US sanctions are a much used, and almost universally abused tool of US policy. Targeted sanctions against war criminals are fine, but the economy-killing actions that the US has taken against Iran, Venezuela, Syria and Afghanistan, among others, are mass murder pure and simple. In this week's episode, we dive deep into the Center for Economic and Policy Research's thought-provoking "The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions" report, available at https://cepr.net/report/the-human-consequences-of-economic-sanctions/.

This week's episode sheds new light on the economic crises of 1990s Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Iran today, with a particularly revelatory focus on what the Trump administration did to Venezuela. These measures disproportionately impact the most vulnerable members of their societies while inadvertently benefiting the most powerful and corrupt actors within these countries. Or is it even inadvertent?

Join us as we cover the crimes that most US and European media refuse to talk about.