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Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Key Geopolitical Trends that Shaped 2021 and are Likely to Shape 2022.
In the latest episode of “The Ideas Factory”, Naghma Sahar, Senior Fellow at ORF, and Harsh V. Pant, Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme at ORF, analyses the Key Geopolitical Trends that Shaped 2021 and are Likely to Shape 2022 - The US-China Contestation; The Indo-Pacific Churn; Afghanistan in the Age of Taliban 2.0; and India’s Choices.

In times of crisis, it’s often passionate and fearless volunteers who provide the necessary aid. The Afghan Rescue Crew, a private group of dedicated American Veterans and civilians, are currently fighting to offer that necessary aid in Afghanistan. 

 This episode, our host Helen Todd interviews Jean Marie Thrower, co-director of Afghan Rescue Crew, or “ARC”. The ARC volunteers to save as many vetted, AT-RISK Afghan allies and Americans left behind in Afghanistan as they can. 

 Jean Marie talks about the current rescue work at ARC and shares stories of people who have been saved from Afghanistan thanks to the efforts of ARC. 

 3:05 - What is the Afghan Rescue Crew?

5:05 - Jean Marie explains the causes of the abrupt evacuation from Afghanistan.

7:40 - Who is left behind in Afghanistan, and why are they stuck there?

8:25 - The US Embassy burned thousands of passports.

9:50 - 10,000-15,000 people who should have been evacuated were left behind.

10:25 - The danger that these people are facing under Taliban persecution.

12:10 - Does the Taliban specifically hunt Christians?

15:00  - How the Afghan Rescue Crew helps rescue people from Afghanistan.

20:25 - Jean Marie describes successful rescue missions.

21:10 - How you can help the Afghan Rescue Crew.

25:00 - The future of people rescued from Afghanistan.
 To learn more about the Afghan Rescue Crew, visit their website:

arcplanb.org

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Plummer Elementary Second Grade Teacher Inass Barnes was born in Beirut, Lebanon. She and her family fled the country during the Lebanese Civil War. She didn't know English when she arrived in the United States, but she eventually learned it and became the Cedar Hill ISD Elementary School Teacher of the Year.

Listen to here inspiring story and find out why she has so much empathy for refugees from Afghanistan.

Afghans for a Better Tomorrow's Arash Azizzada: Afghan-American Community & Allies Demand  Biden Ensure Safety of Afghanistan's Most Vulnerable

Hamline University's David Schultz: Holding Politicians Criminally Accountable for Deadly COVID Policies 

Prison Policy Initiative's Leah Wang: Urgent Need to Improve Basic Standards for Imprisoned Pregnant Women and Their Infants

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary
  • Modi engineering electoral Hindu majority in Muslim Kashmir region
  • Rio de Janeiro asks why its cops kill so many black people
  • U.S. declares first water shortage of Colorado River

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Center for International Policy's Mel Goodman: What the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Means for Afghans and the US

Daily Poster's Walker Bragman: Democrats Missed Deadline Allows GOP to Gerrymander Their Way to Another Decade of Minority Rule

Children's Defense Fund's Zach Tilly: Programs That Cut U.S. Child Poverty in Half Can be Made Permanent By Congress

Bob Nixon's Under-reported News Summary

• U.S. envoy heads to Ethiopia to urge end in fighting
• U.S. life expectancy plummets amid pandemic
• Cigna call center workers challenge working conditions

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The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

Brad is first joined by Colonel Cedric Leighton, Founder and President of Cedric Leighton Associates, a strategic risk and leadership consultancy serving global companies and organizations. He founded the company in 2010, after serving in the US Air Force for 26 years as an Intelligence Officer and attaining the rank of Colonel.

Brad and Colonel Leighton analyze the decision that President Biden made to withdraw all U.S. military forces from Afghanistan. They also discuss the news that Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley feared that then President Trump would use the military in a coup attempt after he lost the 2020 election.

Colonel Leighton's website is CedricLeighton.com and his Twitter handle is @CedricLeighton.

During the second half of the show, Brad leads a political roundtable with Edwith Theogene and Mark Grimaldi. The roundtable discusses the large increase in voter turnout among younger Americans in the 2020 election, and analyzes whether that trend can continue in the 2022 midterm elections.
They also discuss cancelling student loan debt, child tax credit checks, and a reported Democratic deal on an infrastructure reconciliation package.

Edwith Theogene is the director of advocacy for Generation Progress, the youth engagement arm of American Progress. In this role, Theogene works to develop and lead efforts that translate the experiences of young adults into concrete actions that advance progressive policies and increase voter turnout. Edwith's Twitter handle is @WhoIsEdwith.

Mark Grimaldi has been a progressive political activist for the past 12 years. He volunteered for the campaigns of President Obama (2008 and 2012), Senator Bernie Sanders (2016), Secretary Hillary Clinton (2016), and President Joe Biden (2020). Mark is also involved in campaign finance reform efforts around the country, and philanthropic efforts for Cancer research. His Twitter handle is @MarkJGrimaldi.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

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