Today on Speaking Out of Place we talk with scholar-activists Naomi Paik and Ashley Dawson about the close connection between abolition and environmental activism from below. How are the twin projects raising profound questions about borders, carcerality, enclosures,...
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Volunteers to Stop the Destruction of Palestinian Villages and Homes: An Interview with Members of the International Solidarity Movement
Today on Speaking Out of Place we are honored to speak with three international volunteers from the International Solidarity Movement. They are all involved in the effort to save the Masafer Yatta region in the Occupied West Bank. While it has been a common practice...
University of California Faculty Groups File Landmark Unfair Labor Practices Complaint Against UC Over UC’s Repression of Activism for Palestine
Today on Speaking Out of Place we are joined by three members of the University of California faculty who are part of groups that have filed a landmark compliant against the UC system. This September, faculty associations from seven University of California campuses...
Indispensable to Efforts to Boycott and Divest from Israel—Maya Wind Documents How Israeli Universities Attack Palestinian Freedom and Maintain the Occupation
Today on Speaking Out of Place, we talk with Maya Wind about her book, Towers of Ivory and Steel, How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom, published by Verso. Through meticulous research into the archives of Israeli universities and hundreds of other...
Using Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Justice: Deploying Data Against the Carceral System
Today we speak with two scholar-activists who are using satellite technologies and other tools to work for environmental justice, with specific attention to prisons and prison populations. They monitor air quality, water quality, extreme weather and other quantities...
Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing. Conversation with Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise
Today we speak with Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise about their foundational work in starting and growing Jewish Voice for Peace. It’s a story captured in their new book, Solidarity Is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist...
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