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Both Ukrainian and Russian-installed officials have reported shelling near the nuclear plant in Ukraine, with both sides blaming each other. \r\n\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Steve Poikonen, national organizer for Action4Assange, joins us to discuss Afghanistan. A Common Dreams article reports that over 70 economists sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellon. The letter urged them to unfreeze the foreign exchange reserves and to persuade other governments \"to lift the \"coercive economic restrictions that are exacerbating the suffering of the Afghan people.\"\r\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Caleb Maupin, journalist, and political analyst, joins us to discuss Kit Klarengerg's Consortium News article about the CIA. 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of US Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Attacks in Gaza and FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid","Jeremy Kuzmarov, Managing Editor of CovertAction Magazine. He is the author of four books on U.S. foreign policy, including Obama’s Unending Wars and The Russians Are Coming, Again, with John Marciano joins the show to break down the latest developments in the Russia Ukraine conflict. The western media this weekend was full of reports on Russia jeopardizing the safety of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Ukraine fired rockets at the Russian positions near the plant. And, in the meantime, former Secretary of State and National Security advisor Henry Kissinger told the Wall Street Journal that the US is on the brink of war with both Russia and China. \u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Saber Nasseri, President of Afghanistan-America Relations Office and representative of Afghanistani refugees in the United States joins the show to talk about the anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Taliban took over the Afghan capital and the US and allies spent the next two weeks implementing a chaotic and deadly evacuation that saw people fall from planes they attempted to grab onto as they lifted off, that saw people killed in a suicide attack on the airport, that saw families separated. 6,500 Afghans are still, a year later, stuck in limbo in a UAE refugee camp. In Afghanistan, people are facing a winter of famine, and protests organized by women demanding the right to work and political participation are beaten. \u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Cbr />\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Dan Kovalik, labor attorney, human rights activist, and author. His latest book is called Cancel This Book: The Progressive Case Against Cancel Culture joins the program. 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The raid of Mar-A-Lago and what that means for Trump going forward, and the economy now that inflation is no longer an issue - according to the Biden administration. \u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Mark Sleboda\u003C/b> - International Relations and Security Analyst\u003Cbr />\u003Cb>Robert Hockett \u003C/b>- American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate\u003Cbr />\u003Cbr />In the first hour, Jamarl and Manila talk about the FBI raid on Mar-A-Lago and what this could mean for Donald Trump running in 2024. 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