Lectures & 11 Interviews Nov. 2024 on Trump’s Election & the Middle East admin, December 7, 2024December 12, 2024 First view Dr. Zunes’ 5-minute animated summary of his research on coup resistance; then his Lecture at the University of San Francisco on how to prepare for the aftermath of the election in the event of an attempted coup or legitimate victory by Trump. Lecture before the Unitarian Universalists of… Continue Reading
Is Joe Biden’s Gaza Policy Leading to a Repeat of 1968? admin, June 6, 2024August 8, 2024 The Progressive June 5, 2024Zunes warns how Biden’s Gaza policy and the repression against student protests is creating a political environment similar to 1968, in which alienating young and minority voters could dampen voter. Continue Reading
Israel’s War on Gaza: 11 Zunes’ articles published Oct. 7-Dec. 31, 2023 admin, March 5, 2024August 8, 2024 Continue Reading
KSQD: Anniversary of Capitol Attack admin, January 6, 2022May 20, 2024 6 January 2022: Talk of the Bay host Rachel Goodman talks with Stephen Zunes, Professor of Politics from the University of San Francisco, about the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection and steps to protect our democracy from further attacks. [FULL LINK] Continue Reading
Nonviolent Activists Laid the Groundwork to Oppose a Coup. They May Have Saved the Republic admin, January 20, 2021August 14, 2024 Activists prepared for months, expecting Trump to steal the election. They were right, and he failed. Since President-elect Joe Biden’s decisive win in November, there has been understandable consternation at the efforts by President Trump and his supporters to steal the election. It is also important to understand why, so far, and despite the recent violence in Washington, his attempts have been unsuccessful. Continue Reading
Mike Pompeo: Trump Is Handing the State Department Over from Exxon Mobil to the Tea Party admin, March 14, 2018August 14, 2024 In These Times March 14, 2024: President Trump abruptly fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and plans to replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo [who] will only reinforce Trump’s most dangerous, reckless and militaristic instincts… Continue Reading