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Emergency physician Dr. Mimi Syed has been all over the media talking about the crimes she witnessed in Gaza, but until today, she's never talked about her love for the animals of Gaza, her experiences with them there, and the crimes Israel is committing against them. Hear Dr. Syed and I, an anti-genocide veterinarian, as we discuss the animals in Gaza and how we can all unite to fight for both people and animals.
 
Dr. Syed is an American doctor who has worked in Gaza multiple times and you’ve probably seen her all over mainstream media demanding justice for the Palestinian people. A couple weeks ago, the Israeli government blocked her from entering Gaza and within a week of that carried out their disgusting and psychopathic “double tap” strike on Nasser hospital. She has been in the media discussing both events.
 
She and I recorded this interview because we are both advocates for animals and we actually did this a few months ago just to create clips for social media – but her entire interview was so touching that it helped me realize I needed to start a podcast.
 
Find Dr. Syed on Instagram @drmimier.
 
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Resources
 
Video from intro: Dr. Mimi Syed via Zeteo News, www.zeteo.com
 
Links to join and learn about Animal Healthcare Workers Against Genocide
www.instagram.com/animalwag
www.animalwag.org
www.linktr.ee/ahwag
 
Recommended article on Israel’s targeting of farm animals in Gaza
97 percent of Gaza’s animal wealth destroyed by Israeli bombing, starvation, and looting (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor) euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6811/97-per-cent-of-Gaza%E2%80%99s-animal-wealth-destroyed-by-Israeli-bombing,-starvation,-and-looting
 
Recommended article on Israel’s targeting of donkeys
Israel Kills and Seizes Gaza’s Donkeys Under the Pretext of “Liberating Them From Slavery” (Institute for Palestine Studies) www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657676
 
Dr. Mimi Syed video on donkey cart injuries
(Dr. Mimi Syed via Dropsite News) www.instagram.com/reel/DElzUaSuMmz/?hl=en
 
Recommended article on how Israel’s genocide led to dependency on donkeys
Amid Gaza’s Devastated Infrastructure, Donkey Carts Function as Ambulances (Truthout) truthout.org/articles/amid-gazas-devastated-infrastructure-donkey-carts-function-as-ambulances/
 
Recommended article on Israel’s weaponization of dogs
Unleashing Terror: Dutch dogs in Israel’s war crimes (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations) www.somo.nl/unleashing-terror-dutch-dogs-in-israels-war-crimes/

Today for the first time ever, award-winning filmmaker Matthew Solomon talks publicly about his new documentary on the Free Palestine movement. Some of our favorite public figures are in it, including human rights lawyer Noura Erakat and journalist Abby Martin.
You will also learn:
lessons from his award-winning documentary “Reimagining Safety,” a film about the systemic cruelty of policing in the United States and the path to abolishing it
how Matty went from being raised a Zionist Jew to fighting for Palestinian liberation
how he became an abolitionist who has met with members of the Black Panther Party, and some of his most important takeaways from that
 
Throughout the episode we review actions we can all be taking to fight the rise of policing, militarism, and fascism.
Find Matty on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattytheglue
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Resources (and people) mentioned
Reimagining safety doc by Matthew Solomon
YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8mcy0Y6czM
website (check for screenings): https://www.reimaginingsafetymovie.com
 
Seeds for Liberation doc by Matthew Solomon
website: https://www.seedsforliberationmovie.com
 
Seeds for Liberation interviewees mentioned in the episode (in order of mention)
1. Noura Erakat, human rights lawyer
IG: https://www.instagram.com/nouraerakat
 
2. Abby Martin, journalist and filmmaker
IG: https://www.instagram.com/fababs
YT: The Empire Files https://www.youtube.com/empirefiles
2019 documentary: Gaza Fights for Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s
 
3. Mark Wayne, veteran and podcaster
IG: https://www.instagram.com/markwaynedirector
podcast: Colonial Outcasts (Apple Podcasts link) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colonial-outcasts/id1734160071
podcast: Colonial Outcasts (Spotify link) https://open.spotify.com/show/1o0MF5fJM6Wjdhm0vjx4To
 
4. Mary Hooks, feminist, abolitionist, Stop Cop City leader
IG: https://www.instagram.com/maryhooks
 
5. Reverend Keyanna Jones Moore, activist and community organizer
speech clip: https://www.tiktok.com/@tobyandbuttonhole2.0/video/7280354154902605099
 
6. Chuck Modiano, movement journalist
IG: https://www.instagram.com/chuckmodi1
 
7. Michael Schirtzer, podcaster
podcast: The Palestine Pod (Apple Podcasts link) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-palestine-pod/id1559480967
podcast: The Palestine Pod (Spotify link) https://open.spotify.com/show/3rKIAMVxdCMcw7CbFevmGi
 
8. Sim Kern, author
IG: https://www.instagram.com/sim_bookstagrams_badly
TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@simkern
linktree (buy their books): https://linktr.ee/SimKern
 
9. Dr. Mimi Syed, emergency physician
IG: https://www.instagram.com/drmimier
 
10. Luciux Riker, influencer
IG: https://www.instagram.com/luciuxness
 
11. Mo Hamz, influencer
UpScrolled: @mohamz (download UpScrolled on the app store or at upscrolled.com)
 
Anti-racist course recommendations
Nikki Blak, Interrupt series: https://www.blakisbeautiful.com
Reverend Brig Feltis, Heal Thyself: https://www.rememberinstitute.com
 
Reading and film recommendations
book: Autobiography of Malcolm X (Malcolm X, Alex Haley)
book: Guerilla Warfare (Che Guevara)
film: 13th (Ava DuVernay)
 
Other activists and orgs mentioned
Afeni Evans IG: https://www.instagram.com/factsandfire
Guy Christensen TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@guy.christensen
National Lawyers Guild website: https://www.nlg.org
Barrios Unidos
Mimi Abou-Ghazala 
Ricci Sergienko IG: https://www.instagram.com/ricci_sergienko
 
Link to @nowinpalestine IG post Mar read out loud
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNbXYsQOK-K
 
Global Sumud Flotilla
website: https://www.globalsumudflotilla.org
main IG: https://www.instagram.com/globalsumudflotilla
US IG: https://www.instagram.com/globalmovementtogazaus

You’re about to hear part 2 of the first ever podcast interview with 19-year-old pro-Palestine TikTokker Guy Christensen. Every revolutionary can learn something from this kind, determined young man.
Guy has over 3 million TikTok followers and had almost half a million on Instagram before Meta kicked him off the platform. Because of his pro-Palestine activism, He’s been smeared in the media, threatened with FBI and DOJ investigations, and faced challenges as a student that he can’t even discuss publicly yet.
In this episode, you will learn:
how Guy keeps a level head despite being slandered in mainstream media for his activism
how AIPAC millionaire Ritchie Torres claimed that Guy Christensen threatened his life, and what Guy actually said (spoiler alert: it was not a threat)
Guy’s thoughts on AIPAC’s control of our elected officials
and some facts you may not know about New York City’s mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, both our thoughts on him, and what happened when I met him
 
Guy will also share recent developments at TikTok that concern him and how they relate back to Project Esther by the Heritage Foundation, which he discussed in detail in Part 1.
At the end of the episode, Guy takes us behind the scenes of his activism efforts.
You can find Guy on TikTok @yourfavoriteguy and on UpScrolled @guy.
Check out Guy’s linktree to follow him on Substack and get more info on how to support his work: https://linktr.ee/ringedfalls
 
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Resources mentioned
 
Project Esther by the Heritage Foundation
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/report/project-esther-national-strategy-combat-antisemitism
 
Studies on how American citizens impact public policy by Martin Gilens, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University
Who Gets What They Want from Government? (2004) https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/idr.pdf
Preference Gaps and Inequality in Representation (2009) https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Preference%20Gaps%20and%20Inequality/Gilens%202009.pdf
Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens (Cambridge 2014) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B
 
SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine)
Website - https://www.nationalsjp.org/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nationalsjp
*Note - there are local chapters – search for the one near you.
 
Haya Washington – the nonprofit Guy works with to help Gaza
https://www.hayawashington.org/

You’re about to hear the first ever podcast interview with 19-year-old pro-Palestine TikTokker Guy Christensen. Every revolutionary can learn something from this kind, determined young man.
Guy has over 3 million TikTok followers and had almost half a million on Instagram before Meta kicked him off the platform. Because of his pro-Palestine activism, He’s been smeared in the media, threatened with FBI and DOJ investigations, and faced challenges as a student that he can’t even discuss publicly yet.
This interview with Guy will give you a student’s perspective on how to laugh in the face of adversity. It’ll energize you as you keep fighting for liberation with all you’ve got.
In this episode, you will learn:
what triggered Guy to start standing up for Palestine and his advice to new activists
his perspective on recent developments at Columbia and Harvard
the disturbing reality about the JCC Maccabi games hosted at the University of Pittsburgh, and why Guy was so passionate about protesting them
 
You’ll also hear
Guy respond to Chris Cuomo accusing him of being a radical Islamist (spoiler alert: he isn’t one)
his response to the New York Post insisting that he built his platform by “glorfiying terrorism” (yeah, we know they’re liars over there)
 
And that’s just part 1 of Guy’s interview! Next week, I’ll release part 2.
You can find Guy on TikTok @yourfavoriteguy and on UpScrolled @guy.
Check out Guy’s linktree to follow him on Substack and get more info on how to support his work: https://linktr.ee/ringedfalls
 
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Resources mentioned
 
Guy’s anti-Nazi videos posted October 7, 2023
https://www.tiktok.com/@yourfavoriteguy/video/7287197263812889902
https://www.tiktok.com/@yourfavoriteguy/video/7287224650168323371
 
SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine)
Website - https://www.nationalsjp.org/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nationalsjp
*Note - there are local chapters – search for the one near you.
 
Jewish Voice for Peace
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
 
Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/pghpsc/
 
Project Esther by the Heritage Foundation
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/report/project-esther-national-strategy-combat-antisemitism
 
Columbia University statement on deal with the Trump administration
https://president.columbia.edu/news/resolution-federal-investigations-and-restoration-universitys-research-funding
 
Democracy Now interview with Rashid Khalidi
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/8/4/rashid_khalidi_columbia_higher_education_trump
 
International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism
https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism
 
JCC Maccabi Games Pittsburgh – website
https://maccabipittsburgh.org/
 
Haya Washington – the nonprofit Guy works with to help Gaza
https://www.hayawashington.org/

If you're looking for ways to fight forced starvation in Gaza, our guest today wants help. Healthcare hero Zahed Rahman is a registered nurse with 15 years of experience in critical care and emergency work. He has been on 3 medical missions to Gaza over the past 2 years, with his most recent trip being in May 2025.
On the morning of Friday, August 1st, I talked with Zahed about ways that you and I can work together to fight the forced starvation that Israel and the United States are imposing on the people of Gaza.
In this episode, you will learn:
3 different ways we can demand an end to forced starvation
what Zahed is working on with other nurses and doctors who have worked Gaza
how you can sail to Gaza to break the siege (registration open now)
Zahed will also give us details about his friend Chris Smalls, the iconic founder of the Amazon Labor Union. As you likely know, Chris Smalls was one of the passengers of the Handala boat that sailed towards Gaza with humanitarian aid as part of the Freedom Flotilla. After all passengers were captured and detained by the Israeli military, Chris was the only passenger to be severely beaten and the last passenger to be released.
You can find Zahed on instagram @mzrahmanrn.
 
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IMPORTANT
Veterinarian Dr. Muath Talat Abo Rokba in Gaza needs our help to keep his family alive. Please donate at bit.ly/gazavet.
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Resources
 
Freedom Flotilla Coalition
https://freedomflotilla.org/
https://www.instagram.com/gazafreedomflotilla/
 
Global Sumud Flotilla - REGISTRATION OPEN
https://globalsumudflotilla.org/
https://instagram.com/globalsumudflotilla
 
Al Jazeera news outlet
https://www.aljazeera.com/
 
Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan’s media outlet
https://zeteo.com/
 
Animal Healthcare Workers Against Genocide
https://www.animalwag.org
https://www.instagram.com/animalwag

This episode we are joined by the brilliant, heroic, and inspiring pediatrician Dr. Mohamed Kuziez.
Dr. Kuziez has provided care in some of Gaza’s most affected hospitals, including Nasser Hospital, General Services Hospital, and Ahli Arab Hospital. He is a founding member of Colorado’s chapter of Doctors Against Genocide, which is a global health coalition dedicated to fighting genocide.
He also has advanced training in nutrition and cardiology. We talked in detail about what he wants you to know about the starvation being forced on the people in Gaza.
 
In this episode, you will learn:
what Dr. Kuziez learned in Gaza that we don’t see on our phones
medical details about the stage 5 famine in Gaza
what happened when he was interrogated by the IOF
and whether he treated any combatants while he was in Gaza
 
We’ll also dive into
details about Mar’s friend Dr. Muath Talat Abo Rokba, one of the veterinarians in Gaza
what Mar learned when she recently met Motaz Azaiza
and one of the best ways to support our healthcare heroes like Dr. Kuziez
 
You can find Dr. Kuziez on Instagram @waverider_md and find Doctors Against Genocide @doctorsagainstgenocide.
IMPORTANT
You can donate to veterinarian Dr. Abo Rokba in Gaza and help keep his family alive at bit.ly/gazavet.
 
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Resources mentioned
 
Doctors Against Genocide
https://doctorsagainstgenocide.org/
https://www.instagram.com/doctorsagainstgenocide
Colorado chapter - https://www.instagram.com/dag_colorado
 
Gxza Health
https://gxzahealth.org/
 
Animal Healthcare Workers Against Genocide
https://www.animalwag.org
https://www.instagram.com/animalwag
 
IPC – Integrated Food Security Classification
https://www.ipcinfo.org/
 
More information about veterinarian Dr. Abo Robka
https://www.animalwag.org/learn
 
Al Jazeera news outlet
https://www.aljazeera.com/
 
Al Arabiya news outlet
https://english.alarabiya.net/
 
Hasan Piker podcast
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1xZs10LJetFdRiyOTGLM32
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/cz/podcast/hasanabi/id1696250206
Podbean - https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/bax7r-2ed172/HasanAbi-Podcast
 
Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan’s media outlet
https://zeteo.com/
 
Dr. Fadel Naim on X
https://x.com/fnaim65
 
Dr. Ezzideen on X
https://x.com/ezzingaza
 
Times of Israel news outlet
https://www.timesofisrael.com/
 
Haaretz news outlet
https://www.haaretz.com/
 
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/

Today's guest is so fiery and sharp, I dare you to NOT fall in love with her during this episode.
 
I talked to Afeni Evans, @factsandfire on social media. She is an iconic 28-year-old influencer and organizer. She works for the Mass Liberation Network and has done advocacy for Black liberation and Palestinian liberation for years.
 
You will learn:
how suppressing your emotions fuels white supremacy
new details about when she was attacked by Proud Boys
and why we think Angela Davis might be an op (I’m half only joking)
We’ll also dive deep into
the connection between American Muslims and enslaved Africans
3 ways to build an alternative economy
why Afeni listens to Candace Owens
and the recent pep talk she got from Medea Benjamin
 
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Resources we mention this episode
 
Podcast: Small Doses with Amanda Seales
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/small-doses-with-amanda-seales/id1333316223
 
Podcast: The Bad Faith Podcast with Briahna Joy Gray
https://www.youtube.com/@BadFaithPodcast
 
Book: Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
 
Book: A Muslim American Slave by Omar Ibn Said
 
Book: An Afro-Indigenous History of America by Kyle Mays
 
Podcast/YouTube Channel: Breaking Points with Krystal and Saager
https://www.youtube.com/@breakingpoints
 
Podcast/YouTube Channel: African Diaspora News Network
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKZGcrxRAhdUi58Mdr565mw
 
Podcast/YouTube Channel: Sabby Sabs Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/@SabbySabs
 
YouTube Channel: HasanAbi (Hasan Piker)
https://www.youtube.com/@HasanAbi
 
Podcast/YouTube Channel: Candace Owens
https://www.youtube.com/@RealCandaceO

The goal of this podcast is to be like strength training for the hearts and minds of revolutionaries. Join Mar, an anti-oppression veterinarian, as she talks to fellow justice fighters about how they face the empire's demons, what makes them tick, and how you can stay informed, sharp, and fiery.Listen to this quick intro episode to learn more about what to expect from The Revolutioncast.