Steve Zeltzer from the Middle East Radio Project interviews Bisharat Costandi, a Palestinian local community organizer and labor activist. Mr. Costandi talks about his experiences during the Immigrants Freedom March which parallels the Freedom Marches of the ’60’s. Bisharat Costandi also talks about the discussions on War among the participants and the position of the … Continued
Guest Jessie Ghannam, clinical professor of Psychiatry at the University Of California, San Francisco, on the condition of mental health of Palestinian children and the effects of Israeli occupation on both the Palestinian and the Israeli society. Jessie Ghannam has been doing research on the traumatic effects of war and occupation on Palestinian men, women, … Continued
Edward Said and his contribution to literature, philosophy and to the liberation struggles. Guests: Dr. Khalil Barhoum, coordinator of African and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures at Stanford University, and Dr. Clare Brandebur who teaches at the Doðuþ University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Middle East Radio Project co-sponsored a forum by Counterpunch magazine www.counterpunch.org) where four authors of their newly published book Politics of Anti Semitism discussed the politics surrounding anti semitism. From its very first inception Zionism always tried to blur the clear distinction between Judaism and Zionism. Authors in this forum describe how any criticism of … Continued
