In this first episode, we draw together speeches, interviews, public discussions and readings, to get a sense of what has been happening in Gaza since October 2023, and the relationship between the current atrocities and a much longer history of Israeli settler colonialism. We end the episode with a special reading from Dr. Jamal Nabulsi’s incisive 2021 essay Righting the History of Palestine (available here), to better understand the historical conditions that have created the conditions for genocide in the present, and to foreground the powerful and continuing history of Palestinian resistance.
Like most of the episodes in this series, this carries a strong content warning for graphic descriptions of genocide, war crimes, racial violence, gendered and sexual violence. If any of this content is likely to be triggering, we recommend that you make a plan for supporting yourself in advance, including making sure you have friends or family to call if you need help or care, or contacting services like Lifeline (13 11 14) for free, anonymous counselling support.
In this episode, you’ll hear from staunch Palestinian organisers and community members, including (in order) Khawla, Malaak, Remah, Hidaya, Zayd, Jamal and Muntaser. You’ll also hear from Muslim comrade and organiser Binil, and Radio Reversal producer Anna.
If you’d like to access the full audio archive of the Justice for Palestine Magandjin struggle, please get in touch with us via substack and we’ll organise access to anything you need.
The central purpose of this podcast is to honour the power of Palestinian resistance in this moment, and to learn from the struggle as it unfolds here in Magandjin. If you’re listening in and you’re not yet involved in the Justice for Palestine Magandjin movement, please consider signing up to our mailing list so that you can get up to date details about upcoming events, calls-to-action, and ways to support the movement for Palestine. You can also follow us on facebook, instagram and twitter to stay up to date. You can also follow the amazing work of Queensland Muslim Incorporated, and campaigns directly targeting the expansion of the weapons industry here in so-called queensland, including Shut Down Ferra and Wage Peace.
If you’re listening in from further afield, we suggest following the incredible work of the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) to keep up to date with organising happening in your area.
We also encourage everyone who is getting involved in the struggle for justice for Palestine to also recognise the intimate connections between settler colonialism and racial violence in Palestine and the continuing violence of occupation on this continent. There is a rich and powerful tradition of Blackfulla Palestinian solidarity in this place, which you can trace here and here.
We also encourage listeners to get involved with and support campaigns against settler colonial violence on this continent, including the work of the Black People’s Union, Warriors of the Aboriginal Resistance, Stop Blak Deaths in Custody, Treaty Before Voice, the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy, and independent Black media sites like Amy McQuire’s incredible substack, Black Justice Journalism.
Solidarity with all Indigenous peoples’ globally struggling against injustice, extraction, occupation, and oppression.
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