Episode 155: Genocide and Women's Rights Remain Interlinked

Why Will No One Date These Guys?

Uh, not a great way to intro this one. We talk about genocide in Palestine, the atrocities being committed there, how major news media companies are complicit in war crimes based upon their skewed coverage, how Israeli actions will directly impact (and already are impacting) Americans fighting for abortion access/trans rights/everything else, and the stuff that keeps us going in the face of a world seemingly only getting worse. No, seriously, we have some hopeful stuff. We would not have done this episode without that.
We get it, there's a lot of doom and gloom in the world and you may already be aware of the stuff going on over there. You also might not listen to Joel's annoying voice reading summaries of war crimes for 15 minutes straight. If you want to skip to where we start talking about the lessons to take away for America, go to 35:38. If you want to skip to where Joel and Naomi talk about what is giving us hope and how to fight back, skip to 49:10
Here's a piece above passive voice used by media for the current conflict...and here's a piece from 2001 pointing out the exact same thing being done for Israel/Palestine issues.
Here's some information about oil deposits in Palestine. Here's some information on settler's developing Gazan real estate.
Here's the article "I don't know how you explain why you should care about other people."
Joel didn't fully explain the Emily's List/UDP connection. This article goes into more detail.
Instagram has started suppressing political content: Go to Settings, Suggested Content, and make sure to allow "Political Content" from all users if you want to see independent groups taking action.
Here are some charities to look at:
eSims for Gaza
Pious Projects
UNRWA
Palestine Heal

Here's some resources on starting a union:
UFCW guide
AFL-CIO guide

Wired has a decent guide to attending protests - dig deeper if you're interested:
UN Relief and Works Agency - Desperately needs money since the US and several Western nations cut off funding.
Islamic Relief USA
World Food Program
HealPalestine

We are now recording through Zencaster and producing both video and transcripts of each episode. Find those on our Patreon when we remember to upload.
Support the show