The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 13, 2024 • 24min
German-Israeli Writer Takes Apart Gaza Witch-Hunt - w/ Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus
A witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity is sweeping the Western world - but nowhere is more severe than Germany. The German state is compelling artists to sign a definition of antisemitism weaponised by the Right to shut down criticisms of the Israeli state's behaviour - that is, if they want to protect their livelihoods. As the German far-right rises, the establishment courages the idea that the real danger to Jews comes from the left and Palestinian solidarity activists - including Jewish activists.This is the world turned on its head. So I'm delighted to talk to German-Israeli author Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus who speaks with huge moral clarity, and tells the truth about what's really going on.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2024 • 12min
Israeli War Crimes Accidentally Exposed By David Cameron
Lord Cameron has moved from his old role of 'destroying Britain's social fabric' to Foreign Secretary, and this week he was interrogated about Israel's onslaught on Gaza.His responses were completely damning.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2024 • 12min
EXPOSED: Media Racism Taken Apart By Explosive Studies
The statistics don't lie - the US and UK media have now been exposed for their outrageous racism towards Palestinians. This should be a massive scandal - not something we shrug off.Read The Intercept’s dynamite study into US media racism against Palestinians here: https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2024 • 25min
Israeli Politician Backs Genocide Investigation - Now They're Trying To Silence Him w/ Ofer Cassif
I'm delighted to interview Ofer Cassif, an Israeli politician of the leftist Hadash party. He has signed a petition backing South Africa's genocide claim against Israel - and he explains why he's done so, the horrors currently enveloping Gaza, the attempt to silence him, the genocidal rhetoric of Israeli leaders, and what happens next.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2024 • 46min
Live From Gaza: Palestinian Journalist Mansour Shouman Joins Me From Khan Younis
I was honoured to speak to @MansourShouman, who is in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, in a live interview. He is one of the courageous Palestinian journalists risking their lives to tell the world about the horrors unleashed against Gaza.We discuss the work of these journalists, the horrors currently being suffered by civilians, the historical and political context - and what we can all do to help.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2024 • 1h 2min
"We Need A One State Solution" - Prof. Avi Shlaim Destroys Israel's Myths
Avi Shlaim is one of the great living historians: Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, he's a proud self-described Arab Jew, born in Baghdad in 1945. That heritage has deeply influenced him, and we talk about Zionism, the real history of Israel that is often erased, defying the attempt to start the clock on 7th October, the question of state terrorism, how there could have been a different approach to Hamas, genocide - and why a one state giving equal rights to all is the solution.His new book, appropriately enough, is 'Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew'.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2024 • 16min
BBC's Racism Over Gaza Exposed By Shocking Study
From 7th October 2023, it's been clear that media coverage about Palestinians has been defined by racism: that their lives are considered to have little value.That's not simply an assertion. A detailed study has gone through the BBC's coverage in depth - and it has exposed the undeniable fact that there is proportionately far less coverage of Palestinians being killed than Israelis, and that far less humanising language is being used per violent death.This isn't simply a moral affront - this racist coverage is crucial to making sure that one of the great crimes of our time is not being stopped.You can see the study by the brilliant researchers Jan Lietava and Dana Najjar here: https://github.com/liet-git/bbc-biasSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2024 • 9min
Julia Hartley-Brewer's Vile Attack On Palestinian Politician
This "interview" with respected Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti was an absolutely disgrace - and it's easy to dismiss the host as an unpleasant pantomime villain.But this nauseating performance tells us so much about the Western media as Palestinians suffer one of the great atrocities of our age.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2024 • 40min
Palestinian Icon Destroys Western Complicity - w/ Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Ashwari is one of the most recognisable faces associated with the Palestinian cause. The official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation at the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991, she served as a minister in the Palestinian Authority as a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's Executive Committee.Here, we discuss genocide, the West's complicity, the historical context which must be remembered - and what happens next.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2024 • 48min
Israel 'Worse Than Apartheid': South African Jewish Former ANC Politician Andrew Feinstein
It's rare that I end an interview on the brink of tears, but this was such a powerful interview with former ANC MP Andrew Feinstein. He tells me his family history of surviving the Holocaust - unlike so many of his relatives - and how this informed his struggle against Apartheid.But he tells me why Israel's oppression of the Palestinians is worse than Apartheid, why the anti-apartheid movement is an example to now follow, the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices, South Africa's case against Israel alleging genocide - and why history shows we have a responsibility to speak out.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
