This is a special episode with Sumaya Awad and Shireen Akram-Boshar. Sumaya's the co-editor of the book "Palestine: A Socialist Introduction" which Shireen contributed to.
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Topics Discussed:
- Our relationship to Palestine
- What triggered the recent brutalities and broader context
- Connecting protests in Israel-Palestine with protests in the US (Black Lives Matter especially) and globally (Arab Spring, Syrian revolution etc)
- Israel's ethnic cleansing projects
- The youth-led resistance
- Shifting narratives on Zionism and Israel in the USA
- Reviving BDS
- What progressives need to be paying attention to
Books Recommended:
Shireen:
- Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Paperback by Angela Davis
- The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
- Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire by Deepa Kumar
- A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution by Samar Yazbeck
Sumaya:
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
- Smiley's People by John le Carré
Movies:
- Qafr Kassem by Borhan Alaouié
- The Feeling of Being Watched by Assia Boundaoui
