Muhammad Sahimi, a professor of chemical engineering and the editor and publisher of Iran News and Middle East Reports, discusses the mechanics of the upcoming Iranian elections and why they are so important for Iran and the greater Middle East.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses his article on the Israel lobby's international reach and influence in nearly every western nation.

Joe Lauria, a veteran foreign-affairs journalist based at the U.N. since 1990, discusses why the US-Russia brokered ceasefire in Syria will fail; and the huge risk taken by Turkey and Saudi Arabia in pressing for Assad's regime change while backing Sunni terrorists.

Sheldon Richman, now a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the volatile mixture of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, free trade policies, and American jobs.

Ramzy Baroud, the founder of PalestineChronicle.com, discusses the mainstream media's wholesale adoption of Israeli rhetoric on the occupied territories, and why the status quo in Gaza is a precursor for war.

Chris Ernesto, cofounder of St. Pete for Peace, discusses why self-professed peacenik liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign are hypocrites.

JP Sottile, a freelance journalist, published historian, radio co-host and documentary filmmaker, discusses how NewsVandal.com cuts through the mainstream media's obfuscation and follows the money to get the truth - like in Sottile's article "Hillary Clinton's Pay-for-Play Reality."