[This episode was recorded February 27th]

Many of us have heard what is happening in Senegal listen in as Fatima and Florian take us through what has led to this current moment. 

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The Ansarullah in Yemen continues their blockade of the red sea of all ships headed toward Israel. Who are they?

Listen in as Rune discusses the history of Ansarullah and their place within Yemen's society.

Political Commentator & Member of the Organization of Solidarity with the Yemeni Struggle (OSYS

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History did not start on October 7th. Listen in as Tara contextualizes October 7th and gives a long history of Palestinian resistance.

Tara Alami is a Palestinian writer and organiser from occupied Jerusalem and occupied Yafa, based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal).

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What is the axis of resisance? How did they emerge?

In this episode, Dr. Matteo Capasso gives us an introduction to the axis of resistance.

Matteo Capasso is @mscactions research fellow at @cafoscari and @columbia, whose work focuses on imperialism and the Global South.  He is the author of 'Everyday Politics in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya' and co-editor of @mideastcritique. His work has appeared in @ripe, @roap and @journalPolitics.  He is also a rapporteur at in the International Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions Blockades, and Unilateral Coercive Measures @sanctionstrib

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In this episode, I speak with Azhaar, a PhD student at Cornell, on what is happening in Sudan.

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An in-depth look into what is currently taking place in DRC.

Kambale Musavuli, a native of the Democratic Republic of Congo and one of the leading political and cultural Congolese voices, is a social entrepreneur and an international human rights advocate working with youth groups across the African continent. He writes on issues affecting the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and has served for the past decade as the national spokesperson for the Friends of the Congo, a group that raises global consciousness about the situation in Congo and provides support to local institutions in Congo. He is currently an analyst at the Center for Research on Congo with a focus on Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy in the development of Ghana through a Pan-African lens. 

My current organization’s website is https://www.cereck.org

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Starting the new year with a special episode on 'Love' in James Baldwin's archive. 

Quincy Diallo is a double major in African-American studies and English at Yale University. 

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@Quincy.Diallo

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Palestine remains the litmus test. As our movements continue to gain momentum, Arun and I discuss what are the stakes when organizing for Palestine in the west.

Arun Kundnani has been active in antiracist movements in Britain and the United States for three decades. He is a former editor of the journal Race & Class and was a scholar-in-residence at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library.

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A historical overview of the creation of the Zionist state of Israel.

Professor Lentin's bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronit_Lentin

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In this episode, Yara Shoufani details what this current iteration of the Palestinian resistance represents for Palestinians specifically and the world more broadly.

Yara Shoufani is an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement in Toronto. She holds a master's in political science, with a research focus on colonisation and gentrification in Occupied Palestine. 

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@Yaraxsh