Here on Colonial Outcasts we are becoming accustomed to covering controversial and polarizing conflicts where no matter how balanced you try to be you’re gonna catch heat-rounds - Russia/Ukrain, Syria, and now Kashmir. I know many of you are not familiar with the situation in Kashmir and why It matters to you, but I’ll say this and this is my boiler plate perspective. Palestine has been occupied by Israel since 1948, Kashmir has been largely occupied by India since 1947. Both Supremacist ideologies. And since governments learn from each other, military officers and politicians in India’s command echelon are looking at the Annexation of the West Bank and are judging it more likely, since Israel has set a blatant precedent, that they can get away with something similar in Kashmir. You can follow Shaniyat Here: https://www.instagram.com/_shaniyat/?hl=en

Checking off a critical bucket list item: Colonial Outcasts officially coronates its alliance with Irish resistance against colonialism and imperialism via an unapologetic scattershot harangue with Jake, lead the singer of The Shan Vans, a Belfast-based Irish-language rock band blending high-energy sound with a radical political message. Rooted in anti-imperialism and Irish resistance, their music champions decolonization, cultural revival, and international solidarity.

Released last month, their third and latest single The Shan Van, a powerful anti-genocide anthem, forms the centerpiece of Unite Against Genocide, their Ireland-Palestine solidarity project which involved over 100 artists and contributors worldwide.

Jake draws on themes of resistance, decolonization, and cultural memory, influenced by his upbringing in the early OOs in one of the most politically active communities in Ireland, Ballymurphy. Singing in Irish, Jake blends personal and political narratives, often weaving together themes of decolonization, Irish mythology, radical poetry, and contemporary global struggles.

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This video's release was delayed over the weekend due to security reasons. Reporting from Gaza, Afeef Nessouli - a freelance journalist and host of “With Afeef Nessouli” on Patreon. He is also an adjunct professor for Parsons School of Design. He has previously worked for Spotify, The Daily Show and The Wall Street Journal. He focuses on queer and Arab stories. Afeef lived through the 2006 Lebanon war and went to prison in Beirut for covering Palestine. You can find his work on social media at https://www.instagram.com/afeefness/

Today we are joined by John Kiriakou - CIA Whistleblower and former intelligence analyst and operations officer for the CIA's Counterterrorism Center - he was integral in exposing the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program in 2007 and did some time for it. For the audience, a rough outline - the legacy of the Iraq War, US/Israel relations and the current internal administration drama about the Iran Nuclear Deal, and the expansion of Guantanamo bay and the CECOT prison in El Salvatore.

As the kids say, it’s giving extraordinary rendition.

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We’ve got a great episode for you! Gonna be talking about the the degrading status of the earth’s environment, white feminism and “femme-washing,” might mention Gloria Steinem the OG girl boss who was a CIA asset, mass deportations of US “Homegrowns” to El Salvadorian torture dungeons, and the ongoing campaign of Mass death and ethnic cleansing in Palestine. You might be like “Whoa, that’s a lot of subjects!” No, it’s all one subject, interconnected etc.

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TODAY at 5 PM EST: Join Greg Stoker on State of Play, a MintPress News podcast, as we delve into "Hasbara 2.0" – the sophisticated online tactics used to shape narratives around Israel and suppress dissent.Guests Jacob Berger and Blakeley both targets of coordinated online attacks, as we reveal:

• *The Hasbaristas:* Unmasking the networks that fund and train digital influencers to defend Israeli policies and silence dissent.

• *Weaponized Algorithms:* How Hasbara 2.0 leverages astroturfing, algorithmic manipulation, and accusations of antisemitism to control the narrative.

• *Big Tech Complicity:* Why platforms like Meta, X, Google, and TikTok take advantage of State-Sponsored disinformation campaigns.

Tune in for yet another epic livestream on State of Play.

Tonight we are joined by Dr. Assal Rad, scholar of Middle East History, she works on research and writing related to US Foreign policy issues, the Middle East and contemporary Iran. He writing can bee seen in Newsweek, the National Interest, the Independent, Foreign Policy and more. She has appeared as a commentator on the BBC, CNN, NPR. She completed a PHD in history from the University of California Irvine in 2018 and is the Author of State of Resistance: Politics, Culture, and Identity in Modern Iran. Join us for a in depth conversation.you can follow Assal here:https://x.com/AssalRad

Make politics your entire personality.

I told y’all the new format would be one geopolitical episode, one social commentary episode, and a possible breaking news episode every week. This is the social commentary one and it is about making politics your entire personality in the face of fascism. To that end we are joined by Davidson Boswell, activist and stand up Comedian coming to us from New York City. We actually met at a breakthrough News panel in Manhattan last year and I’ve been wanting to make this happen. I love your commentary, you also rant into your phone while walking, so solidarity for the old walk-and-talk West-wing Aaron Srokin screenwriting technique, thanks so much for coming on.

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