Latitude Adjustment

We have been wanting to bring you voices from inside Gaza since the very start of the current atrocities, but for what are obvious reasons this has proven to be extremely difficult, especially after Israel cut all communication lines and mobile phone networks in Gaza, in the prelude to their ground invasion. However, a student from our Palestine Podcast Academy, Shahid Saffi, has managed to send me a series of daily audio diary entries detailing her experiences and her feelings in recent days. Shahid is from al Nuseirat Refugee camp in Central Gaza, a camp that has been subjected to repeated bombardments by Israel over the past few weeks. A Palestinian friend of mine, who invited me to his home in Nuseirat camp during my stay in Gaza, has lost nine family members to the airstrikes on the refugee camp in recent weeks. Shahid joins us from Rafah, in the South of Gaza, where she moved two years ago. However, the situation in Rafah is far from safe. Please visit the post for this episode at LatitudeAdjustmentPod.com for links to Shahd's recent articles documenting her experiences, links to organizations (whom we personally recommend) who working to provide relief to Palestinians, and to supplemental resources for continuing your education on this subject and to aid you in your efforts to educate your communities.  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast by signing up to make a monthly donation to our Patreon page. 

Why don't we see more African researchers presenting at global Public Health conferences and in US and European research journals? Who determines which public health issues are prioritized in Africa? What is Public Health and “Vaccine Apartheid”? What do these insights reveal about the current state of our Public Health discourse on the global scale?  It's impossible to isolate the conversation around public health in the Global South from the topic of colonialism and anti-Blackness more generally. What's more, while Africa and Africans continue to be presented with unique challenges and forms of discrimination, it would be a tragic oversight to assume that the factors contributing to global health disparities are limited to the African context. Insights that are applicable to Africa, are not only applicable to the Global South, and to minority populations in the Global North more generally, but these insights frequently map out the grounds and the various avenues for solidarity amongst similarly impacted populations and all people looking to dismantle oppressive structures. Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi is the Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC). She holds a Ph.D. in Epidemiology and a Master of Science in Community Health and Health Management from the University of Heidelberg. Prior to her graduate studies, Catherine studied medicine at Makerere University, Kampala, after which she worked as a medical officer in Western Uganda for three years. In 2018, Catherine was elected as a Fellow of the  African Academy of Sciences and in 2019, she was selected  as a Joep Lange Chair at the University of Amsterdam; a position in which she investigates chronic disease management in African countries. She is the co-director of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA), a program that seeks to build and strengthen the capacity of African research leaders and has trained more than 230 PhD fellows in eight African universities.   Support independent and in-depth coverage of the underreported issues that shape our world, by supporting Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon today!  

While the global arms industry may only account for about one percent of global trade, it's important to note what that one percent actually buys. Beyond the price tags on the weapons themselves, arms and arms sales have a tremendous impact on all other aspects of global trade, and on relations between trade partners and competitors. This week's episode is a collaboration between journalist Paul Cochrane and Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Our guest, Andrew Feinstein, is the author of the best-selling book, "The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade", published in 2011. In his review Noam Chomsky writes, "This shocking expose unveils a shadow world of corruption, greed, slaughter, and other horrors, tawdry and gruesome in its criminality. It must be brought to a quick and final end".   Shadow World was turned into an award winning documentary film, premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016. Andrew currently resides in the UK with his wife and children, and much of his current work is focused on Shadow World Investigations, an investigative news website focused on global corruption, often involving, but not limited to, the global arms trade.  Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast's coverage of underreportedhuman rights issues around the world by signing up for a monthly donation through our Patreon account, today!

In 1975 Spain formally ended its colonization of "Spanish Sahara", but instead of ceding control to the indigenous Sahrawi population Spain instead handed the keys to its former colony to the Moroccan regime. For nearly 50 years the Sahrawi people of illegally occupied Western Sahara have been subjected to a brutal regime of settler colonialism, ethnic cleansing, resource-theft, and the violent suppression of all dissent including the systematic use of rape and torture by the Moroccan authorities. Meanwhile, more than 170,000 Sahrawi refugees have been left to languish in refugee camps in the harsh desert of Western Algeria, separated from Western Sahara by the second longest wall in the world, with 75% of their food aid having been cut in the past year by the World Food Program. All of this while the world largely turns away, content to purchase cheap phosphates and fish that have been pillaged from Sahrawi territory by Morocco. Using its veto in the UN, France has rendered MINURSO effectively useless, making it the only UN peacekeeping force in the world without a mandate to report on human rights. More recently the US, Spain, and Israel have chosen to break with decades of international consensus and to legitimize Morocco's illegal occupation.  For a quick speed-history lesson of the Sahrawi struggle, be sure to listen to the short podcast that immediately precedes this episode: "Africa's Last Colony".  Swedish activists Sanna Ghotbi and Benjamin Ladraa combine to make Solidarity Rising. Having left Sweden on their bicycles on May 15th, 2022, Solidarity Rising is their initiative to cycle around the world while educating the public about the oppression of the Sahrawi people and to mobilize Morocco's allies to change their policies.  Support our independent reporting on the world's underrported human rights issues by signing up for a monthly contribution to Latitude Adjustment Podcast on our Patreon page! 

Where is Western Sahara? What is Western Sahara? Is it a country? Who lives there? If you find yourself unable to answer any of these questions, or if you want a resource that will help you to quickly explain the history and the current political realities around Africa's last colony to your friends and to your community, this short episode was created for you.  Latitude Adjustment Podcast is also working on plans to complete a multimedia documentary series, working on the ground with Sahrawi refugees in Western Algeria, and in collaboration two former guests of the show. You can find more information on that developing project on our website, at LastAfricanColony.com 

What we are seeing now in the US, with the rollback of so many progressive victories, and with the passage of bigoted legislation towards sexual minorities, is in many ways the final stage of a decades-long strategy by violent strains of American Christian Evangelism. That strategy has seen Africa used as a testing ground in an ideological war against sexual minorities. And that war has returned home with a vengeance; newly emboldened, with more support, and with a more focused strategic vision. Reverend Doctor Kapya Kaoma is an Anglican priest from Zambia, a human rights activist, and one of the central figures in the documentary film, “God Loves Uganda”. Kapya is also a researcher, and the author of several books, including “American Culture Warriors in Africa”, “Christianity, Globalization, and Protective Homophobia.” He has testified before the US Congress, US State Department, and the United Nations. Though he has also focused on Environmental Ethics, much of his research and advocacy work focuses on the targeting of the LGBTQIA community in Africa and the Christian Evangelical and Catholic roots of this persecution. See below for links to organizations in Africa that are in need of your support for their work on the front lines. Free Block 13 (Kenya) SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda) Transbantu Association (Zambia) Support our independent human rights journalism by supporting Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon today!  

Omar Alshogre is currently 28 years old. He was first arrested at 15 for attending a protest against the Al Assad regime, and was arrested a total of 11 times between 2011 and 2013. His last arrest, in 2012, along with the arrests of two of his cousins, led to his incarceration in the Branch 215 military intelligence detention center for 21 months, where he experienced torture on a daily basis. In 2014 he was transferred to Sednaya prison, where he experienced even more brutal forms of torture, and where prisoners were subjected to summary execution for talking without permission. During his period of incarceration, Omar was also forced to remove the bodies of prisoners and to mark their foreheads for identification. Many of the systematic abuses of Syria's Al Assad regime have been visually documented in the 2014 Syria Detainee Report, or the Caesar Report. Caesar is the alias for a photographer with the Syrian Military police who worked in secret with a Syrian opposition group to leak graphic images of the torture, starvation, and murder of prisoners at the hands of the al Assad regime. The report documents "the systematic killing of more than 11,000 detainees by the Syrian government in one region during the Syrian Civil War over a two and half year period from March 2011 to August 2013". Human Rights Watch spent six months investigating the authenticity of the photographic evidence and concluded that it was genuine. Signed into law by President Trump in 2019, the Caesar Act, or Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, is a set of sanctions against the Al Assad regime for war crimes against the Syrian civilian population.  After suspending Syria from the Arab League for 12 years, last month the Arab League voted unanimously to readmit Syria's Al Assad regime. Omar Alshogre is a public speaker and human rights advocate, who endured three years of unjust imprisonment and torture in Syria before being smuggled out and brought to safety. Currently, he serves as the Director of Detainees Affairs for the Syrian Emergency Task Force and the spokesperson for Atrocities Tracker, dedicating himself to the critical cause of advocating for the release of those unjustly detained. Omar has spoken before the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, and presented his insights at several world-renowned universities, organizations, and news outlets including Harvard, Georgetown, CNN, and Aljazeera.   Episode 27: Assil Alnaser - Protestor. Prisoner. Student. Syrian Woman Episode 65: Nour Qurmosh - On the Ground in Idlib, Syria   Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!  

On April 15th war broke out in Sudan. The fighting between the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and the Sudanese army has devastated Khartoum, spread across the country, and an estimated 1,800 people have lost their lives, with hundreds of thousands displaced. Dalia AbdelMoniem joins us from the UK, where she has been living since fleeing the war in April, after a missile struck her home. Dalia is a former journalist who moved back to Sudan in 2013 after living in Egypt for more than two decades.  For more information about how you can help the people of Sudan you can follow the following organizations and individuals: Nazim Sirag, for Sudan advocacy updates and information about how to help. HomeTax Sudan (for donations) Jia | Juwayria Sudanese American Medical Association Hadhreen | حاضرين   Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!

This is the second of a two-part series about Basir Bita's escape from Afghanistan after the US withdrawal in August, 2021. In this second half of his story, Basir shares his experiences getting from Pakistan to Canada, the challenges of adjusting to a new culture, the double-standards in Western moralizing, and navigating the prejudices and stereotypes that refugees often face. Be sure to listen to part one, about the fall of Kabul and about his family's escape from Afghanistan after the US withdrawal in August of 2021. Also be sure to listen to our interview with Afghan photographer and interpreter Abdul Saboor, who escaped overland to France. And our field reports and interviews with refugees in Greece. And support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!

On August 30th 2021, the US and its coalition partners ended their nearly twenty-year occupation of Afghanistan. Two weeks before they left, the Taliban swept across the country taking major urban centers, including Kabul. As embassies were abandoned, and as Afghans government officials fled the country, those Afghan citizens who had worked with the occupying forces faced the very real prospect of execution by the Taliban as collaborators. Yet, just Afghan interpreters had been abandoned in years past, many were left behind when the last US flight left the country. Now they, and the millions of Afghans who never had any hope of being evacuated to begin with, were left to scramble for their survival. Basir Bita last appeared on Latitude Adjustment Podcast just two weeks before the Taliban takeover of Kabul, and a month before US and international forces left the country. Though he and his family had been issued a visa for his work with the Canadian government, they were left behind. This episode is the first of a two-part series in which Basir recounts what happened next. This is the first of a two-part episode.  Also, be sure to listen to our last episode with Basir, before the fall of Kabul.Our interview with Afghan photographer and interpreter Abdul Saboor, who escaped over land to France. And our field reports and interviews with refugees in Greece. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon! 

On September 13th of last year 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family, having traveled from Irans' Kurdish region. While in Tehran she was stopped by Iran's morality police for improperly wearing her hijab, or head covering. Three days after her arrest she was dead. In the days, weeks, and months following her death Iran has seen nationwide protests, and while protests are not a particularly new thing in Iran, what's unprecedented about these protests are the calls not simply for reforms but for the toppling of Iran's theocratic regime, a regime that has been in power since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Today's episode provides an update on the protests. Last month also saw another seismic event in Iranian, and Middle East politics. After decades of saber rattling, proxy wars, and general hostility, China helped to negotiate the reestablishment of diplomatic ties between The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. What this means for the two regional super powers, for those within their spheres of influence, and for geopolitics will be the focus of the second half of our show. Dr. Assal Rad received her PhD in Middle Eastern History from the University of California, Irvine in 2018. Her PhD research focused on Modern Iran, with an emphasis on national identity formation, and identity in post-revolutionary Iran. She's also author of “The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran.  Dr. Pouya Alimagham is a historian of the modern Middle East at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His areas of expertise range from revolutionary movements, Political Islam and post-Islamism, terrorism, US foreign policy, and contemporary politics. He's also the author of “Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings" (Cambridge University Press).  

While there have been different strains of Christian Zionism dating back to the Sixteenth Century, the most politicized, powerful, and violent iteration of the movement has its roots in the contemporary Christian Evangelical Church. Modern Christian Zionists hold that the ethnic cleansing of roughly 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in historic Palestine in 1948, by Jewish Zionists, was the fulfillment of a Biblical prophecy in which the so-called Holy Land must be resettled by the Jewish people in order to usher in the return of Jesus Christ as the messiah. Modern Christian Zionism is distinct from the modern form of political Zionism that arose amongst the European Jewish community in the late 19th Century.  Don Wagner is a Christian theologian, a former minister, and author. He received a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary. He is also author of, "Glory to God in the Lowest: Journeys to an Unholy Land".  This interview was recorded on January 24th, 2023 Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon Support the Palestine Podcast Academy  

The US military industrial complex describes the relationship between the US armed forces, weapons and military systems corporations and, though they are often omitted from the phrasing, the Legislative and Executive branches of the US government.  This episode is dedicated to examining the interests at play in maintaining the US military budget as an unquestionable and sacred burden on the US taxpayer and its impact on democracy, even when our national infrastructure is in tatters, education and medical costs are exploding, the gap between rich and poor is ever-widening, wages have stagnated, and a pandemic has ravaged our economy and our lives. The Friends Committee on National Legislation is the Quaker's Peace Lobby. Allen Hester leads the FCNL's Nuclear Disarmament and Pentagon Spending portfolio. This means that he develops legislative strategies and lobbies Congress for reductions in Pentagon spending, strengthened arms control regimes, and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!  Support our Palestine Podcast Academy!   

For this episode we cover a wide range of issues related to Palestinian human rights and political autonomy, including the recent Israeli elections, the current state of Palestinian resistance, parallels and distinctions between Apartheid in South Africa and Palestine, and the aims of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement in Palestine. Dr. Haidar Eid is Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Postmodern Literature at Gaza's al-Aqsa University in Palestine, and completed his PhD in South Africa. In addition to being an author and a regular contributor to Al Jazeera, he is also on the advisory board of The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. He's also an amateur singer; having released one album, Tyrants' Fear of Songs, while currently working on his second collection. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast Support the Palestine Podcast Academy 

It's episode 100 of Latitude Adjustment Podcast, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than to bring back our guest from Episode 1? We catch up with Andrius Mažeika in Lithuania, and in the spirit of our very first episode we cover a wide range of topics, from the war in Ukraine to being a Leftist in a post-Soviet context, to lessons learned from photography, and addressing mental health while traveling. Thank you to everyone who has supported the show these past 4 years, and for those who've yet to do so, please follow the links below! Support Latitude Adjustment on Patreon Support our Palestine Podcast Academy 

On September 13th, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was visiting Tehran with her family, having traveled from Irans' Kurdish region. While in Tehran she was stopped by Iran's morality police for improperly wearing her hijab, or head covering. Three days after her arrest she was dead. In the days and weeks following her death Iran has seen nationwide protests, and while protests are not a particularly new thing in Iran, what's unprecedented about these protests are the calls not simply for reforms but for the toppling of Iran's theocratic regime, a regime that has been in power since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Assal Rad is a historian and research director at the National Iranian American Council. She's also author of “The State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran".  Pouya Alimagham is a professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and author of, “Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings.” Support Latitude Adjustment on Patreon Support our Palestine Podcast Academy

Yaari Toolie-Walker is a member of the Alaska-Native Yupik community, an activist, an educator, and a healer. Yaari is also a returning guest, and we highly encourage you to listen to our first conversation with her about the Yupik community, in episode 16 of Latitude Adjustment. The topic of today's conversation is shamanism, or spiritually-guided healing practices. It might surprise you to learn who is able to be a shaman, its relationship to conventional/Western, healing practices, and how the practice is thriving. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast Support the Palestine Podcast Academy

Russia's relationship with the African continent dates back to the Soviet era and Cold War proxy battles between Russia and the US. These days the Russian presence in Africa might be lighter, but it's also growing and the dynamics are changing. From the deployment of Russian mercenaries like the Wagner Group, to the politics of soft power and investment, we focus on Russia's past and present relationship with Africa, the likely impacts of the war in Ukraine on food security in Africa, as well as an examination of the ways in which African countries have been attempting to assert and maintain their sovereignty in the context of this most recent iteration of great power politics. Our Guest is Gustavo de Carvalho, a senior researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs, specializing in Russia-Africa relations. He joins us from Pretoria, South Africa. Support our Palestine Podcast Academy Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast

The recent Israeli assault on Gaza lasted three days, from August 5 through August 7th. Before a ceasefire was concluded on the 7th of August, 49 Palestinians lay dead, including 17 children, with more than 360 injured. Israeli occupation raids in the West Bank, in particular in Jenin, coincided with the attacks. And now, in all too predictable pattern, we see that the Western media has once again failed to ask difficult questions in the aftermath of the attacks, and instead resuming its deafening silence on the questions of the Israeli occupation and on the 15-year siege on Gaza. For this episode we speak with two young people in Gaza to gather their first-person perspectives. We deliberately chose to wait until several days after the attacks before releasing this episode, in order to highlight the role that the press plays in forgetting the ongoing violence towards Palestinians in Gaza.  Support us on Patreon Support the Palestine Podcast Academy  

Rosine Hounakey is from Togo but she was trafficked to the US at 13 years old. Forced to work for free on both coasts of the US, she was later coerced into an abusive marriage until she was freed with her two young sons as the result of an ICE raid when she was just 17 years old. She then had to go through foster care in various American cities, waking up at 5am every day to take her kids to school before completing high school herself, after years with no formal education, having taught herself English along the way. We also discuss the entrepreneurial spirit of Togolese women, annoying stereotypes about Africa and Africans, tension and solidarity with the African American community, and moving forward with life in the US after a deeply traumatic start. Be sure to check the links below for critical facts on Human Trafficking, as well as organizations that can provide immediate assistance. This episode was originally published on December 15th, 2018. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!

Santa Muerte (or “Saint Death”) is far more than a popular saint, she's a framework for understanding Mexican history, Mexican politics (in particular the legacies of corruption, and the marginalization of women, the poor, the incarcerated, and those living on the fringes of “legitimate” society), and finally Santa Muerte is an entry point for examining the ongoing power and influence of Catholicism in Mexico, and its relationship to the Mexican state and to indigenous communities. We speak with Luisa Grijalva, PhD, professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of International Relations at the Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, México. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!  Support the Palestine Podcast Academy on Launchgood!

This is a re-broadcast of an episode first published November 25th, 2020. This episode is the second of a two-part conversation with Tity Agbahey. Tity is an attorney based in Senegal, her current work focuses on central Africa, though her previous work has focused elsewhere on the continent, and her life and travels have taken her to points beyond. This pair of episodes should appeal to two types of listeners, those who know what it feels like to be the only one who looks like you in your university class, in your staff meetings, or on a discussion panel at a conference, and those who don't but who want to understand. This is also a conversation about colonialism, paternalism, and racism in one of the last places you should expect to find it, in the international aid and development sector. It's also a conversation about the world's general ambivalence towards African suffering, the benefits and limitations of African to African-American solidarity, privilege within an African cultural context, racism in France, internalized colonialism, an African perspective on racism in the US,  and everything else we could think to get off of our chests during a very open conversation. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon! 

This is a re-broadcast of a two-part series first published November 25th, 2020.  This episode is the first of a two-part conversation with Tity Agbahey. Tity is an attorney based in Senegal, her current work focuses on central Africa, though her previous work has focused elsewhere on the continent, and her life and travels have taken her to points beyond. This pair of episodes should appeal to two types of listeners, those who know what it feels like to be the only one who looks like you in your university class, in your staff meetings, or on a discussion panel at a conference, and those who don't but who want to understand. This is also a conversation about colonialism, paternalism, and racism in one of the last places you should expect to find it, in the international aid and development sector. It's also a conversation about the world's general ambivalence towards African suffering, the benefits and limitations of African to African-American solidarity, privilege within an African cultural context, racism in France, internalized colonialism, an African perspective on racism in the US, and everything else we could think to get off of our chests during a very open conversation. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon! 

The global arms industry may only account for about one percent of global trade, but it's important to note what that one percent is buying and the role that arms sales play in influencing other aspects of global trade and political relations. We speak with Frank Slijper in Groningen, The Netherlands, where Frank leads a project on the global arms trade for Pax, a global peace research and advocacy organization. Here are Frank's Pax reports on the arms trade in Turkey and the UAE. This episode was originally published on June 27th, 2020 Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon!

En el primer episodio de Latitude Adjustment Podcast Academy escucharás a cinco hombres afganos hablar sobre algunas de las luchas a las que se enfrentan al vivir encerrados en el nuevo campo de personas refugiadas "Moria 2.0". La primera mitad del episodio está en español y la segunda mitad en su lengua materna: en farsi/dari. Este podcast ha sido traducido y grabado por Erei Elkartasunerako Elkartea, gracias a la financiación de la Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa y con el apoyo de Oñati Irratia.  Voces: Egoitz Atxaga Zubizarreta, Jon Garate Ondarre, Xabier Gesalaga Uriarte, Igor Tome Korkostegi, Aitor Abaroa Sesma. ¡Apoye el podcast de Latitude Adjustment en Patreon!

Latitude Adjustment Podcast Academyren lehen podcast-atalean, "Moria 2.0" pertsona errefuxiatuen kanpamentu berrian giltzapetuta bizi diren bost gizon afganiarrek aurre egin behar dieten borroka batzuei buruz hitz egiten entzungo duzu. Atalaren lehen erdia euskaraz dago eta bigarren erdia beraien ama-hizkuntzan: farsi/dari hizkuntzan. Podcast hau Erei Elkartasunerako Elkarteak itzuli eta grabatu du, Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundiaren dirulaguntzari esker eta Oñati Irratiaren babesarekin. Ahotsak: Egoitz Atxaga Zubizarreta, Jon Garate Ondarre, Xabier Gesalaga Uriarte, Igor Tome Korkostegi, Aitor Abaroa Sesma. Mesedez, lagundu Latitude Adjustment Podcast-a Patreon-en!

Adrien Lawyer is the founder and director of the Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, an organization that “provides support, community, and connection to transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary, and gender variant people and their families through advocacy, education, and direct services.” For this conversation I wanted to avoid the trap of asking easy questions and settling for easy answers, and instead just let my confusion and my preconceptions hang out there to see what came back at me. I learned a lot. Whether you identify as transgender, or as someone who is questioning, or as an ally, or as someone who is confused, skeptical, or ambivalent on the subject of transgender identity and rights, I think you're going to get something out of this exchange. Please support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon

Kenyon Zimmer is an associate professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Zimmer specializes in transatlantic migration, political radicalism, and labor history in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. His research centers on the connections between migration, race and ethnicity, and radical social movements.   For today's show we'll be focusing on the history of Anarchism as a political philosophy, how Anarchism has manifested itself as a political movement in US history, and we'll spend a good deal of time breaking down what Anarchism is, what it is not, and how its principles can be implemented, both by individuals and by groups. Support us on Patreon! Support the Palestine Podcast Academy!

Kikirentzat, "Alfa kapitaina" ezizenez ezaguna, ez zen berria pertsona errefuxiatu gisa bizitzea 2019ko urrian Moriako kanpamendura iritsi zenean. Ordurako bere bidaia luzeak Burundiko etxetik ihes egin, eta Ruandako pertsona errefuxiatuen kanpamendu batean urte batzuk pasatzera eraman zion. Duela urtebete Instagram-eko @the_humans_of_moria kontua sortu zuen, Lesboseko asilo-eskatzaileei beren istorioak partekatzen eta beren baldintzak ezagutarazten laguntzeko. Baina orain, bere lehen podcast atalerako, Alfa kapitainari dagokio bere istorioa kontatzea. Podcast hau Erei Elkartasunerako Elkarteak itzuli eta grabatu du, Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundiaren dirulaguntzari esker eta Oñati Irratiaren babesarekin. Ahotsa: Jon Garate Ondarre. Latitude Adjustment Podcast

Para Kiki, alias el "capitán Alfa", no era nueva la vida como persona refugiada cuando llegó al campamento de Moria en octubre de 2019. Para entonces su largo viaje le había llevado a escapar de su casa de Burundi y pasar unos años en un campo de personas refugiadas en Ruanda. Hace un año creó la cuenta de Instagram @the_humans_of_moria, para ayudar a las personas solicitantes de asilo de Lesbos a compartir sus historias y dar a conocer sus condiciones. Pero ahora, para su primer episodio del podcast, le toca al capitán Alfa contar su historia. Este podcast ha sido traducido y grabado por Erei Elkartasunerako Elkartea, gracias a la financiación de la Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa y con el apoyo de Oñati Irratia.  Voz: Aitor Abaroa Sesma. Latitude Adjustment Podcast 

Latitude Adjustment Podcast Academy-ren hirugarren atal honetan, Afganistango lau emakume gaztek beren itxaropen eta beldur handienak partekatzen dizkigute Lesbosera eta Europar Batasuneko mugetara iritsi zirenetik. Latitude Adjustment Podcast eta EREIren arteko elkarlan honek lau atal euskaraz eta lau gaztelaniaz eskainiko ditu. Podcast hau Erei Elkartasunerako Elkarteak itzuli eta grabatu du, Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundiaren dirulaguntzari esker eta Oñati Irratiaren babesarekin. Ahotsak: Miren Urkiola Serrano, Arantzazu Zubeldia Plazaola, Miren Zubeldia Plazaola, Maite Anton Leno.

En este tercer episodio de Latitude Adjustment Podcast Academy cuatro mujeres jóvenes afganas comparten sus mayores esperanzas y miedos desde que llegaron a Lesbos y a las fronteras de la Unión Europea.  Esta colaboración entre Latitude Adjustment Podcast y EREI contará con cuatro episodios en euskera y cuatro episodios en castellano. Este podcast ha sido traducido y grabado por Erei Elkartasunerako Elkartea, gracias a la financiación de la Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa y con el apoyo de Oñati Irratia.  Voces: Miren Zubeldia Plazaola, Arantzazu Zubeldia Plazaola, Manttoni Plazaola Anduaga, Maite Anton Leno.

This marks the second episode of a two-part series on the war in Ukraine. For this episode we speak with Jana Kalaaji, a Syrian national who fled the war in her country to study medicine in Ukraine, only to become a double-refugee, after the outbreak of the war in her new home. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon Support the Palestine Podcast Academy on LaunchGood

This marks the first episode of a two-part series on the war in Ukraine. The first will focus on the work of investigative journalism being done by LightHouse Reports, a nonprofit organization based in The Netherlands. And we'll be speaking with investigative journalist Halima Salat Barre about the experiences of non-Ukrainian refugees fleeing Ukraine. The second part of this series will focus on the experiences of Jana Kalaaji, a Syrian national who fled the war in her country to study medicine in Ukraine, only to become a double refugee, after the outbreak of the war there. It is not our intention, nor is it within our means, to provide a full panoramic view of the entire conflict, all of its parties, nor all of their grievances or the events that inform them. But you will hear some perspectives about this war that you are not hearing about much in the coverage of this war from traditional media from either side, and we have done our best to clearly lay out the facts as well as the limits of our knowledge. Also please be sure to support our Palestine Podcast Academy! And our regular programming on Patreon!

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En este segundo episodio de Latitude Adjustment Podcast Academy, una joven afgana intenta encontrar la palabra perfecta para captar la esencia de su viaje a Lesbos en busca de asilo y sus aspiraciones para el futuro. Esta colaboración entre Latitude Adjustment Podcast y EREI contará con cuatro episodios en euskera y cuatro episodios en castellano. Este podcast ha sido traducido y grabado por Erei Elkartasunerako Elkartea, gracias a la financiación de la Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa y con el apoyo de Oñati Irratia. Voz: Arantzazu Zubeldia Plazaola.  

Over the course of the next couple of months we've got two exciting projects going on, in addition to our regular programming.  First we have launched our campaign for the Palestine Podcast Academy after successfully piloting 3 academies already. This is your chance to support journalism training, employment, female-leadership, and 100% independent, uncensored, and unfiltered media from Palestinians in Palestine! Here's the link to our LaunchGood Campaign for the Palestine Podcast Academy. And we're offering some awesome perks for your contributions! Second, as part of our collaboration with EREI, a nonprofit organization in the Basque Country of northern Spain, we will be re-releasing episodes from our very first Podcast Academy on the Greek Island of Lesvos from early 2021, but these episodes have been translated by EREI into Spanish and Euskara (the Basque language). You can find our original English-language episodes in our back catalogue from early 2021 and on our website.

Gino Ambroise is an LGBT and HIV-rights activist in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. However this episode covers a wide variety of topics, from Haiti's post-colonial history, ongoing exploitation by various outside interests, disasters (both natural and man-made), and the causes behind the stigmatization of the LGBT and HIV communities and how these causes are linked to a new form of colonialism. Follow Gino's “Podcast Akansyèl“ to learn more about his advocacy work, and contact his organization, Eritaj at: eritaj200ans@yahoo.com You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon.

In the summer of 2021, after Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko enticed migrants and asylum seekers to come to Belarus and use it as a staging area for entering the European Union, the numbers of people trying to cross into the EU through the Baltic states and through Poland began to increase from the hundreds into the low thousands. And since that time draconian security measures, pushbacks, and the level of desperation of those caught between borders has increased along with the drop in temperature, leaving many freezing, starving, and stuck; pushed back and forth in a heavily forested “no man's land” on the borders of the EU.  We speak with Sonia Nandzik-Herman and Douglas Herman, co-founders of ReFocus Media Labs, a Polish NGO that has operated on the Greek island of Lesvos for years. But after spending many months in Poland they'll also be giving us an update on sitions there and and update on the current situation on Lesvos and on the Greek mainland, where many of the same policies are in place. We'll also be learning where and how policies and tactics differ. Support Latitutde Adjustment Podcast's 100% independent programming on Patreon

For our eighth episode of the Palestine Podcast academy, Ahlam Mashal, from Jerusalem, and Omar Salah, from Gaza, discuss the impacts that the coronavirus has had on the education system in different parts of Palestine, and as parents and students. The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media details, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes, at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming through our Patreon page.    

For the seventh episode of the Palestine Podcast Academy, Aseel Ghaben, from Al Bureij Refugee Camp in Gaza, Rand Tahboob, from Jerusalem, and Amany Abu Awad, from Bethlehem, discuss the seen and unseen impacts that the Israeli occupation has had on their professional lives. The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media details, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes, at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming through our Patreon page.

In our sixth episode of the Palestine Podcast Academy, Carmel Sharif, from Jerusalem, Baraa'ah Qandeel, from Gaza, and Violette Rafidi, from Ramallah in the West Bank, discuss the various ways in which the Israeli occupation, and its restrictions on their freedom of movement, has impacted their lives, their work, and their communities. The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media details, and for more information about the academy, and our other episodes, at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming through our Patreon page.

In our fifth episode of the Palestine Podcast Academy, Shahd Safi from Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Rana Qutteineh from Jerusalem, and Dalal Radwan from Qalqilia in the WB discuss the various ways in which unemployment, and limited employment options, have impacted their lives and the lives of people in their communities. The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media details, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming through our Patreon page.

In our fourth episode of the Palestine Podcast Academy, Muna Abu Diab from Silwan, Jerusalem, and Najah Musallam, from Ramallah, reflect on their experiences growing up under the Israeli occupation in different parts of Palestine, and on how these experiences shaped their views and their paths as adults.   The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media detials, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming through our Patreon page.

In our third episode from the Palestine Podcast Academy, graduates Riwaa Abuquta, from Gaza, and Addei Hijazi, from Jerusalem, provide some rarely reported and very personal perspectives concerning the economic impacts of the Israeli occupation in both parts of Palestine. The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media detials, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming on our Patreon page.

In our second episode from the Palestine Podcast Academy, graduates Juwana Elias, from Ramallah, and Dalia Shurrab, from Gaza, talk about their family histories and about their personal journeys living in Palestine and abroad.  The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media detials, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming on our Patreon page.  

In our first episode for the Palestine Podcast Academy, Narmeen Hussein from Jerusalem, Amany Abu Awad from Bethlehem, and Haneen Abdalnabi from a Gaza offer their perspective on how their basic right to move freely in their own land has been impacted by the occupation. The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast. Be sure to check the post for this episode for action items, social media detials, and for more information about the academy and our other episodes at LatitudeAjustmentPod.com  You can support Latitude Adjustment Podcast and our programming on our Patreon page.

After six months of hard work, setbacks and leaps forward, and after all manner of logistical challenges, our very first Palestine Podcast Academy is done! In fact our first two Palestine Podcast Academies are done… and we're ready to share the results! The Palestine Podcast Academy is an initiative of Latitude Adjustment Podcast, and our Amsterdam-based nonprofit, Open Roads Media. The academy connected Palestinians in Gaza, east Jerusalem, and across the West Bank, for an intensive multi-week course in podcast production, and over the course of the next few weeks we'll be publishing their collaborative team projects. But this is only the beginning. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast, and all of our initiatives through our Patreon page.

This episode marks the second of a two-part series featuring interviews with Rabbis on the subjects of Antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and the problems that arise when the two topics are conflated, either through misunderstanding or to serve political interests. Rabbi Brant Rosen founded the Tzedek congregation in Chicago. Like Rabbi Lynn, Rabbi Brant is also a member of Jewish Voice for Peace. You can find more information about his book “Wrestling in the Daylight”, and his other works and writings, on the post for this episode at LatitudeAdjustmentPod.com Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon  

This episode marks the first of a two-part series featuring interviews with Rabbis on the subjects of Antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and the problems that arise when the two topics are conflated, either through misunderstanding or to serve political interests. Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb has the distinction of being one of the first female rabbis in the world, and her outspoken positions on Palestinian human rights have often placed her at odds with the political positions of the Israeli government and with its supporters. We'll hear about her experiences as leader in a religious community overwhelmingly dominated by men, her first encounters with Israel as a very young woman (including her argument with David Ben-Gurion as a teenager), and how her Jewish identity informs her advocacy for human rights. She's also a pretty amazing artist. Support Latitude Adjustment Podcast on Patreon

As the formal US occupation of Afghanistan comes to an ignominious close, human rights defender Basir Bita joins us again from Kabul. We discuss the recent offensive by the Taliban that has seen it taking large swathes of the country, the varied interests and involvement of the key international players in Afghanistan's present and future, and perhaps most critically, the legacy of US abandonment of those Afghans who have put their lives on the line to aid its two decades of foreign occupation. Support us on Patreon