On January 21, Just World Educational released the first episode in our new podcast series “The World From Palestine.” In this series, JWE President Helena Cobban and Palestinian scholar Yousef AlJamal are jointly exploring the intersections between Palestine’s liberation struggle and other anti-imperialist struggles throughout history, and until today.
Ms. Cobban is a veteran analyst of Palestinian and world affairs, and author of seven books on international issues who for 17 years contributed a regular column on global issues to The Christian Science Monitor. On her personal website Just World News, since January she has been exploring the deep history of settler colonialism over the past 600 years. Mr. Aljamal is a wellknown Palestinian author and speaker who grew up in Gaza and is currently completing his Ph.D. in international affairs at Turkey’s Sakarya University.
Our new podcast series is being distributed globally by Just World Podcasts and is available for streaming or download on all major podcast-streaming platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
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The World From Palestine
Episode 1
Episode 1
Released January 21, 2022
Helena and Yousef discuss hunger striking and other tactics of resistance that anti-colonial leaders have used in Palestine and worldwide, throughout the past centuries of settler-colonial expansion. Find the full transcript here.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Released January 28, 2022
This week, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Yousef Aljamal break down the myths settler states have used throughout the past six centuries to erase indigenous populations and justify their occupation. Find the full transcript here.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Released February 4, 2022
This episode delves into the the dire environmental impact that West-European settler-colonial projects have always had on the lands and peoples that have been their target. From Israeli afforestation to the near-extinction of buffalo in the Great Plains of North America, Helena and Yousef break down settler attempts to appropriate resources and destroy indigenous self-sufficiency. Find the full transcript here.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Released February 10, 2022
In this episode, Helena and Yousef examine how colonial powers throughout history, including Israel, have used various forms of mass incarceration as a central tool in their project to control the indigenous populations of the areas they are colonizing.
Find the full transcript here.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Released February 18, 2022
In this week's episode, Helena and Yousef take us on a journey from Rwanda to India to understand the classic “divide and rule” tactic that belays many imperial projects and the various strategies indigenous people have used to push back.
Find the full transcript here.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Released February 25, 2022
This week on The World From Palestine, co-hosts Helena Cobban and Yousef Aljamal untangle the ways in which empires erase and appropriate the cultures of indigenous peoples, whose lands they settle and steal.
Find the full transcript here.
Participants in The Beyond Survival Series
Helena Cobban
Yousef Aljamal
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Be sure to tell all your friends about our "The World From Palestine" podcast series. We'll be dropping new episodes every Friday for the next couple of months.
Our new podcast series is being distributed globally by Just World Podcasts and is available for streaming or download on all major podcast-streaming platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
And we would really welcome your feedback. Write to our Amelle Zeroug and tell us what you liked best about the podcast, what we could do better, and which other anti-colonial struggles you'd like us to talk about in future episodes.
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