On this episode of Palestine Post, we look at Israel’s genocidal assaults on Palestine and the region, US complicity in those assaults, the people’s resistance, and the impact across the globe. We invite Khury Petersen-Smith, the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration, to unpack these questions.

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On this episode, Cat hosts a special Farce of July conversation featuring Indigenous and Black organizers reflecting on sovereignty, liberation, and the ongoing struggle for justice. Guests include Corrina Gould, Chair of the Confederated Villages of Lisjan; Indigenous leader & organizer Morning Star Gali; and organizer, author, and Black Power Media co-founder Kalonji Jama Changa.

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This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is David De La Gran.

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Micia Mosely is the founder and director of The Black Teacher Project, a program of The National Equity Project committed to developing a Black teaching force to transform schools into communities of liberated learning. Prior to leading this work, she was a National Training Specialist with The Posse Foundation. Mosely began her career as a high school social studies teacher before earning her Ph.D. in Education from U.C. Berkeley. She is a published researcher whose work focuses on race and professional development. Also a successful theater artist and performer, Mosely tours the nation with her socio-political stand-up comedy. Learn more at www.miciamosely.com & www.blackteacherproject.org.

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This week’s Resistance in Residence artist is  Austin Antoine.

Austin Antoine is a Washington DC based performance artist who blends music and poetry, with soulful vocals and introspective lyrics.

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Today we speak about the latest in the Middle East with Rayan El-Amine, then a report with Greg Terry from the Sumud Flotilla.

Rayan El-Amine is Community organizer and member leader with Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC).  He teaches in the Labor and Community Studies Department at the City College of San Francisco.

Greg Terry is a sailor from Arcata, California. He participated in the latest  Global Sumud Flotilla trying to break the Israeli siege in Gaza.

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State Terror Roundup:  The Federal Oversight in Oakland is coming to and end: yesterday a court in Oakland headed byJudge William Orwick, who has been overseeing the Oakland Police Department’s 23 year federal oversight program compared the Oakland Police Department reaching the completion of all 51 tasks, given to them 23 years ago – the judge compared the completion of this task to a sports moment. He compared it to building a major league baseball franchise … the judge – the legal say so for accountability and oversight for the Oakland Police Department compared the cops getting to a place where they will say that OPD is fit to not have any oversight … to a sports game…

Then, community advocate with Voice of the Youth Berry Accius responds to the brutality by law enforcement officer Bianca Camacho hitting repeatedly (captured on camera) a teenager in Fairfield, California.

Also, Dr Melina Abdullah remembering Andrew Joseph Jr’ legacy.  He was a leader in the movement to end state violence against black bodies who transitioned unexpectedly on may 15th

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We speak with Maurice Carney about the Ebola situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the history of colonialism and extractivism. The World Health Organization is warning that the East of the country is at the center of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response.

Guest: Maurice Carney is co-founder and Executive Director of the Friends of the Congo.

Photo credits: EC/ECHO/Cyprien Fabre, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

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On today’s Palestine Post, we speak with Phyllis Bennis about the latest developments and analysis of the US/Israel war on Iran, Palestine and Lebanon.

Phyllis Bennis. is the co-director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), her work focuses on the Middle East, U.S. militarism, and the US-United Nations relations.  She is the author of several books including her latest, Understanding Palestine & Israel.

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On today’s show, we talk about inflation, gas prices, and predictions for the economy with Professor Richard Wolff.

Richard Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.  Currently, he is a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York City.  Professor Wolff is the founder of Democracy at Work (democracyatwork.info) and host of the weekly national syndicated TV and radio program Economic Update that airs weekly on KPFA.  Professor Richard Wolff is the author of several books including Understanding Capitalism.

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