Refaat Alareer's voice from the archives
The East is a Podcast
*Friend of the show Nora Barrows-Friedman collected some of Refaat's audio archive.* In a special audio podcast episode dedicated to the voice and the words of Dr. Refaat Alareer, we weave together five separate interviews we conducted between 2014 and 2018. Alareer was a beloved professor, poet and mentor who helped sharpen countless young minds and who still inspires people all over the world. He was murdered by Israel on 6 December, 2023, along with six other members of his family in Gaza. Read more:
info_outline
Never again? Germany and the Gaza Holocaust w/ Dror Dayan (pt.2)
The East is a Podcast
**A preview of the latest bonus episode: the with Dror Dayan about Germany's role in the Axis of Genocide. Subscribe on Patreon to access hundreds of bonus episodes and help support the show. Alternatively, you can watch the episode for free on YouTube** is a filmmaker, political activist and film scholar based in Berlin and Liverpool. Make sure to check out the first half of this conversation, posted on the main feed Check out "Not Just Your Picture: The Story of the Kilani Family" Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
info_outline
Tankie Group Therapy #30: They will never break them (or us)
The East is a Podcast
Lara Sheehi joins as our therapist with Jon Elmer(successfully pressured by your comments on the Day 467 Sit Rep), Nora, Mikey, Alex, and Joe. Hours before the ceasefire is set to go into effect, we debrief our worry, our awe and pride in the Palestinians, our rage at genocide, why we did this series of so-called "tankie therapy" and why some of us had to avoid it sometimes over the past 15 months. Will this be the last one? Watch the on The Anti-Empire Project YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
info_outline
Tankie Group Therapy #29: No disclaimers necessary
The East is a Podcast
Two beloved members of the Tankie Group Therapy crew (Joe and Matteo) return after long absences to join Alex, Nora, and Sina to discuss some of the recent (not so very good) news. Watch the on our YouTube channel Check out Joe's essay, Consider supporting the show
info_outline
Never again? Germany and the Gaza Holocaust w/ Dror Dayan (pt.1)
The East is a Podcast
is a filmmaker, political activist and film scholar based in Berlin and Liverpool. Check out "Not Just Your Picture: The Story of the Kilani Family" Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel Consider supporting the show
info_outline
Imperial Debris: From 1492 to the Gaza pier w/ Taylor Miller
The East is a Podcast
Alex Axina () returns as guest host to interview Taylor Miller about the meaning of Gaza "humanitarian pier" against the wider historical backdrop of genocidal settler colonialism. Check out Taylor's article, Consider supporting the podcast
info_outline
Tankie Group Therapy #28: Imperialism is the primary contradiction
The East is a Podcast
A reduced crew for Tankie Group Therapy featuring Nora, Alex, and Sina discussing the end of the Syrian Arab Republic and its wide-ranging consequences. Video edition coming soon! Consider supporting the show
info_outline
Chaos in the Levant: Fake ceasefire in Lebanon; hot war in Syria w/ Adnan Husain
The East is a Podcast
Adnan Husain Medieval European and Middle Eastern at Queen's University and co-host of , returns to discuss recent developments in the region. Watch the on The East is a Podcast Youtube channel or Adnan's (still under construction) personal channel (Coming soon!) Consider supporting the show
info_outline
"The settlers and the land will never be one" w/ Good Shepherd Collective
The East is a Podcast
A conversation with founders Bana Abu Zuluf and Cody O'Rourke. Watch the on The East is a Podcast YouTube channel "The Good Shepherd Collective was formed in Palestine in 2017 in response to the restrictive NGO system and its inability to meet the needs of the moment. GSC understands oppression as rooted in the systems and laws guiding civil formation and order. As such, we are an anti-zionist, anti-colonial, and, by definition, anti-capitalist organization. We advocate for justice through a process of decolonization that ushers in a future where the material resources and political...
info_outline
Tankie Group Therapy #27: Predict what you want, the precondition is liberation
The East is a Podcast
Actual therapist Lara Sheehi joins us with Justin, Sina, Mikey and Nora in the group. We talk about psychic intrusions, shame, the tricky ecosystem of the colonial assault on the mind, and setting the precondition as liberation. Watch the on the Anti-Empire Project
info_outline