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Sad FranciscoZionist Repression at San Jose State and GLIDE Church with Sang Hea Kil and GIt started when San Jose State University's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office sponsored a visit from CSU's premier Zionist. Sang Hea Kil describes the repression she experienced as the only faculty member who joined an encampment of Muslim students in solidarity with Palestine last year at the school. Later in the episode, G, a former worker at GLIDE Church (a San Francisco nonprofit where the head of "Social Justice" is a Zionist rabbi), speaks about explicit and implicit Zionist bias at progressive nonprofits. Sang's piece in Radical Teacher: "Islamophobia, Dirty Water Tactics, and Student Encampments fo...
2025-02-031h 15
Sad FranciscoCan't Hide a Genocide f/ Dylan Rodriguez and Loubna QutamiIt's one year since the start of the most recent wave of Israel's US-backed genocide of Palestinians. This episode was recorded last fall with Loubna Qutami (co-founder of the Palestinian Youth Movement and a member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective), and one of her mentors, and ours, Dylan Rodriguez (co-founder of Critical Resistance and the Critical Ethnic Studies Association). Both organizers and professors, Loubna (UCLA) and Dylan (UC Riverside) discuss Zionist repression, and why we must continue to fight it. >> LISTEN TO ALL 14 OF OUR PALESTINE EPISODES FROM THE PAST YEAR HERE.
2024-10-0953 min
Sad FranciscoWe're Queer, We're Trans, No Peace on Stolen Land f/ Mama GanuushMama Ganuush is an African Palestinian American drag artist living in San Francisco. Right now, they're combining direct action, performances, and Bay solidarity to combat Israel's campaign of cultural erasure and colonization - a campaign led locally by gay Israel subs Matt Dorsey, Rafael Mandelman, and Scott Wiener. Mama Ganuush on Instagram Heritage Anti-Racist Liberation Artists (HALA) - their new artists' collective! Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism Gay Shame BDS Movement BBC News: "McDonald's hit by Israel-Gaza 'misinformation'" Recent episodes on Palestine: Can't Hide a Genocide f/ Dylan Rodriguez and Loubna Qutami Queers for a Free Palestine...
2024-01-1132 minSad FranciscoCan't Hide a Genocide f/ Dylan Rodriguez & Loubna QutamiGaslighting and double-standards are all over the media and at schools, where Zionists often get put on pedestals, while pro-Palestinian voices get silenced. A discussion of how censorship works on and off college campuses, featuring: Dylan Rodriguez, co-founder of Critical Resistance and the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, and professor of Media and Cultural Studies at UC Riverside Loubna Qutami, co-founder of the Palestinian Feminist Collective and the Palestinian Youth Movement, and assistant professor in Asian American Studies at UCLA Shownotes: Palestine Legal: 'Distorted Definition: Redefining Antisemitism to Silence Advocacy for Palestinian Rights' 'P...
2023-11-3046 minSad FranciscoShould Social Movement Work Be Paid? f/ Dean SpadeAhead of 'Giving Tuesday,' it's our episode from the archives featuring Dean Spade, on the nonprofit industrial complex. Next week: a brand-new episode with Dylan Rodriguez and Loubna Qutami, on the Zionist censorship campaign. Support Sad Francisco and find links to our past episodes on Patreon.
2023-11-2330 min
The Red Nation PodcastKa Paio Hookahi: the crossroads of Indigenous and working class struggles A commemoration of the Hilo Massacre featuring Nick Estes (@nickwestes), Jollene Levid (@jollenelevid), Ilima Long (@ItsIlima), Loubna Qutami (@LoubnaQutami) Check out Hui Aloha Aina O Honolulu Watch the video edition here on The Red Nation YouTube channel. Support www.patreon.com/redmediapr
2022-08-222h 06
Distorted FootprintsS3E2 | The Palestinian Experience: Home and RefugeWe spoke with UCLA Asian American Studies Professor Loubna Qutami about Palestinian culture and personal experiences during displacement and occupation. Our conversation explored topics of displacement, exile, militarization, and refugee experiences. This podcast episode forwards a critical refugee studies framework through its focus on displaced Palestinians and aimed to discuss their experiences beyond militarization.
2021-12-0618 min
Arab Talk with Jess & JamalIs Discourse On Israel In The US Shifting? - 25 Feb 2021Jess and Jamal discuss the recent shifts on discourse about Israel in the United States, with recent comments by politicians and challenges in US media.
Also, former students at AMED at San Francisco State University, Dr. Loubna Qutami and Saliem Shehadeh, describe the systematic attacks on the program by hate groups and the lack of support by the university’s administration.
2021-02-2658 minArab Talk with Jess & JamalIs Discourse On Israel In The US Shifting? - 25 Feb 2021Jess and Jamal discuss the recent shifts on discourse about Israel in the United States, with recent comments by politicians and challenges in US media.
Also, former students at AMED at San Francisco State University, Dr. Loubna Qutami and Saliem Shehadeh, describe the systematic attacks on the program by hate groups and the lack of support by the university’s administration.
2021-02-2658 min
The New Arab VoiceBonus: Beyond Minneapolis, #BlackLivesMatter shines a light on global racism and police brutalityListen to the recorded live discussion on how the #BlackLivesMatter movement is shining a light on global racism and police brutality beyond American cities, from London to JerusalemThe murder of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man, by police in Minneapolis, USA propelled the Black Lives Matter movement to global headlines. Mass protests in the US have since forced an urgent reckoning about systemic racism and police brutality.Beyond the US, many are interrogating the same issues in their own countries. In the UK, growing demonstrations are demanding an end to systemic racism and police violence...
2020-07-101h 10
Status/الوضعWhy did the Trump Administration Remove the "Middle East & North Africa" Category from the Census?Mira Nabulsi interviews Loubna Qutami in a deep discussion of the historical relationship between race, ethnicity, and the census in order to discuss the Trump administration's omitting of the "Middle East and North Africa" category from the upcoming census in 2020.
2019-07-1857 min
Voices of the Middle East and North AfricaVomena June 28, 2019: No “Middle East & North Africa” Category on the 2020 US CensusIn recent months, the Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question on the 2020 US census, has garnered significant controversy and media attention. For now the supreme court decide to bloc the question but the decision is not yet final.
The census is supposed to count all people living in the United States regardless of citizenship status, and is crucial for determining how federal funds are distributed and how congressional districts are drawn. The legal challenge to the citizenship question sites concern of an undercount, especially in immigrant communities.
But there are other critical questions left out of this co...
2019-06-2958 min