We have seen enough. We have seen too much, in fact.

We have seen enough to show zero tolerance for those who still declare their loyalty to an ideology that has turned Gaza into a mass grave of children.

They are out of touch with reality; they are unwell. And just like, I would assume, you show zero tolerance to anyone who self-identifies as a Nazi, it is high time treat Zionists in the same way.

Have you accepted the media silence surrounding a Fascist regime, a coloniser, keeping an entire population under siege?

Are you OK with a people being intentionally starved to death by a country that your country might be friends with?

Have you normalised seeing country leaders with arrest warrants for war crimes and crimes against humanity being treated just like any other politician?

Do you think it's acceptable for an entire people to be ethnically cleansed in front of our screens?

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"This is what our ruling class has decided to be normal" wrote Aaron Bushnell before he lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy.

Do you agree with what's been decided?

Do you accept it politely, just like 'good citizens' do in Fascist societies?

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Israel is continuing its siege on Gaza.

Starvation as a weapon of war is being used again, all in the open, proudly announced.

Do you accept it?

There are the bodies who torture others.
There are the bodies who support the torture and extermination of people.
There are the bodies being tortured.
And then there's you.
There's your body.
What will YOU do?
How will YOU use your body --- hopefully, in ways that are good for your soul?
Here's my video on Hussam Abu Safiya, Fascism, and what it does to our bodies.

It seems Antony Blinken's closing press conference was a microcosm in itself: a binary between those with a moral compass and courage and those for whom this combination is unknown.
My eternal gratitude and respect for Max Blumenthal and Sam Husseini.

My eternal gratitude, respect, and apologies on behalf of the world to Palestinian journalists.

My wish for you and me came to me unexpectedly, on a graffiti tour in Oaxaca, Mexico -- in a mural that wasn't even part of the tour.

It's a message that resonated deeply. A message I immediately wanted to share with you. I hope it resonates, too, and maybe it's something you've been needing to hear.

Assad's regime has fallen and there's an incredibly difficult task ahead for the people of Syria: to rebuild the country.

In my episode, I'm inviting you to fight the potential cynicism surrounding this incredible news and not to dehumanise your Syrian friends by telling them what to think and - my goodness - what to feel.

I've had it wrong all those years. And not just the colonial / white feminist language for which I apologise.

I've had it wrong in terms of in what direction humanity was flowing.

It is the same indoctrination, the same lens, the same dehumanising rhetoric that is mass murdering people for over five centuries: a colonised mind.

A mind of a coloniser.

This is what my slightly rant-like episode is about.

It's about seeing the humanity of others and removing - actively, aggressively, unapologetically - the obstacles that prevent you from seeing others as connected to yourself.

If we don't engage in a figurative and literal decolonisation now, seeing Gaza completely destroyed, I can't imagine what else is needed to get everyone mobilised.

There are words that can be thrown around in a misleading way, diluting, obscuring, or completely misrepresenting what they mean.

The same words can be used reluctantly - knowingly - when they fit certain situations perfectly.

It was high time I did an episode on terrorism, also talking about war crimes and other concepts that I hope will be useful additions to your toolbox of concepts to use to describe what, among other countries, Israel (yes) has been doing for decades.

If you think the title of this podcast episode is an exaggeration, I invite you to answer a simple question:
What and who has any influence on the unconditional support that the Biden-Harris administration has been showing to Israel?

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Welcome to the fifth season of my podcast. Thank you for sticking around or, if it's new to you, for giving it a go!

Find the resources that I mention on my website: www.justinaposkeviciute.com