The Owen Jones Podcast

How You Can Help Stop Israel's Carnage In Gaza - And Support Palestinian Liberation

Many of you feel you have watched the horror of Israel's onslaught against Palestinians in Gaza and felt fury and grief - but helplessness. You may have participated in large demos, tweeted about it, peacefully occupied a train station, yelled at your computer screens and TVs, or offloaded on to friends and family - but ultimately felt "there's nothing more to do to stop this genocidal war!" Well there is. I interviewed Omar Barghouti - he's a Palestinian human rights defender, winner of the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award, and co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa09OcHRQRUxnTWVQbFMyNXdWVnptU25DVW5HQXxBQ3Jtc0trZDh0QTZKNk45SGMwU1NtWFhhdk9qOVhYdlJ3ZXNCM01ONnVVUkY0UktvSmlTeHI3MEVfTElieFZ2ZUg2TVJqQWZMVzU0Wmt3T0lRS2RHQjVreTB3Y0ExRlRUY2xXRkVUblBWdWIwenlIMFN1YUJ0QQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fbdsmovement.net%2F&amp;v=1dQlFgMhxcI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bdsmovement.net/</a>. He explains how this peaceful, Palestinian-led mass global movement can help bring this horror to an end - and finally bring about freedom, justice, equality and dignity.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.