It Could Happen Here Weekly 240

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
jewishcurrents.org/de-normalizing-israeli-norm…
agsi.org/analysis/palestine-activism-in-the-wo…
aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/6/12/activis…
nbcnewyork.com/world-cup/palestinian-head-socc…
middleeasteye.net/trending/bosnia-advances-wor…
aljazeera.com/features/2026/6/22/football-war-…
aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/12/palestine-footb…
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 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. DOI: 10.1111/cuan.12034
Agamben, Arendt and Human Rights: Bearing Witness to the Human. 2012
John Lechte & Saul Newman

State of Exception. 2005
Giorgio Agamben, 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 (youtube.com/watch?v=CiE5rBLrIgM)
Executive Disorder: Platner’s Allegations, Return of the Tariffs, ICE Shootings
aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/7/3/iran-war-…
thehill.com/homenews/senate/5955865-mitch-mcco…
cnn.com/2026/07/06/us/graham-platner-racicot-a…
politico.com/news/2026/07/06/graham-platner-se…
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ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/pre…
thediplomat.com/2026/06/asean-and-trumps-secti…
reuters.com/business/latin-american-countries-…
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yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democratic-at…
msn.com/en-in/news/other/fresh-trump-tariff-th…
msn.com/en-ca/money/general/canada-says-there-…
reuters.com/world/french-lawmakers-back-police…
citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/Complaint-in-IA…
cnn.com/2026/07/07/us/houston-ice-shooting-dea…
reuters.com/world/americas/fatal-ice-shooting-…
nytimes.com/2026/07/08/us/houston-ice-shooting…
wgal.com/article/pa-harrisburg-ice-agent-shoot…
cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-s…
cnn.com/2026/07/04/us/live-news/july-4-trump-s…
npr.org/2026/07/04/g-s1-132025/mount-rushmore-…
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