Episode notes
Irene and Elisa do a deep dive into recent news on genocide and settler colonialism with IPG technical producer Raffi Zarzatian. Among other things, they discuss how societies can truly transform themselves in the midst of long-term genocidal institutions, including Germany, Namibia, the United States, Canada, Palestine and Israel.
The team uses recent news articles as stepping off points:
Deutsche Welle, "The Blind Spot of Germany's Dark History," 27 May 2021, https://fb.watch/76sPxukTqq/
Reinhart Koessler and Hennig Melber, "Namibian genocide: why Germany’s bid to make amends isn’t enough," The Conversation, 1 June 2021, https://theconversation.com/namibian-genocide-why-germanys-bid-to-make-amends-isnt-enough-161820
BBC, "Mexico apologises to Mayan people for historic abuses," 4 May 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56975966
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, "Canada: ‘This one unmarked grave is what genocide looks like," Al-Jazeera, 1 July 2021, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/1/canada-this-one-unmarked-grave-what-genocide-looks-like
Mustafa Abu Sneineh, "Israel detains more Palestinian citizens as arrest campaign enters second week," Middle East Eye, 31 May 2021, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-citizens-arrest-campaign-second-week
Ahmed Yousef, "Israel-Palestine: One-state solution is the path forward," Middle East Eye, 30 May 2021, https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-palestine-one-state-solution-path-forward