In Episode 1.6 Until All of Us are Free, None of Us are Free we focus on the fundamental connections between the struggle for an end to the genocide in Gaza and the liberation of Palestine and Palestinian people with oppressed peoples everywhere. In particular in this episode we recognise interconnections and entanglements across the movements for prison abolition, queer and trans liberation, and for disability justice.
You’ll hear recorded speeches from Turtle Island (US)-based Black lesbian abolitionist Prof Andrea Ritchie at last November’s Sisters Inside conference, and from trans woman and abolition organiser Necho Brocchi at Magandjin’s Trans Day of Resistance gathering that took place on November 25, 2023. Both of these speakers trace the importance of recognising the co-constitution of struggles for an end to incarceration and to oppression and violence against trans people with the struggles for Indigenous sovereignty and to end the genocidal settler-colonial occupation of Palestine.
Also in this episode, you’ll hear Han in deep discussions with queer Palestinian academic and community organiser Fahad Ali, and with Wiradjuri, Irish and Flemish disability justice organiser and writer Vanamali (Mali) Hermans. And we have extracts from an interview conducted by Anna in collaboration with Belle from 4ZZZ’s Only Human with deaf Palestinian Mazen Al-Khaldi, who went viral for his video sharing how to sign “Free Free Palestine” in Auslan, the sign language of the majority of the australian deaf community.
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If you’ve just found your way to our podcast, our aim is to archive the ongoing movement for Palestinian liberation as it unfolds on the unceded lands of the Yuggera, Yugarapul, Jagera, Turrbal and Yugumbeh peoples, across so-called brisbane and the surrounding cities of south east queensland. You can start here with Episode 1.6, but you might want to scroll back a bit further to begin with Episode 1.1 Settler Colonialism and the Current Crisis.
This podcast is produced and recorded on unceded Jagera & Turrbal country. Our deepest respects to the rightful owners of these lands, and to all First Nations peoples listening. Musicking on these episodes is by cyberBanshee (aka Han), and our series artwork is by Anna.
If you’re interested in accessing or supporting the audio archive from which this podcast draws, please get in touch with us via substack.
For some additional reading and listening on this topic, check out:
Why Palestinian Liberation is Disability Justice | Alice Wong
Palestine is Disabled | Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Disability Justice Network of australia Palestine Solidarity Statement (this one is from 2021 – the disability community has long recognised israel’s tactics of violently disabling Palestinians en masse)
Stronger Than Words – Deaf in Gaza | Al Jazeera Remix
Statements from Queers in Palestine
Why Queer Solidarity With Palestine is Not "Chickens for KFC" | Saed Atshan
Black Queer & Trans Justice | Triple A Let's Talk Social Justice (Kevin Yow Yeh)
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.
Yours in the strength of our combined resistance,
Han for the Radio Reversal Collective
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