Sep 21

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Episode 92 - Francesca Albanese on Mackl...

About this episode

Francesca Albanese spoke to UNAPOLOGETIC on the Ed Sheeran-Macklemore debacle, UK sanctions on West Bank settlements, the changing discourse on Israel, and building allyship and solidarity to beat Apartheid in Israel.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro highlights

01:41 UK sanctions and Palestinian erasure

07:57 Macklemore and the billionaire backlash

11:33 Building a global BDS strategy

19:34 Yuval Abraham and colonial grift

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