In this week's episode, hosted by Desiree Hellegers:
Laurie Mercier speaks to Ussama Makdisi, a professor of history and Chancellor’s Chair at the University of California Berkeley, whose research focuses on the cultural and political history of the modern Middle East. They discuss Israel’s genocide and the Makdisi Street podcast, which Ussama co-hosts with brothers Saree and Karim Makdisi, available through YouTube, other platforms and Patreon. https://www.youtube.com/@MakdisiStreet
Desiree Hellegers speaks with Mike Horner, Harlan Shober, and Ted Dreier of PEST – the Peoples Equipment and Supply Team – about their wide-ranging organizing, from refurbishing a school bus into a mobile medical unit for Standing Rock, to projecting slogans on the sides of buildings, and refurbishing an old fire truck into the “World on Fire Truck.” And they speak about the links between the climate crisis, U.S. imperialism, and the unfolding genocide in Gaza and about the power of artivism, spectacle and theatricality in movement work.