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Decolonize Palestine and #SaveSheikhJarrah with Rawan Eid and Fathi Nemer

Decolonize Palestine and #SaveSheikhJarrah with Rawan Eid and Fathi Nemer

FromMillennials Are Killing Capitalism


Decolonize Palestine and #SaveSheikhJarrah with Rawan Eid and Fathi Nemer

FromMillennials Are Killing Capitalism

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Length:
89 minutes
Released:
Jun 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

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  And of course if you appreciate the work that we do here, and are able, please support us on patreon as well.
Released:
Jun 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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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. We view solidarity with decolonization, indigenous, anti-imperialist, environmentalist, socialist, and anarchist movements across the world as necessary steps toward meaningful liberation for all people. Too often within the imperial core we focus on our own struggles without taking the time to understand those fighting for freedom from beneath the empire’s thumb. It is important to highlight these struggles, learn what we can from them, offer solidarity, and support with action when we can. It is not enough to Fight For $15 an hour and Single-Payer within the core, while the US actively fights against the self-determination of the people of the global economically and militarily. We recognize that except for the extremely wealthy and privileged, our fates and struggles are intrinsically connected. We hope that our podcast becomes a meaningful platform for organizers and activists fighting for social change to connect their local movements to broader movements centered around the fight to end imperialism, capitalism, racism, discrimination based on gender identity or sexuality, sexism, and ableism. If you like our work please support us at www.patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism