We created this podcast in recognition that there are a number of podcasts for the American “left,” but many of them focus heavily on the organizing of social democrats, progressives, and liberal democrats. Aside from that, on the left we are always fighting a war of ideas and if we do not continue to build platforms to share those ideas and the stories of their implementation from a leftist perspective, they will continue to be ignored, misrepresented, and dismissed by the capitalist media and as a result by the general public. Our goal is to provide a platform for communists, anti-imperialists, Black Liberation movements, ancoms, left libertarians, LBGTQ activists, feminists, immigration activists, and abolitionists to discuss radical politics, radical organizing and share their visions for a better world. Our goal is to center organizers who represent and work with marginalized communities building survival programs, defense programs, political education, and counterpower. We also plan to bring in perspectives on and from the global south to highlight anti-capitalist struggles outside the imperial core...
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episode 102: Decolonize Palestine and #SaveSheikhJarrah with Rawan Eid and Fathi Nemer
In this episode we interview Rawan and Fathi, co-founders of decolonizepalestine.com.
Rawan is the co-founder of decolonizepalestine.com. While studying political science, Middle Eastern studies and Arabic at university, Rawan organized for Students for Justice in Palestine and the Democratic Socialists of America before moving to Palestine and working for a feminist organization in Ramallah.
Fathi Nemer is a political scientist, activist, and co-founder of decolonizepalestine.com. He is a former teaching fellow at the Democracy and Human Rights program at Birzeit University. He specializes in the politics of the Middle East and North Africa, decolonization and discursive resistance.
In this episode we talk about their recently launched website decolonizepalestine.com. We also talk about a recent events in occupied Palestine, the fight to #SaveSheikhJarrah, and a number of the myths that get deployed by zionists in support of the state of Israel’s policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
We also talk about what decolonization means for them in relation to Palestine and why the latest ceasefire represents a significant step forward in the Palestinian struggle for liberation in their estimation.
Finally they talk about several ways people around the world can support the struggle for Palestinian Liberation and organizations that folks can support financially as well.
Make sure to check out decolonizepalestine.com yourself if you haven't yet, and support them on patreon.
Some articles referenced on the episode:
If they steal Sheikh Jarrah by Mohammed El-Kurd
Dispossession and Eviction in Jerusalem: The cases and stories of Sheikh Jarrah
The Genocide of the Palestinian People: An International Law and Human Rights Perspective
Can Palestinian Men be Victims? Gendering Israel's War on Gaza By Maya Mikdashi
Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine: Population, Territory and Power
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