americans owe Kurds gratitude for beating ISIS in 2014. Our guest Kani Xulam, director of the American Kurdish Information The post Palestine is Not The Only Middle East Nation Denied appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.

One hears a cry for “unity” today, but though America is one country, we have always been actually many nations. On this show, author Louis Salome talks about places like Afghanistan, the other “stans,” Iraq, and other countries whose borders The post Don’t Fight Tribalism, Embrace It appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.

No one likes an outside power coming in and having control over them. But that’s exactly what has pervaded the Middle East for over a hundred years. Some of the effects of America’s recent wars there include epidemics of birth The post New President: New Better Mideast Policy? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.

Hundreds of thousands of lives are suddenly at great risk. As former national security advisor Susan Rice writes “Full-scale conflict is not a certainty, but the probability is higher than at any point in decades.” With us to discuss the The post Iraq/Iran: Reverberations From The Assassination appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has been president of Mexico just over a year and he is already had success bringing great change. Much to the distress of the oligarchy which has ruled for decades. His new left party MORENA now The post Well Hidden: Left Progress in Mexico And Stability in Syria appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.

Of course Iran shot down a US spy drone. Any country would do the same. And Trump’s intention for greater tension is achieved. On this segment, legal scholar Marjorie Cohn argues that Iran had a legal right to shoot down The post Reactions from Iran and Honduras: What Do You Expect? appeared first on KDA Keeping Democracy Alive Podcast & Radio Show.