Palestine Legal: "The Great Difference a Movement Lawyer Can Make"

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Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We're sharing this episode of Rhiannon's movement lawyering series with all of our listeners. Our Patreon subscribers heard it first, back in March.

In this episode, Rhiannon talks with Palestine Legal's senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath and staff attorney Dylan Saba about their mission to protect Palestinian activists from harassment, and the power of intersectional liberation movements.

You can learn more about Palestine Legal here:

https://palestinelegal.org/

And if you'd like to join the network of attorneys that Palestine Legal works with to defend activists, reach out here:

https://palestinelegal.org/contact

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. It's Rianen and if you heard my intro on last week's episode then you know our schedule is a little wacky over the course of the next couple of weeks because Peter got married
0:10.7	So today we are releasing an episode I did back in March with two attorneys from
0:16.0	Palestine Legal that's a nonprofit organization in the United States that seeks to
0:21.3	support the Palestine Solidarity Movement by challenging efforts to
0:24.9	threaten and harass activists into silence. This was originally a
0:30.8	Patreon premium episode but today we're dropping it in the free feed
0:35.0	for all of our listeners.
0:36.4	And speaking of all of our listeners, I have really appreciated all of the messages
0:41.4	of support and solidarity for Palestinian liberation
0:44.1	that we've gotten in the past week. You yourself can get educated, you can teach
0:48.7	others, you can use your voice and your power and together we can build a better world. If you're looking for an
0:54.7	organization to donate to you in that regard, you can donate to Palestine Legal,
0:59.1	the organization we are talking with in this episode. You can donate to them at Palestine legal.org or for
1:07.5	contributing to emergency assistance for families in Gaza right now you can donate to me for ECA for Peace.org.
1:23.7	Next week on 5.4, look out for a Patreon premium episode
1:27.2	in which Peter, Michael, and producer Rachel
1:30.3	discuss the cinematic masterpiece, Legally Blonde.
1:34.0	So that's all for now. Enjoy this episode with Palestine Legal.
1:38.0	And now I'm going to be turning it over to me back in March
1:42.0	with the original introduction to this episode.
1:45.0	Stay strong everyone, free Palestine.
1:48.0	Cool.
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