TheGaggle

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss Sahra Wagenknecht's new political party--a breakaway from Germany's Left Party--and wonder why it's aroused so much fury within Germany's political establishment. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely discusses the increasingly vociferous campaign to force Ukraine membership on NATO at this July's 75th birthday bash for NATO in Washington, D.C. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss Sweden's announcement that it is closing its almost 18-month long investigation into the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines without apparently finding out anything about anything. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss former President Trump's recent campaign rally in South Carolina during which he appeared to suggest that he would encourage attacks on NATO member-states that weren't fully paid-up. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle sat down for another fascinating, informative discussion with Prof. Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle sat down for a long, in-depth conversation with Richard Sakwa, emeritus professor of Russian and European Politics at the University of Kent and author, most recently, of "The Lost Peace: How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War." https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Peace-Failed-Prevent-Second/dp/0300255012 For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle talked to media entrepreneur Patrick Henningsen about Gaza, Ukraine and the ongoing attempt to prevent former President Trump from returning to the Oval Office. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the Colorado Supreme Court's horrific opinion ruling that former President Trump is ineligible to be on the GOP primary ballot. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

TG 1415: U.S. Seeks To Transfer Seized Russian Central Bank Assets To Ukraine George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the latest horrific idea doing the rounds among the worthies of the U.S., E.U. and the G7, namely, the transfer to Ukraine of seized Russian Central Bank assets worth around $300 billion. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com.

TG 1417: The Gaggle Film Club: "High Treason" (1951) George Szamuely discusses the latest selection of The Gaggle Film Club: a British Cold War thriller, from 1951, directed by Roy Boulting and starring Kenneth Griffith. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the myriad defense cooperation agreements the Biden administration is suddenly signing in Europe, and examine what is rarely examined: what's actually in these DCAs. for daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com

George Szamuely discusses the E.U.'s lates plan to get around Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's veto and hand over to Ukraine European taxpayer money. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the violent protests in Belgrade and wonder whether they are the first steps toward a Western-sponsored attempt to overthrow the government of President Alexander Vučić. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our channel on Locals: thegaggle.locals.com.

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the life and achievements of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and seek to clear up the innumerable, tendentious misconceptions about him. For daily uploads of fresh content, please find us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss a futile attempt by the "New York Times" to bring clarity to to the debate on the issue of whether anti-Zionism can ever be not anti-Semitic. Given its narrow focus, the Times, instead of clarity, brings only hopeless confusion. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss Congress's extraordinary grilling of three university presidents over their stated commitment to permit free debate on campus. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the triumphant victory in both houses of Congress of the National Defense Authorization Act, which included extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act--that's the law that allow mass warrantless spying on Americans. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss an article on the war in Gaza, published by The Times (London) and written by U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, in which the two powerful European worthies do little more than regurgitate White House talking points. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss U.S. plans to use the war in Ukraine to expand NATO presence in the Black Sea and to make Europe even more dependent on energy imports from the U.S. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss an investigation undertaken by the "Washington Post" with a view to substantiating the International Criminal Court's war-crimes allegations against President Putin. Unsurprisingly, the investigation turned up a dud. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss the U.S. political scene and the upcoming 2024 election with media entrepreneur, talk show host and stand-in host of "The Jimmy Dore Show" Craig Pasta Jardula. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely sat down for a fascinating conversation with Dmitry Polyanskiy, the Russian Federation's first deputy permanent representative at the United Nations. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

George Szamuely and Peter Lavelle discuss Javier Milei's election victory in Argentina as well as the war in Gaza with journalist and political analyst Pepe Escobar. For daily uploads of fresh content please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/

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 discuss the latest developments in the Middle East, where Israel seems poised to launch an all-out land, sea and air invasion of Gaza. For daily uploads of fresh content, please visit us on our Locals channel: https://thegaggle.locals.com/