UPDATE
***Yesterday, Jay from MAKC hosted a livestream for me, Adnan Husain, and Nick Estes partly as a mini-fundraiser for my friend Mohammed in Gaza. The response has been amazing. As I mention in the episode, donations started pouring in from listeners/ viewers. Someone even donated $500!. It was really moving for me--I even shed a tear on the livestream!
Thank you to all who donated. Mohammed was elated to see some money come in, as he has been trying to arrange for transport south for him and his siblings. For a few weeks, donations had dried up, and it was a source of anguish for him. Seeing him get excited as he watched the donations come in made me really happy.
The happiness was short-lived. This afternoon (Tuesday) Mohammed messaged me to let me know his brother's wife just had a miscarriage. The Zionists have been shelling the north heavily as they accelerate the genocide, and it caused her to miscarry. Needless to say, they are devastated. Martyred before life!
It goes without saying that there are a lot of really worthy campaigns. Here are two being run by a friends of mine
https://chuffed.org/project/139183-help-ahmed-and-his-family-start-over-after-losing-everything
https://chuffed.org/project/141277-help-mahmoud-and-his-family-survive-and-stand-again
I once again want to thank all of you who have been donating and sharing/organizing campaigns. Our ruling class has decided that this starvation war is normal, and it's up to us to do everything we can to support Palestinians fighting to stay alive. I encourage you to adopt your own campaigns. Even if you don't have a large social media following, you can find ways to fundraise. There are a lot of people out there who are not online and would like to show their support. I have learned this first hand!
I hope you enjoy this episode. It's a livestream and clocks in at over 2.5 hours. It was fun and chaoatic and very adhoc. I will endevour to do more in the coming weeks and months!
-Sina
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The East is a Podcast will host a conversation with multiple friends, airing grievances, covering multiple topics, discussing news and raising funds for Mohammed and his siblings amid evacuation orders. This stream will feature Nick Estes from The Red Nation, Adnan Husain from The Adnan Husain Show, Jared Ware from Millennials Are Killing Capitalism, and possibly other special guests.
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