Matt Bowles is interviewed by Yulia Denisyuk about Palestine and action items you can take to help stop the genocide. In this special episode, The Maverick Show host Matt Bowles is interviewed on the Going Places podcast about his 25 years of Palestine solidarity work. He shares his own activist trajectory and reflects on the state of the Palestine solidarity movement today in response to the live-streamed genocide. He then discusses the history of Israeli colonialism, provides an analysis of the power asymmetry at the root of the conflict, and unpacks dominant framing that is used to obfuscate the unjust power dynamics. Matt explains how to respond to claims like “it’s complicated” and “Israel has a right to defend itself”. He also discusses the history of Zionism, gives examples of anti-semitic support for the Zionist movement, and explains the role of U.S. foreign policy in supporting Israel and providing an atmosphere of impunity for their war crimes. Finally, Matt provides concrete action items that you can take to help stop the genocide and discusses the various arenas where we have leverage to exert pressure—including political, economic, legal, diplomatic, and disrupting the genocide supply chain through non-violent direct action. Matt and Yulia conclude by discussing hope for the future and why Gaza will change the world.
