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This week Lara and Michael sit down with the one and only Amanda Seales. Amanda shares her path to learning about and speaking up for Palestine as an artist, explaining that it takes about seven minutes to figure out what is going on, especially if one is armed with knowledge and understanding of white supremacy and colonialism. She invites listeners to check out her latest project, “What would the ancestors say” which explores Black-Palestinian solidarity amongst other social justice issues through a comedic and artistic intellectual lens. Amanda understandably reminds us of George Bernard Shaw’s saying that “if you’re going to tell people the truth, make them laugh them or else they’ll kill you”. Lara teaches Amanda Arabic. Michael wonders why Amanda still moves her own boxes.
This week Lara and Michael cover the formal announcement by the zionist government of the plan to depopulate the northern part of Gaza and not allow for the return of Palestinians many of whom are already refugees. We discuss the fiasco in Amsterdam, and Michael explains his theory as to why it...
Published 11/14/24
This week Lara and Michael sit down with Huwaida Arraf, Palestinian activist, and lawyer who co-founded the International Solidarity Movement. We discuss her previous trips to sail into Gaza with humanitarian aid and journalists to break the Israeli siege on Gaza. We chat about the time they...
Published 10/31/24