On October 18, we were privileged at Boston College with a visit by devoted Palestinian justice activist Mazin Qumsiyeh. The visit was facilitated by Eve Spangler, Associate Professor of Sociology, for the benefit of her students. Qumsiyeh is also a professor, geneticist, and author most recently of Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope and Empowerment (Pluto Press, 2010). For more details, see his extraordinary website, qumsiyeh.org.
We have divided Professor Qumsiyeh's presentation into two parts, the first of which we give you today. In it, he discusses oppression, resistance, the failure of Zionism, and the requirement for true diversity in order for a society to be sustainable.
On his way from Palestine to Boston College, despite U.S. citizenship, Professor Qumsiyeh was stopped and taken aside for questioning at every checkpoint, including those in USA. He reports this is nothing compared to Israel's daily oppression of all Palestinians.
This Week In Palestine (a weekly part of Truth and Justice Radio) is an award-winning three-quarter-hour 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. It's a regular part of Truth and Justice Radio, aired Sundays 6-10am ET on WZBC 90.3FM, Newton, MA, streaming and archived for two weeks at wzbc.org; TJR's website, truthandjusticeradio.org, has a link to This Week In Palestine archives back thru 1-6-2008; earlier editions are obtainable from radio4all.net or by navigating through our playlists. (At this important time, TJR has been airing a lot of Palestine coverage IN ADDITION to that provided by This Week In Palestine.) We hope you'll write to us at tjr@bluebottle.com if you rebroadcast our work, or have questions or comments.
This Week In Palestine 10-25-2015
Mazin Qumsiyeh speaks at Boston College (part 1 of 2)
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