The Gaggle with Peter and George

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the aftermath of the bombing of the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, as well as President Biden's unnecessary and disastrous visit to Israel. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss President Biden's disgraceful, embarrassing use of the current crisis in the Middle East in order to make a pitch to the American people for yet more funds for Ukraine. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely discusses the lies emanating from Israel and the United States as they both seek to justify the unjustifiable war on the civilian residents of Gaza. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss E.U. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's speech at the neo-conservative "think tank," the Hudson Institute, in which she repeated almost word-for-word the talking points that President Biden presented to the nation the very same day. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com.

TG 1345: As World Waits For Its Invasion of Gaza, Israel Calls For Resignation Of U.N. Secretary-General George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the latest developments in the war in Gaza, as well as the contentious debate that took place in the U.N. Security Council, including the Israeli ambassador's demand that the U.N. secretary-general step down. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the latest thinking on the future role of the U.S. in NATO emanating from former President Trump's think-tank and, if it's for real, it isn't at all bad. for daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss a recent article in the "Washington Post," in which the CIA boasts of having created Ukraine's security services, but seeks to distance itself from its creation's less-than-savory activities, such as assassinations. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the ongoing war in Gaza, the growing protests against Israel's actions and the false accusations of "anti-Semitism" that have been deployed against them. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's latest trip to Israel, one undertaken even as the Israel Lobby's control of the Gaza war narrative starts to unravel. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

TG 1359: The Manifold Varieties Of Excuse-Making When It Comes To Israel George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the manifold, various, often-self-contradictory arguments, put forward by the defenders of Israel to justify Israel's actions. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle talk to Professor Mohammad Marandi about the crisis in the Gaza and the prospects for a wider war that would suck in other powers. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle sat down for a long, fascinating discussion on the current crisis in the Middle East with journalist and broadcaster Patrick Henningsen. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely sat down for a conversation with Vladimir Krsljanin, politician, diplomat and former adviser to President Slobodan Milošević, to find out what lies behind the latest escalation of tensions in Kosovo. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle sat down for another long, fascinating, wide-ranging conversation with Professor Wolfgang Streeck of the Max Planck Institute. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel at thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle go through a spate of recent new stories, all suggesting that the pressure for more, and more intense, media censorship is intensifying. The justification, as always, is the seeming impossibility of combating all-powerful "Russian Disinformation." For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle offer up a brief post-match analysis of George's U.N. Security Council briefing on Sept. 12. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel at thegaggle.locals.com

TG 1303: Ukraine Lobs NATO-Provided Cruise Missiles Into Russia George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss NATO's latest dangerous escalatory move as its key members hand over cruise missiles that are intended for use against targets on Russian territory. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel at thegaggle.locals.com.

TG 1306: There's A New Bad Guy In Town: Austria In The Crosshairs George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the sudden outbreak of hostile media stories about the state of Austria and wonder whether this has something to do with Austria's resolute refusal to give up its status of neutrality. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel thegaggle.locals.com.

U.N. Security Council meeting on Sept. 12, 2023 on arms flow into Ukraine.

On the eve of the BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle wonder whether the organization is yet in a position to challenge the global hegemony of he G-7, IMF and World Bank. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the upcoming debate among the leading GOP contenders in Wisconsin (to which only the media will pay attention) and the simultaneous conversation between former President Trump and Tucker Carlson. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com

TG 1269: In NATOLand, It's Always War To The Last Ukrainian George Szamuely argues that despite the dismal failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive and the rising toll of casualties it is daily sustaining, there is no let-up in the insistence of NATOLand to continue fighting this war to the last Ukrainian. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel at thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss Tucker Carlson's latest interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and reflect on what the Hungarian gets right and what he gets wrong on the current situation Europe and NATO find themselves in. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle dissect an article in the "New York Times" devoted to whipping up public hatred against young men and women whose only crime is that they happen to be Russian. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

TG 1276: As E.U. Increases Its Purchases Of Russian LNG, Borrell Celebrates Success Of Sanctions George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the disclosure that the E.U. has massively increased its purchases of Russian liquified natural gas against the background of E.U. "Foreign Minister" Josep Borrell's celebration of the supposed success of the E.U.'s 11 round of sanctions against Russia. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: thegaggle.locals com.