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Welcome to the QAA podcast, episode, Elaine McTefeffi. As always, we are your host, Jake Rakitanski and Julian Field. Okay, listeners, this is a very particular and special episode that is very important to me. It is a conversation with Elaine McTefi. I will be introducing

who she is in a moment. But I think what really stands out for me in this episode is that we are

talking about someone who is essentially a living century. You know, her first activism was at age

16 in 44. She is currently 96 years old, answered an email for some reason

that I sent her after I read her book and agreed to do this. Just a generosity and, you know,

a quality of person that is very rare. And I just, you know, want to say that I'm very grateful

for her answering in the first place and sitting down with us. And I really hope you know, want to say that I'm very grateful for her answering in the first place

and sitting down with us. And I really hope you enjoy this episode because we will be, you know,

traipsing around the world, traipsing through history to figure out, you know, what, what freedom

movements are and how maybe today we could carry on that beautiful legacy. So without further ado, let's get on with it.

I am very excited today because we have a dream guest for me, so I've got a little spiel to introduce her.

Elaine Moctefee is an American anti-imperialist, writer and organizer who played a crucial role in the international liberation movements.

After working with anti-colonial circles in Paris, she joined the Algerian struggle for independence

and later became deeply involved in building solidarity between newly liberated Algeria and freedom movements around the world.

She worked as a translator and liaison for revolutionary figures, including the Black Panthers in exile,

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