We put together a list of staff recommendations of our podcast for your summer listening. This is a collage of the guests of those episodes.
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In this bonus episode, you’ll meet some of the producers who help make this podcast to revisit some of our favourite episodes from past seasons.
Police drag away a tent from a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Irvine on May 15, 2024.
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Framing dissent and poverty as a menace to public order can threaten fundamental rights, particularly when it’s used to justify the deployment of predictive technology.
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents on The Quad at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg in May 2024.
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Sara Oscar, University of Technology Sydney and Cherine Fahd, University of Technology Sydney
The All Eyes on Rafah image has been criticised as being overly sanitised. How does it compare to other war images? And where is the line between performative solidarity and moral responsibility?
No court alone has the power to adequately protect civilians during times of war.
Activists with Jewish Voice for Peace gather to protest the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and chain themselves to the fence outside the White House on Dec. 11, 2023.
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Jewish activists have been central to protests against how Israel is conducting the war with Hamas, and not just on campuses – the movement goes back decades.
(From left): Yahya Sinwar, Karim Khan, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Though the move by the ICC chief prosecutor is a significant one, it’s very unlikely the Israeli or Palestinian leaders will be arrested or face a trial.
Illustration of crescent moons representing murdered Palestinians by Palestinian artist Mohammad Sabaaneh.
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Webcomics are functioning as emotional outlets for artists, as well as intentional acts of solidarity and resistance against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.
Anti-war movements can yield much positive coalition building towards peace, but can also trigger backlash. Protesters gather in an encampment set up on the University of Toronto campus in Toronto on May 2, 2024.
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Communication about conflict is the fundamental starting point for future action. In modeling non-violent communication, university leaders can proactively counter potential extremism.
Students protest for Palestine on the campus of George Washington University on April 26, 2024 in Washington DC.
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Students protesting at US campuses don’t reflect the majority view in the country.
Hind Khoudary, based in the Gaza strip, has been reporting for Al Jazeera English and her own social media channels since Oct. 7, 2023. Media experts say western news outlets, not allowed into Gaza, should create more partnerships with journalists like Khoudary, shown here on Nov. 3, 2023.
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Experts say mainstream media coverage of the war in Gaza is severely skewed — with Palestinian voices getting stifled.
The Israeli Iron Dome air defence system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran in central Israel on April 14, 2024, after Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel.
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US President Joe Biden’s recent warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has limited Israel’s options in Gaza. And neither of Israel’s war objectives appear to have been met.
The government’s rhetoric in response to the death of the Australian aid worker is stronger than we’d previously seen, but in a conflict with no clear solutions, little will change.
The bus crash at the centre of A Day in the Life of Abed Salama.
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Nathan Thrall’s harrowing account of an avoidable tragedy doubles as a devastating analysis of the everyday realities of occupation, in the context of Palestinian and Israeli history.
A family living through the Bengal famine, a time when three million people died due to starvation,1943.
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For centuries, colonial powers have used starvation as a tool to control Indigenous populations and take over their land and wealth. A look back at two historic examples on two different continents.