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Oct 2023
1h 3m

[UNLOCKED] Palestine on Fire II

REVOLUTIONARY LEFT RADIO
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Breht returns with another monologue episode on the ever-evolving war in Palestine, this time with a focus on the history of the Nakba, the weakness of a two state solution, the widening global implications of the conflict, and where things might be headed...

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