Vijay Prashad EVISCERATES Marco "Narco" Rubio
The Katie Halper Show
Katie Halper
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2026
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
Vijay Prashad talks about Cuba, Venezuela, the war on drugs and why the DEA should be going after Marco Rubio. But first Iranian-American analyst Etan Mabourakh updates us about Iran and Caracas-based professor Chris Gilbert gives us an update on Venezuela.
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Etan Mabourakh is the Action Organizing Manager at the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), where oversees NIAC’s grassroots efforts to empower Iranian American In every state around the country for pro-peace, pro civil rights and human rights advocacy. He also co-captains the NIAC New York Chapter mobilizing volunteer leaders, engaging policymakers, and advancing campaigns for peace and justice in the Middle East and U.S.
Chris Gilbert is professor of political studies, Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela, co-host and co-creator of the Marxist educational podcast and television program Escuela de Cuadros. He's the Author of the book "Commune or Nothing! Venezuela's Communal Movement and Its Socialist Project" and a Contributing editor at Monthly Review Magazine.
Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian and journalist. He is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, and The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power, written with Noam Chomsky. Vijay is the executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the chief correspondent for Globetrotter, and the chief editor of LeftWord Books (New Delhi). He also appeared in the films Shadow World (2016) and Two Meetings (2017).
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| 1:11.4 | who everyone watching knows and loves. But that's not all. Those are not the only guests we'll be |
| 1:16.3 | having on the show. We will be talking to repeat offender, Etan Mubarak from Nyak, as well as |
| 1:23.7 | Chris Gilbert, who's also graced the show with his presence, and people love hearing from |
| 1:28.0 | those of these people because they provide such interesting perspectives. And Chris will join us |
| 1:32.2 | from Caracas and Itan will join us from the States, but with a really important perspective, |
| 1:37.9 | as an Iranian American, who gets targeted, he and his organization get targeted by the likes |
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