The idea of comparing the Gaza Strip to Imperial Japan up to the 1940s is so crazy like an imperial power with such a like nauseating legacy of violence and repression and like the most brutal crimes against innocent people

it's like and yes and they are very similar to the 15,000 guys in tunnels with like homemade RPGs. Happy New Year, everybody. Welcome once again to a new year. With the Bituation Room and your

host Francesca Fiorentini how you feeling how you doing did you

just sort of in a dead-eyed way write down your resolutions in your notes app like you're doing some sort of half-ass me-two apology like I did.

Yeah, that's what I was like yeah exercise meditate, right?

Same shit, am I gonna do it?

No.

Anyway, sorry, I didn't mean to start this.

If you're just, if you've never seen this show before I'm actually a very

optimistic person. 2024 is the year where everything just works out you know what you mean?

especially in this country. No, welcome once again, it is going to be a wild ride.

It's going to be a crazy year. It's going to be a good year though because we have each other that's right and when we're huddled

around the flaming oil drum and talking about how things were you know we'll just reflect on the good old days of streaming and internet or

whatever.

No, I don't think that'll happen this year, but soon enough, my friends friends we have such a great show labor

activist and author Bill Fletcher is here we're going to be talking about obviously

what is going on in Gaza but more specifically what can social movements here in the United States do about it,

and how can we convince Joe Biden to not be the nominee for president.

There's a lot of things I want to talk to Bill about.

Very, very happy to have him here.

Also, Will Weldon, comedian, who has not been on the show before,

oh my God, we're starting off with some fresh blood.

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