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On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 9/5 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Eugene and Rania are joined by special guests: Alice Kisiya - Alice Kisiya was arrested by Israeli forces for resisting the forcible colonial seizure of her family’s land last week. Kisiya and her family, Palestinian Christians from Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank, sit-in protested in defiance of Israel's plan to expand its illegal settlements on their land. Alice joins hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear to discuss her community’s fight against Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Palestine. Lowkey - The British government arrested prominent activists Sarah Wilkinson and Palestine Action co-founder Richard Barnard, using “anti-terrorism” laws to target them for speaking out against the Gaza genocide. This represents an intensified crackdown on pro-Palestine voices. Musician and journalist Lowkey joins the show to expose the country's increasingly authoritarian tactics to silence dissent. Murat Akad - In solidarity with Palestinians, Turkish citizens took to the streets of the port city of Izmir to protest against the docking of the USS Wasp, a US naval ship sent to support Israel. Murat Akad, a member of the Party Council of the Communist Party of Turkey, explains how protestors are fighting back against US military presence in the region and their own government’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza. Dr. Rama Ali Kased & Max Flynt - In a major win for the divestment movement, San Francisco State University has agreed to divest from four major weapons manufacturers backing the US-Israel genocide in Gaza. Dr. Rama Ali Kased, Professor of Race and Resistance Studies at SFSU and Max Flynt with Students for Gaza and General Union of Palestine Students at SFSU, dive into the student-led movement that forced the university to the negotiation table. #breakthroughnews
