Tag: Global struggles
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S2E26 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 2 – Choman Hardi and Nayef Sabri
Today I speak to two courageous people working for a better future in Kurdistan and Iraq – feminist poet, author and academic Choman Hardi; and Yazidi man Nayef Sabri who as head of the Sunrise NGO is trying to rebuild Yazidi community in Iraq after Islamic State tried to wipe the ancient religious group off…
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S2E25 – Iraqi Kurdistan part 1 – Kamaran Osman
Today we talk with Kamaran Osman about politics in Iraqi Kurdistan, peacemaking work here, and what it was like to be a part of the Arab/Kurdish Spring wave of protest movements sweeping across the Middle East back in 2011. Originally broadcast 19/05/23
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S2E15 – Voices from Palestine part 2
Today we are traveling virtually to Palestine again. We talk with Mona, a Palestinian woman working with Community Peacemaker Teams in occupied Hebron; and Shoshana, an Israeli Jew living in Australia who has been taking action to resist her nation’s bombardment of Gaza. We also speak briefly with Phil Monsour about Palestine solidarity in Brisbane.…
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S2E14 – Voices from Palestine part 1
On today’s show we hear from on the ground in Palestine. Usama Nicola lives in Bethlehem in the West Bank, and I spoke to him about living under occupation, what the last six weeks of war has been like, and what his hopes for the future are. Originally broadcast 17/11/23
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S2E4 Human rights in Palestine
On today’s show we are talking about the ongoing dispossession, oppression, resilience and resistance of Palestinian people. We get an update from Lee Rhiannon who has just returned from Palestine, hear about the importance of Palestinian dabke dancing from Sameer Ellagta, and replay an interview with Olfat Mahmoud – a legend of Palestinian humanitarian work…
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S1E25 – The War on West Papua
Today’s show is about the war on West Papua. I speak to Papuan activist Ronny Kareni about the latest updates in Papuan oppression and resistance, and to Zelda Grimshaw who has been building a website to track the weapons used by Indonesians in West Papua and where they come from. Some of them are from…
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