The Mondoweiss Podcast

In December 2020 Haymarket Books published Palestine: A Socialist Introduction featuring essays from a number of activists and thinkers inside the Palestine solidarity movement. The book was edited by Sumaya Awad and brian bean. Sumaya is the Director of Strategy and Communications for the Adalah Justice Project. brian is a founding editor of Rampant Magazine and is a socialist activist and writer. Our US Correspondent Michael Arria spoke to Sumaya and brian back in December when the book was released. Support Mondoweiss with a tax-deductible donation. Subscribe to THE SHIFT newsletter from Michael Arria. Links Mondoweiss: "What binds us together is our class politics": new book connects the fight for socialism with the Palestinian cause Haymarket Books: Book release webinar with Sumaya Awad, brian bean, Khury Petersen-Smith, and Jehad Abusalim Jacobin: Be Ready to Fight President Joe Biden on Israel-Palestine, Sumaya Awad and Hadas Thier

Just after the U.S. election in November of last year, our US politics correspondent, Michael Arria, spoke to Zeina Ashrawi Hutchison about the outcome and what it means for Palestinian-American's engaging with the US political system. Zeina is a Palestinian-American activist and DNC delegate from Virginia. You can read Michael's interview with Zeina here. We've covered Joe Biden a lot here at Mondoweiss. Here are some stand out pieces worth taking another look at: VIDEO: Sarah Lazare and Branko Marcetic discuss Biden’s foreign policy and the state of the Democratic Party Arab Americans overwhelmingly support Biden, list ‘race relations’ as biggest issue facing country When our President-Elect took on apartheid: ‘Dammit, our favorites are the people being repressed by that ugly white regime!’ Glad to be rid of Trump, Palestinians don’t expect much better from Biden More stories here. Sign up for Michael's weekly politics newsletter, THE SHIFT, at our website. You can also subscribe to one of our other free newsletters. Please support Mondoweiss with a financial donation today. Your support makes our work possible.

Mondoweiss Palestine Correspondent Yumna Patel interviews Ramallah-based analyst Diana Buttu about the story of 2020 -- normalization. Buttu discusses the impact of the normalization deals between Arab countries and Israel, the Palestine Authority's strategy (or lack thereof) in confronting the threat, and the challenges that lie ahead in 2021. Links: Mondoweiss: Palestinians are fed up with normalization, and how their leaders have handled it New York Times: The U.A.E.-Israel Flight Is Nothing To Celebrate  Sign up for our free newsletters at mondoweiss.net/newsletters/ Music by Podington Bear

What is it like when Proud Boys and Zionists attack you online at the same time? We spoke to Olivia Katbi Smith, national U.S. organizer for the BDS Movement and co-chair of the Portland chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. In the last few weeks, Olivia was one of the targets of a doxxing attack by a member of the Proud Boys. Shortly after, she was named the "Anti-Semite of the Week" by a rightwing organization created to harass pro-Palestinian activists. Michael Arria spoke to Meera Shah, senior staff attorney at Palestine Legal, about their new website that tracks anti-BDS legislation around the U.S. These bills, in both federal and state legislatures, are direct attacks on basic free speech protections and will have repercussions far beyond the movement to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Links: News & Observer: NCSU investigating employee accused of Proud Boys membership. He calls it 'slander.' Willamette Week: Portland’s Democratic Socialists of America Co-Chair Is Suing an Alleged Proud Boy for Doxxing Anonymous Comrads Collective: Doxer Gets Doxed: "Proud Boy" Chadwick Jason Seagraves of NCSU DSA's BDS and Palestine Working Group on Twitter BDS Movement Palestine Legal and their new legislation tracker site.

SHOW NOTES Phil Weiss talks to Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa about her latest book, AGAINST THE LOVELESS WORLD. Adam Horowitz talks to organizers of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, which launched online today. Click here to read Bill Mullen’s review of Susan Abulhawa’s “Against The Loveless World”, and here to watch to Phil’s full interview with Abulhawa. The Palestine Writes Literature Festival is underway! You can still register to attend by visiting this site. Sign up for our free newsletters at mondoweiss.net/newsletters/

Yumna Patel visits Palestinian farmers attacked by Israeli settlers during the annual olive harvest. Michael Arria, author of THE SHIFT newsletter on U.S. politics around Palestine talks about the outcome of the 2020 election, what it means for Democrats and the impact it may have on the struggle to end the Israeli occupation. View Yumna's video report Farmers Under Attack here: https://mondoweiss.net/2020/11/palestines-olive-harvest-farmers-under-attack/ Subscribe to Michael's weekly newsletter, THE SHIFT, here: https://mondoweiss.net/the-shift Music by Poddington Bear.

Yumna Patel is the Palestine correspondent for Mondoweiss. Yumna discusses the impact the Trump presidency has had on the ground in Palestine, and what Palestinains are thinking about this year's tumultuous U.S. election cycle.

Phil Weiss is the founder and Senior Editor of Mondoweiss. Phil talks about the impact the Trump presidency has had on Jewish American communities and organizations, what he's looking for on election night and beyond, and what a Biden presidency could mean for the Palestine solidarity movement.

Michael Arria is the U.S. correspondent for Mondoweiss. We talked about the role Israel/Palestine played in this election cycle, what he's looking for on election night and the days after, and what the Palestine solidarity movement should expect under a second Trump term or a Biden presidency.