Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 11-02-23



12 AM

Dave Emory For the Record

At Dave’s request we are running this archival episode, part 2 of a long interview with Fara Mansoor about the “deep October Surprise”, the US involvement in the installation of Khomeini in Iran and the Iranian hostage crisis, as background for the current struggles in the region. Dave has a couple of new episodes in preparation but is dealing with technical issues at the station that produces his podcast. Dave will also be providing archival material later this month in connection with the 60th anniversary of the assassination of JFK on 11/22/1963.



1 AM

Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa

Palestinian Resistance and (media) Censorship

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/10/25/covertaction-bulletin-palestinian-resistance-and-censorship/

Protests across the world in solidarity with Palestine are building a support movement for the Palestinian resistance and cause, showing leaders that people from the U.S. to the UK to Yemen and Jordan and beyond stand with the Palestinian people in their fight against the U.S.-backed Israeli occupation. These protests are changing the shape of media coverage and influencing popular opinion and the debate over the issue.



At the same time, social media companies like Twitter and Meta have been attempting to censor pro-Palestinian content. One video listing the hospitals that Israel has bombed was taken off Instagram after gaining 12 million views. The Twitter account for Palestine Action U.S. was not followable for many days. But information continues to spread quickly, keeping the solidarity movement going.



We’re joined by Janine Hourani of the Palestinian Youth Movement in the UK to talk about these movements and developments. https://linktr.ee/CovertActionBulletin



2 AM

It’s Going Down from sister station KPFA

IGD, a current generation anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian media project (https://itsgoingdown.org/) airs a program from Final Straw Radio, a similar East Coast podcast, of a panel at Firestorm Books in Asheville, NC called “Against Genocide: A Palestine Solidarity Panel”, featuring Palestinian and Jewish activists discussing the current events, their historical roots, and effective solidarity actions people are taking.



3 AM

Out-FM

Out-FMs Naomi Brussel speaks with two U.S.-based activists for Palestinian rights, one Palestinian and one Jewish North American about the current Israeli genocidal campaign in Gaza, and what role queers can play in solidarity with Palestine. They will also report on the recent two-day conference of the new Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, held in New York City and Santa Cruz, CA.



Emmaia Gelman is guest faculty in Social Sciences at Sarah Lawrence College and the founding Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, which examines the transnational work of Zionist political and ideological institutions. She researches the history of ideas about race, queerness, safety, and rights as levers in political culture, and is co-chair of the American Studies Association Caucus on Academic and Community Activism. She is writing a critical history of the Anti-Defamation League (1913-1990) as a Cold War neoconservative institution. Emmaia is a longtime activist on queer and antiracist issues, primarily in New York City, and the parent of three brilliant and compassionate kids.



Kaleem Hawa is a Palestinian writer and organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, a transnational movement of Arab and Palestinian youth struggling for the liberation of their homeland.



Then, Out-FM associate producer Pauline Park interviews Rohan Zhou-Lee on being of Black and Asian descent.



4-6 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program – final two hours of non-commercial version from 11-01-23