Lebanon's Prime Minister Hariri Resigns, Protests Continue
In the second segment, Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon are joined by Jana Nakhal, an urban planner and Central Committee member of the Lebanese Communist Party to talk about the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri of Lebanon, what led to the mass protests in the country, the high levels of violence against protestors, the efforts by the US and Israel to co-opts the Lebanese people's movements, and how Lebanon's protests factor into other anti-austerity and anti-corruption movements currently taking hold across the globe.