#124: Hazem Jamjoum - Ghassan Khanafani and Palestinian Liberation
Rebel Matters Podcast
This week we hear from Hazem Jamjoum, a Palestinian cultural historian, educator, editor, and translator. He has recently launched Safarjal Press, a publishing house with a focus on publications for communities in struggle, which we discuss during the conversation. His translation of Ghassan Kanafani’s was published by 1804 Press in 2023, and his translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s was released by the CSU Poetry Center in October 2024. Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our...
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123: Moana Maree Maniapoto - Indiginous Rights in Aotearoa
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This week's guest is Moana Maniapoto, Māori musician, songwriter, activist, documentary maker, journalist, and TV presenter. Moana's music has been described as a politically charged Haka-funk-dub-fusion. She also hosts her own weekly current affairs show, Te Ao with Moana, which that examines local, national and international issues through a Māori lens, and screens on Whakaata Māori , Māori+ and NITV (Australia). Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our followers over on Patreon....
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121: Presential Candidate Catherine Connolly
Rebel Matters Podcast
This week's guest is Irish Presidential Election Candidate Catherine Connolly. Massive thanks to Catherine for taking time out of her schedule at this busy lead up to the election, which will be held on Friday 24th of October 2025. Tá an t-eagrán seo ar fáil as Gaeilge freisin ar do rogha ardáin phodchraolta. Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our followers over on Patreon. Visit see our various tiers of support and find out how you can become a Patron.
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122: Iarrthóir ar Uachtáranacht na hÉirinn Catherine Connolly
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This episode is also available in English wherever you listen to podcasts. An tseachtain seo labhair muid leis an Iarrthóir Uachtarántachta Catherine Connolly. Míle buíochas léi as am a chur ar leataobh don chomhrá seo le linn tréimhse gnóthach feachtasaíochta agus an toghchán le titim amach ar an 24 November 2025. Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our followers over on Patreon. Visit see our various tiers of support and find out how you can become a Patron.
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120: Mansoor Adayfi - 15 Years in Guantanamo (Part 1)
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This week's guest is Mansoor Ahmad Adayfi, whose memoir Don't Forget Us Here recounts his experiences during 15 years spent in the prison at Guantanamo Bay. In this first part of the conversation he explains how he came to be detained and the treatment of prisoners in the camp. Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our followers over on Patreon. Visit see our various tiers of support and find out how you can become a Patron.
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119: Updates from Occupied Palestine
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An update from Ainle who has been working in the Lajee Centre in the Aida Redugee Camp in Bethlemhem for the past seven weeks with the Aclaí Paelstine Project. You can learn more about Aclaí, the work that's being done on the ground, and how you can support or volunteer at Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our followers over on Patreon. Visit see our various tiers of support and find out how you can become a Patron.
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118: Greg Stoker: US Imperialism Leading Genocide in Palestine
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In this episode we hear from Greg Stoker. Greg is an anti-imperialist left wing activist and US veteran with a strong presence on social media since October 2023. We speak about the state of play in Palestine since begining of the genocide, with a focus on US involvement, and also touch on other aspects of activism out likely outcomes of the current situation in Gaza and for the rest of the world. You can find Greg online at @greg.j.stoker on Instagram, X, and TikTok and he is also the host of the Colonial Outcast Podcast, which is on YouTube and other podcasting platforms. Thanks...
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117: Mars Verrone. ‘Union’ and The Power of Independent Film.
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This week’s episode is with Mars Verrone, producer of the documentary Union which is a fatastic film about the Amazon workers labour union, which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. We discussed the conditions that the people in Amazon factories are working under and their fight for better working conditions, making this film and the importance of independent filmmaking, as well as the difficulties that arise when distributing an independent film that seeks to disrupt the status quo. Visit the website unionthefilm.com to view the trailer or to request a screening of the...
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116: Michael Magee. ‘Close To Home’ And Breaking Into The Publishing World As A Working Class Author
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This week’s episode is with Belfast author Michael Magee who released his acclaimed debut novel Close To Home in 2023. We discussed West Belfast in the 90s and beyond, the challenged of authors from working class backgrounds to break through in the publishing world, Michael’s process for writing Close To Home and his plans for future work. Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website . The show is gratefully supported in full by our followers over on Patreon. Visit see our various tiers of support and find out how you can become a...
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115: Mohammad Alazza. Palestinian Resistance and International Solidarity.
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This week’s episode is a conversation with the director of the Lajee Centre in the Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem Palestine. We discuss the situation in the West Bank, ongoing work at Lajee Centre, the western media portrayal of Palestine, the Palestinian Authority, and the international solidarity movement. Long -time listeners of the show may remember Mohammad from Episode 41 back in 2019. It has been 3 weeks since our last episode, and we am currently working on getting the episodes out on a weekly basis. With Rebel Matters, we are determined to make a valuable contribution to the...
info_outlineWe are back on the road! This is the first episode in a while after my 3 month spell living and working in the Aida refugee camp on @aclaipalestine Today’s guest on the show is Echlas Al-Azza, a Palestinian refugee with muscular atrophy living in the Alazza camp. Echlas is also my Arabic teacher whom I visited twice per week to start my Arabic learning journey. The Alazza camp is less than a 10 minute walk from the Aida camp, and Echlas has an amazing story to tell. As with many of the personal stories of Paletinina’s living under occupation, you might not even believe they are true unless you heard them straight from the source. In this episode Echlas talked about living with her disability, being intentionally hit by a settler in a car in 1995, her experience in hospital in the ’48 lands, learning English and German, becoming a teacher, her volunteer program. Echlas takes volunteers at her home in the Alazza camp to help her around the house, and also provides a kind of cultural exchange for volunteers who are staying with her learning about the political situation in Palestine, food, culture, language, and meeting with other organisations groups and individuals around the west bank. if you are interested in finding out more about Echlas’s volunteer program you can send her a message on Facebook (Echlas Al-Azza) drop her an email to echlas2010@yahoo.com
Massive thank you to the supports and Patrons of the show for your patience during this break from episodes. You are a bunch of legends. We have some great episodes planned for the coming weeks and months and cant wait to share them with you. As usual this episode and all the rest of them are available to listen to for free on our website www.rebelmatters.ie and all usual podcast platforms.