It Could Happen Here Weekly 240

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

July 11, 2026

Show Notes

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

Palestine in the World Cup
What's Wrong with Human Rights
What's Wrong with Human Rights, Pt. 2
A Report from the Great American State Fair
Executive Disorder: Platner Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

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Sources/Links:

Palestine in the World Cup

https://jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-normalization-at-the-world-cup

https://agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-world-cup/

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activists-form-human-palestine-flag-at-world-cup-opener-in-mexico-city

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-soccer-says-denied-us-visa-attend-world-cup/6512472/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-world-cup-free-palestine-chants-fans-go-viral-once-again

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-and-solidarity-why-gaza-fans-turned-to-spain-this-world-cup

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-football-chief-says-he-wasnt-granted-us-visa-to-attend-world-cup

What's Wrong with Human Rights

Human Rights as Moral Progress? A Critique by Jarett Zigon
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 28, Issue 4, pp. 716–736. ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360.C 2013by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034

Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012
JohnLechte & Saul Newman

State of Exception. 2005
GiorgioAgamben, translated by Kevin Attell

The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind

Simone Weil. Routledge Classics 2002

Philosophize This! - Episode #191: The Modern Day Concentration Camp and the Failure of Human Rights by Stephen West

Executive Disorder: Platner’s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-live-tehran-slams-us-ahead-of-huge-funeral-for-ali-khamenei?update=4731595

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcconnell-senate-health-status/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-allegation-maine-invs

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-sexual-assault-allegation-00987737

https://x.com/akela_lacy/status/2074604814810415293?s=20

https://x.com/grace_panetta/status/2074266651244073227?s=20

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/us/politics/who-would-replace-graham-platner-maine.html

https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/2074678417006420067