Episode 121 - Genocide on the Ballot with Dr. Jill Stein

Today, the pod is delighted to welcome the Green Party’s Presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, or as she likes to refer to herself, a threat to the traditional two-party system. Dr. Stein kicks is off by acknowledging her desire to dismantle empire & oligarchy. She calls for empowering the people by making the election a referendum on genocide, she sites the lack of meaningful & fulfilling jobs in the US economy, and she confirms the control that AIPAC has over the US administration. Censorship & consolidated legacy media drown out diverse voices, making our ‘press, the oppressed’.

To consult the sources used in the preparation of this episode, please see:

Background/Contextualizing Sources

• Convention on the Rights of the Child | OHCHR

• FactSheet10rev.1en.pdf (ohchr.org)

• IV Geneva Convention_Civilian Protections (UN.org)

• Distribution of Palestinian Child Fatalities by Month | Defense for Children Palestine (dci-palestine.org)

• ICJ Order for Provisional Measures 26 January 2024 (icj-cij.org)

• ICJ Ruling Reaffirming Order for Provisional Measures_16 February 2024 (icj-cij.org)  

• South Africa Urgent Submission to ICJ_10 May 2024 (icj-cij.org)  

• STOP COP CITY from Atlanta to Palestine: A Syllabus by Writers Against the War on Gaza (Medium)

•  US and Israel Police Training Exchange (Al Jazeera)

• Super Tuesday: protest vote, low turnout (The Guardian) 

• “Uncommitted” Movement Reaches New York as Democratic Voters Cast Blank Ballots (Truthout)

• Quote by Frederick Douglass (Good Reads)

• Citizens United v. FEC (Wikipedia)

Video/Social Media

• SJP UCLA Statement (on Instagram) 

• UCLA statement, ex-IOF Zionist agitators as part of mob violence against students.

• Secretary Blinken, Mitt Romney at the McCain Institute (YouTube.com) 

• Referenced part begins Minute 21.

• Jill Stein_WashU_Police Arrest 4/27/24 (on X)

• Dr. Jill Stein, Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager_WashU Arrest 4/27/24 (on X)

• Dr. Jill Stein first interview 4/28/24 after release (on X)

• UNRWA statistics_3 May 2024 (on X)

Articles/References

• Why Israel Must Take Rafah (WSJ)

• There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF

• Israel’s Rafah invasion must stop now, say UN experts | OHCHR

• Doctors Without Borders voices fear of ‘further catastrophe’ in Rafah (Middle East Monitor)

• WHO warns of Rafah "bloodbath" as ahead of looming Israeli invasion (MSN.com)

• Israel Violating ICJ, Blocking Aid (Human Rights Watch) 

• 2 More Mass Graves in Gaza (Reuters)

• Evidence of torture as nearly 400 bodies found in Gaza mass graves (Al Jazeera)

• Police let violent mobs attack UCLA students (The Guardian)

• Israeli drones lure Palestinians with crying children recordings then shoot them (Middle East Eye)

• Slow police response to violence against students under investigation (MSN.com) 

  Zionists on campus playing sounds of babies crying as they attack and taunt students protesting Gaza Genocide.

• Al Jazeera condemns Israeli government decision to shut down local offices (Al Jazeera)

• 'Shocking and horrifying': Israel destroys AP office in Gaza (AP News)

• Shireen Abu Akleh: Al Jazeera reporter killed by Israeli forces (Al Jazeera)

• On second anniversary of Abu Akleh death, press advocates push for justice (MSN.com)

• Jill Stein for President 2024 (jillstein2024.com)

• Jill Stein (Wikipedia)

• Housing is unaffordable for a record half of all U.S. renters (NPR)

• U.S. Healthcare System Leaves Far Too Many People Underinsured (forbes.com)

  When listing the for this episode, we verified that the quoted 87 million under or uninsured is from 2018; the current number is 26 million

• NHIS-Q3-2023-Data-Point-FINAL.pdf (hhs.gov)

• Poverty in the United States: 2022 (census.gov)

• Child poverty in the U.S. more than doubled as pandemic help expired (Morningstar)

• 60% of Americans Now Living Paycheck to Paycheck (LendingClub Corporation)

• 51% of young Americans say they feel down, depressed or hopeless (CNBC.com) 

• Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicidal Ideation 2020  (CDC.gov)

• 41st Edition - Spring 2021 | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University

• U.S. Federal Budget Breakdown (thebalancemoney.com)

• Israel strikes Iran consulate in Damascus (Al Jazeera)

• Bombs and viruses: The shadowy history of Israel’s attacks on Iranian soil (Al Jazeera)

• Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests (The Guardian)

• Biden, Trump win low-turnout New York presidential primaries (Crains New York)

• UN Security Council demands ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza (UN News)

• Biden Says Campus Protests Haven't Made Him Reconsider Israel Policies (Business Insider)

• House clears bill that could ban TikTok (Courthouse News Service)

• Rep. Mike Gallagher and AIPAC - Campaign Finance Summary 

• More than 2,200 arrests: Pro-Palestinian university protests (CNN.com)

• 15 National Universities With the Biggest Endowments (U.S. News)

• List of U.S. UN Veto Votes (UN.org)

• Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel (UN News)

• Blinken Has Not Sanctioned Israeli Units Linked to Killings, Rapes Despite Staff Recommendations (ProPublica)

• New York Ballot Drive - Jill Stein 2024