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Responsible Statecraft, Jan 14, 2026 by Leah Schroeder (quotes Stephen Zunes) Experts say the ‘easy’ Venezuela operation is reminiscent of George H.W. Bush’s 1989 invasion of Panama, which in part served to bury the ghosts of Vietnam “Panama mattered because…
KPFA-FM’s News/Pacifica Radio Network, Jan. 11, 2026 (1-min. starts at 11:30)
Oberlin Club of Washington, D.C., October 20, 2025 (1:07)
Counterpunch November 14, 2025, by Daniel Falcone An Interview With Yvonne Galligan that quotes Zunes on the significance of the election of the new democratic socialist president of Ireland. “Activist and author Medea Benjamin commented, ‘Ireland just reminded the world…
The Nation, November 13, 2025: The international community must decide which principle will prevail: the right of self-determination or the right of conquest [ audio podcast 6 mins.]
Arab Organisation for Human Rights UK, Webinar Nov 16, 2025 Israel’s atrocities — genocide, torture, and extrajudicial executions — are made possible by U.S. military, diplomatic, and financial support. Zunes stressed that targeted killings of U.S. citizens and mounting evidence…
Alice Liebowitz’s podcast “Conversations against Fascism,” October 27, 2025: A half-hour good overview of Zunes’s analysis.
WBAI, Pacifica Radio, NYC, Building Bridges, Oct 27, 2025: (30 mins. starting at 3:30)
Inter Press Service, October 30, 2025, By Thalif Deen [quoting Stephen Zunes; source link] Described as a non-self-governing territory in northwestern Africa fighting for decolonization, Western Sahara is the last African colonial state yet to achieve independence… A former Spanish…
Santita Jackson Show, October 13, 2025: Zunes discusses the Gaza ceasefire with Rania Batrice and Phyllis Bennis.
By Stephen Zunes The Progressive, October 16, 2025; republished by CommonDreams.org, October 17, 2025, “It’s Up to the Global Community to Transform the Gaza Ceasefire Into a Lasting Peace.” But recent violations by Israel call the new deal into question.…
The Progressive, by Stephen Zunes, October 8, 2025: Neither U.S. political party actually supports a two-state solution, instead both essentially endorse Israeli control over all of historic Palestine.
Santa Cruz, CA, Sept. 5, 2025: Video 1:11; Zunes begins at 15 minutes
KPFA-FM/Pacifica, Sept. 5, 2025; segment begins at 40:00. Israel’s attack on Gaza City increases civilian death toll.
KPFA-FM Pacifica Radio, September 5, 2025, with Kris Welch. Zunes’s segment begins at 40-minutes, just before he joins a news conference to help read names of 18,000 Palestinian children Israel has slaughtered, so far.
Zunes’s letter to the editor in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Sept. 4, 2025 Hamas’ control of Gaza brought on by US policy Many thanks to Tim McGirk (Guest Commentary, Aug. 21) for his open letter to Rep. Jimmy Panetta, who…
WRFI Human Rights Show [1-hour]: Stephen Zunes discusses Western Sahara’s struggles for sovereignty and self-determination, and the human rights violations taking place by Morocco’s occupation forces.
KSQD Community Radio, August 18, 2025 [1-hour]: Zunes and Rabbi Chaim Schneider discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the growing Jewish resistance to what is being done in their name. On Monday, August 11, roughly 18 San Francisco Bay…
Pacifica Radio/WPFW, Washington DC, August 15, 2025 (56 mins.) Zunes and Professor Jacob Mundy (Colgate University, NY), his co-author of “Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution,” critique the bogus attempted designation of Western Sahara as a “terrorist” entity.
Wyoming Star, August 13, 2025, ByJoe Yans, quoting Stephen Zunes Stephen Zunes: … This is not a religious conflict, first and foremost, and that hasn’t stopped extremists, both Jewish and Muslim, from trying to turn it into one. Not to…