On this edition of Your Call Media Roundtable, we’re discussing how the costs of the US-Israeli war on Iran is affecting working-class Americans. The Pentagon told lawmakers that the war on Iran has exceeded $11.3 billion in its first six days. This comes as inequality is deepening and more working-class people are slipping further into poverty.
Then we'll discuss how the so-called War on Terror paved the way for Trump’s rise. The Nation’s Spencer Ackerman argues that the War on Terror was shaped by Cold War thinking—and now helps shape the empire Trump is building.
Guests:
Sarah Lazare, editor of Workday Magazine and contributing editor for In These Times
Spencer Ackerman, Pulitzer-Prize and National Magazine award–winning reporter, and author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
Resources:
The Nation: The War on Terror Paved the Way for Trump’s Rise—Now He’s Making It His Own
The American Prospect: Killing Kids in Iran While Kids in the U.S. Go Hungry
In These Times: The Axis of Chaos
Common Dreams: While Spending Billions on Iran War, Trump Quietly Moves to Boot Millions More Off Food Aid
