The Long History of the US War on Iran w/ Spencer Ackerman
Episode description
Paris Marx is joined by Spencer Ackerman to discuss the US and Israeli war on Iran, including the history that led to this moment and what we might see from here.
Spencer Ackerman is the author of Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump and the forthcoming book The Torture and Deliverance of Majid Khan. He also write the Forever Wars newsletter.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
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Spencer has written about the regime change in Iran, and the targeting of data centers in the conflict.
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Further reading on Iran’s ‘infrastructure war’.
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Here is the latest on discussions between the USA and Iran as of Monday March 23rd.