Bomb Blasts In Brussels - Who Benefits?




Loud & Clear show

Summary: On today's episode of Loud &amp; Clear, host Brian Becker talks with Dr. Rizwaan Sabir, a counter-terrorism and insurgency specialist, about the explosions that killed more than thirty people in Brussels. The so-called Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks. Government repression, raids, and growing Islamophobia threaten already besieged Muslim communities in Europe. Sabir discusses how U.S. and western foreign policy in the middle east and the plight of Europe's internal Muslim communities have intersected. Is there a way out of the crisis?<br><br>Journalist and author Greg Palast joins Becker to speak about President Obama's trip to Argentina today and how vulture capitalists targeted Argentina and its previous left-wing government.<br><br>Are we on the verge of an election campaign between a hardcore neo-liberal capitalist and an "authoritarian" capitalist? Writer, comedian and law professor Amer Zahr and Kevin Akin of the California Peace &amp; Freedom Party discuss the differences and similarities between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump's policies.