In Defense of Liberation

Hello everyone, I just want to say thank you to all of those who have listened to the podcast and supported me from the start. This will likely be the last episode of this show - BUT! It is not the end! You will hopefully see me elsewhere in other projects, interviewing on other shows, and maybe soon a program I can once again be proud of. Here are my final reflections on In Defense of Liberation, my life, the ongoing genocide, the need to fight and support the struggle for liberation all over the globe, and the regret that comes with inaction and fear. Be well folks, hope to speak soon! If you want to reach out for whatever reason you can find me by emailing indefenseofliberation@gmail.com Free Palestine! Free all political prisoners! All Power to the People! Onwards and upwards!

Peter Beattie is an Assistant Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who focuses on Political Psychology and Global Political Economy. He is also one-half of the wonderful program BettBeat Media which can be found on YouTube and Substack, with Karim Bettache. In this episode, me and Peter discuss what the studies of Political Psychology and Political Economy mean, how they help us to understand current global affairs and events, how propaganda and media misinformation dilute many peoples ability to comprehend the current situation we are in, and how understanding these things helps us to struggle for a better tomorrow. Thank you very much to Peter for coming onto the show, and I look forward to speaking again in the future, hopefully with Karim! Solidarity to you all! Glory to the Martyrs! Long live Resistance!

In this episode, I discussed how Capitalism came into being, broadly, and how this process and its contradictions have led us to where we are today. I speak generally about how Feudalism was thrown into the dustbin of history through the collective action of the poor in alliance with the newly forming Capitalist class, and how this class of exploiters took advantage of the people's will to seize power for themselves. We discuss the movement towards Capitalism, the transition from "Free Market Capitalism" to Imperialism, how Imperialism, monopolies, and crises are a part of Capitalism's natural development, and how this intrinsic logic led us to today. In the next episode I intend to go deeper into the last 80-100 years to show how history doesn't exactly "repeat itself" but rather, comes in echoes. All Power to the People!

Welcome to those tuning in for the first time, and to those coming back after a while, sorry for my absence/hiatus! I explain a bit in the episode where I've been and why I've not posted - but here's an upload! In this episode I speak on the feeling of defeatism/doomerism, fear, and worry, and how to deal with these feelings. I also speak about the need to redouble our efforts against Colonialism and Imperialism worldwide and to view the current situation as a whole, not as individual or isolated parts. We discuss the victories of the Axis of Resistance, BRICS, and other forces opposing US/NATO imperialism globally, and how these victories are inherently victories for all of humankind! All glory to the Martyrs, all love and respect to the resistance, and all power to the people! If you'd like to reach out, come on the podcast, or share any ideas to improve the program, please reach out to indefenseofliberation@gmail.com Peace, Love, and Revolutionary Solidarity!

I am honored to have been able to speak with Laith Marouf, co-founder of Free Palestine TV, and weekly guest on Activist News Network, to discuss a wide variety of topics such as his early life in a revolutionary household; immigration; student organizing and contradictions within so-called "Canada"; the media as it exists vs. potential options people could be building; Islam, Faith and its non-antagonism to revolutionary ideas, and most crucial, the importance of revolutionary optimism. Thank you Laith, and thank you to our listeners, more soon inshallah! For more from Laith check out our weekly interviews with Actvist News Network: https://www.youtube.com/@activistnewsnetwork/videos And more from Free Palestine TV: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TVFreePalestine Twitter: @TVFreePalestine Live Broadcast http://freepalestine.video Telegram http://t.me/freepalestinetv Instagram: free.palestine.tv Rumble http://rumble.com/user/FreePalestineTV

In this episode, I discuss why I have been gone briefly, and speak on the recent assassination of Yahya Sinwar who was the Military and Political Leader of HAMAS, and an integral figure in the resistance movement. In his death, even after his martyrdom, we see he is still inspiring millions to fight and resist.

Asaalamu Alaykum, Peace and Love, All Power to the People! Checking back in after a while of not posting regularly, here goes a bit of an explanation and some updates! Be on the look out for more regular posting coming from me again! Contact me at indefenseofliberation@gmail.com or reach out to me on Instagram!

In this episode I and another member of the Spirit of Mandela Coalition ( more on spiritofmandela.org ), the People's Senate, About the People and a member of many more such groups and organizations, Sophia, to speak with me on the upcoming event happening at Maysles Documentary Center On August 10th, this Saturday, from 5-7pm there will be a screening of a film on the life and work of Kwame "Beans" Shakur, a political prisoner/prisoner of war, an organizer, and a student of the Black Liberation Struggle, and his want to contniue the legacy of those who came before. We speak briefly on our own stories and how we came to be involved, plus more on what Spirit of Mandela is, the International Tribunal on the Rights of Black, Brown and Indigenous People, People's Senate, About the People and more! Check it out! And reach out! Get in the streets, organizing, now! All Power to the People!

Nyah Mway a 13 year old boy was walking home at 10:20pm on June 29th, 2024- he was stopped by Utica police for allegedly fitting a description. Not 22 seconds (!!!) after being stopped by police, Nyah was dead. He will never see high school, or 14. He won’t see graduation, or college, or his first “real job”- Nyah is dead because he was murdered by the Police in Utica New York, because that’s what the police do! In this discussion we go through some of the lies that the New York Times, Huffington Post, Utica Phoenix, and other media sources, including the Democratic Party, Citizen Action, and other Non-Profits and NGOs who offer the people NO REAL SOLUTIONS!

Peace everyone, wishing you all well! I wanted to take a moment to read some poetry from our friend and Comrade sister, Mother, Julia Wright- daughter of Richard Wright, friend of Kwame and Kuma, and freedom fighters all over the globe! So I drawn to speak a bit about something some comrades of mine - and shout out to them, you know who you are - have been bringing up quite often, and that is grief, trauma, and how to reconcile these things with revolution and resistance. Hopefully some of the things I say are worthy of your listening, take care all! All power to the people of Palestine!

In this episode, we go into a discussion of a recent interview, which activist news network recently put out with Jihad Abdulmumit, diagnosing the movements of today in the so called US, and specifically the student encampments. We also discuss the importance of internationalizing our struggles and what that means, the importance of centering Political Prisoners here and around the world, and much more!

Where have I been lately? Who cares! Go out and struggle for liberation! What is “Revolutionary Optimism” ? And some other related points

We are a part of an international struggle against imperialism, colonialism, capitalism and exploitation. The resistance in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere has proven that this system can only be defeated by direct confrontation between forces towards the objective of completely eliminating all forms and all systems of oppression. This is the only way forward.

A reading of my poem, “What’s in a Mass Grave”

With the expansion of student lead university encampments, resistance operations, mass demonstrations worldwide, deterioration of the imperialist system, in-fighting, policing and terror tactics by the state and fascism on the rise, it is time to ask ourselves seriously: Is liberalism or social democracy, peace-activism, single issue fights, reaction and weekend organizing enough to stop them?

We are coming up on the elections in occupied turtle Island, what does this mean? A brief commentary on what to do if you are voting, and what to do in addition to voting, how elections take momentum from real organization, and why we should not focus on elections as a meaningful tool for change, and of course along with that a brief analysis about how elections came to be a tool of the state for control. We also comment on the victories and continued resistance of those throughout west Asia, specifically, of course, those resisting Genocide in Palestine, Yemen, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and elsewhere.

Explaining why I haven’t posted while updating on situation in West Asia, connecting to trends worldwide and in Turtle Island - re: Militarization, Cop Cities, Hyper-Repression, Inequality, etc.

Where are the real revolutionary organizations? Where is the real drive to organize the masses?

In the case of Palestine, but not only there. In Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and elsewhere we are seeing that a people organized can never be defeated. Revolution is more than armed struggle but building a new society from an old one. The people of Palestine and the world know this clearer than ever before - all power to the people!

Today I took the time to read two letters both from Mumia Abu Jamal, and then two letters from Leonard Peltier about/to each other. Both these freedom fighters need our support, please reach out for more information!