Dr. Rania Masri: Zionism, Ecocide & the Mother Tree | Sumud Podcast

🎙️ This week on the Sumud Podcast, Dr. Rania Masri joins us to speak on liberation, land, and the interconnected struggles for justice. An environmental scientist and long-time activist, Rania brings decades of experience in organizing to the fight against colonialism and ecocide.

Since 1990, Rania has organized for justice and against systems of oppression and war through protests, teach-ins, conferences, political organizing, public speaking training, writings, research, and media work. She taught holistic environmental sciences (including environmental justice) at the university level for nearly two decades. She served as an expert in the Court of Conscience, presenting testimony on the environmental impact of the 2006 Israeli War on Lebanon.

In this episode, Rania connects the fight for Palestinian freedom to global movements for environmental and social justice. She explains how Zionism imposes ecocide on the land of Palestine, unpacks the colonial legacy of Sykes–Picot and the artificial borders of Greater Syria, and invites us to learn from the socialist wisdom of trees, what she calls the “Mother Tree” model of care, resistance, and community.

🔑 In this conversation, we explore:

➡ The environmental devastation of Israeli occupation and Gaza’s ecocide

➡ The colonial blueprint of Sykes–Picot and rejecting imposed borders

➡ Trees as teachers: Mother Trees, socialism, and organizing

➡ How solidarity—not charity—can reshape our future

This video is for educational purposes only. It provides historical and political analysis to inform and educate viewers.

📌 Chapters:

00:00- Introduction

01:35- Facing the Unspoken Issues

12:54- Engaging Despite Differences: Republicans, Democrats, and Greens

15:41- Holding Our Leaders Accountable

22:37- Greater Syria: Rejecting Borders & Claiming Our Lands

24:56- Side by Side: Liberation, Labor, and Community

28:26- Origins and Goals: The Arab and Muslim Green Party Caucus

34:17- Exploring the Core: Life as an Environmental Scientist

38:39- Examining Ecocide: The Impact of Occupation

46:00- Environmental Advocacy: Where to Begin?

49:23- Final Reflections: Hope, Resistance & the Fight for Palestine

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