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