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Jun 2024
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Bonus Episode 182 - Palestine and the ri...

SINA RAHMANI (@URORIENTALIST)
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This is a preview of the latest bonus episode. Sign up for $5 a month to access the entire conversation.

Friend of the show Alex Aviña (@Alexander_Avina) joined me for an episode on the perennial questions of violence and self-defence.

CBC Documentary about Palestinian resistance in Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J__Burgr8qU&t=312s&ab_channel=AnnaBens

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