From The Periphery Podcast
From The Periphery Podcast
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A podcast bringing you voices, analysis, and commentary from activists around the globe. As our name suggests, our focus is on contexts and struggles from the global majority - those who are peripheralized by structures of domination and with it mainstream journalism and academia. This podcast is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective.
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The podcast focuses on themes of activism, geopolitical analysis, and social justice, with episodes like Khartoum is Free, But the War Rages On discussing the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Lebanon's New Central Bank Governor exploring banking sector implications, and Protests in Turkey providing insight into civic unrest and government repression.
A podcast bringing you voices, analysis, and commentary from activists around the globe with a focus on voices and struggles that are peripheralized by mainstream journalism and academia. This podcast is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective.
In this episode, israa’ reads a dispatch from Iraqi activist Jamal Al-Sayigh. In this important dispatch, Jamal shares an update of the impacts of the escalating violence in Iran and calls for international solidarity in support of:
- Iraqi civil society and independent activists
- Feminist and secular movements under threat
- Trade unions and grassroots organizers
- The right to political dissent without fear of assassination
You can read the dispatch here:
https://antidotezine.com/2026/03/03/dispatch-from-iraq-in-defense-of-civil-society/
Additional Resources:
- https://www.newarab.com/features/yanar-mohammed-remembering-iraqs-advocate-womens-rights?amp
- https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iraqi-oil-production-collapses-with-strait-hormuz-blocked-by-conflict-sources-2026-03-08/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/katyusha-rockets-target-us-embassy-baghdad-security-sources-say-2026-03-07/
- https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/airstrikes-kill-least-two-iraqs-jurf-al-sakhar-pmf-spokesperson-says-2026-02-28/
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