You need not go far to see Israel and Palestine is in the
news, with the backdrop of freedom as a main theme. We will cover this very hot
topic in this edition of Freedom For All. Jim and Jennifer welcome Andrew
Meyer. Policy Analyst and Communications Manager at the Rachel Corrie
Foundation, a Research Assistant at the Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic
Cultures, and an incoming PhD student in Politics at the University of
California, Santa Cruz.
The Rachel Corrie Foundation is named after a young woman
who was a 23-year-old American peace activist crushed to death by an Israeli
bulldozer in March 2003 while undertaking nonviolent direct action to protect
the home of a Palestinian family from demolition.
Meyer's research interests include Settler Colonial theory,
the history and historiography of the Palestine question, liberal Zionism in
the United States, and political negotiation in the neoliberal present. He is a
founding member of Olympia BDS and has traveled extensively throughout the West
Bank and Gaza as a member of the International Solidarity Movement and the Maia
Mural Brigade.
Information about The Rachel Corrie Foundation can be found
at: http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/
Details about the Palestinian civil society's campaign of
boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with
international law and Palestinian rights: https://bdsmovement.net/
To hear today's insightful show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomforall/2016/04/22/guest-andrew-meyer
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