Our feature presentation this week is a speech given by Ahmed Abuznaid at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC where he addresses the Intersectionality of the Palestinian liberation movement with Black Lives Matter. It has become clear that Palestinians and Black Americans face the same kind of struggles, thus joining together gives a bit of promise.
Once again we have a presentation that included visuals that you will not be able to see, but the rich narrative allows its use for a radio audience.
But first:
We are all aware of the Zionist campaign throughout the country to pressure colleges and universities to sanction professors who dare to teach any courses that study the colonization of Palestine by Israel. The professors, their courses, and all who support their academic freedom to teach are labeled âanti-Semiticâ. This campaign is endemic across the country ⦠well funded by pro-Zionist organizations and individuals who aim to silence anyone who dares take up the Palestinian narrative. Such a campaign has hit Tufts University. Its target is Professor Tom Abowd, who teaches a course called âColonizing Palestineâ. Abowd is a scholar, and author who wrote the book âColonial Jerusalem - The Spatial Construction of Identity and Difference in a City of Myth, 1948â2012."
Tufts University is trying to terminate its five-year contract with Prof. Abowd now, after its first year, yielding to pressure from the same old Zionist pressure groups and wealthy alumni. This presents a serious academic freedom issue, similar to hundreds of others across the United States. We hope to have Tom Abowd back on this show in the near future to talk about the all too familiar smear campaign now being waged at Tufts.
This Week In Palestine (a weekly 8am feature of Truth and Justice Radio (TJR)) is an award-winning 45-minute (or more) segment of news from Palestine and discussion of issues relevant to the Palestinians' struggle for freedom from Israel's brutal military occupation and colonization of their homeland. It speaks from the point of view of Palestinians and those who care about them. TJR is aired Sundays 6-10am ET on WZBC 90.3FM, Newton, MA, also streamed live and archived for two weeks at wzbc.org; TJR's modest website, truthandjusticeradio.org, has a link to This Week In Palestine archives back thru 1-6-2008; editions are also accessible at radio4all.net. TJR sometimes airs Palestine coverage IN ADDITION to that provided by This Week In Palestine. We hope you'll write to us at tjradio@fastmail.com if you rebroadcast our work, or have questions or comments.
This Week In Palestine 10-7-2018
Ahmed Abuznaid on intersectionality of Black and Palestinian issues; and ...
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