With growing support on college campuses for Palestine as the Israeli military assault on Gaza continues, the LMC spends the hour with Mark Lewis Taylor, Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, to discuss the history of Israeli involvement in the Mayan Genocide in Guatemala and why it should serve as a crucial frame of reference today.
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November 3rd, 2023: Chile & Palestine
As Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip continues to unfold, the LMC spends the hour with freelance writer Nyki Duda to discuss the Palestinian diaspora in Chile and the parallels between the plights of Palestinians and the indigenous Mapuches of Chile.
February 8th, 2019: The Palestinian Diaspora In Latin America
The Palestinian diaspora in Latin America goes back to the late 1800’s at the beginning of the end of the Ottoman empire. Predating the modern-day Palestine/Israel conflict, predating the Nakba, predating WW I & II. Cecilia Baeza, a lecturer at the institute of political science in Paris, speaks with the LMC about the complicated & complex history of the half-million people of Palestinian descent throughout Latin America, one of the largest outside the Arab world.