Red Inverted Triangle Podcast

A discussion on how deeply intrenched the global military industrial complex is in the Australian politics and academic institutions, and on the direct and indirect complicity of the Australian government in arming the genocide in Gaza. Margie Pestorius is a long time activist a co-founders of “Wage Peace”. She has been involved in anti-military work since the first gulf war. In 2016 she walked into Pine Gap to oppose the use of Pine Gap as a military operation base for war crimes. Lil Barto has been organising for eight years across climate, anti-militarist, First Nations justice and abolitionist movements.

Co-founder of "Boycott from Within", "Anarchists Against the Wall" and current member of "Palestine Action"

Peter Slezak is a Jewish anti-Zionist, honorary associate professor of philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He spoke about the ‘rise’ of anti-Semitism in Australia and the recent Universities Australia (UA) endorsement of the new controversial anti-Semitism definition. During this interview Peter, he inadvertently misquoted Randa Abdel Fattah's words in an interview she conducted with Mondoweiss. The recording [https://youtu.be/LuA59Tu6yZk?si=AeLd05JcUbTWT6l8] from 5:00-5:34 shows the exact phrase she used was 'Zionist Jews', not 'Jews'. Randa has been consistent in using the words 'Zionist' or 'Jewish Zionists', and never referred to Jews alone. In doing so she was making a clear distinction between those who subscribe to the political ideology of Zionism, and Jews as Jews. Peter wants to emphasize he is a member of the Jewish community, and uses the term Jew to ask his Jewish kin to reflect and feel discomfort about the crimes being done in their name.

Abdaljawad Omar is a Palestinian academic from Al-Bireh, Palestine. He is a regular contributor to Electronic Intifada and Mondoweiss. His work explores questions of colonialism, resistance, and ideology, with a focus on Palestine.

Nagham Abu Samra is a Palestinian karate champion from Gaza who had a dream of representing Palestine in sport international platforms. However, her life was cut short by the Israeli genocide in Gaza. "Nagham of Gaza" is a documentary and a theatrical play written and directed by Palestinian award-winning filmmaker Ala'a Al Qaisi, that chronicles Nagham Abu Samra's life. In this conversation, Ala'a engages with Marwan Abu Samra, Nagham's father, to talk about the life of Nagham, his loss, and why it is important to amplify her story through art and film. Some parts of the conversation are in Arabic, translated by the interviewer.

Zionism: The weaponization of Jewish trauma and anti-Semitism in the service of apartheid and empire. Professor Haim is an anti-Zionist Israeli Jew. Author of ”An Army Like No Other: How the Israel Defence Force Made a Nation”.

Matt Kennard is a British independent investigative journalist, author and Co-founder and chief investigator at Declassified UK, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. Author of several acclaimed books including “Irregular Army” (2012), “The Racket” (2015), and co-author (with Claire Provost) of “Silent Coup” (2023) Matt was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London, UK. He worked as a staff writer for the Financial Times in Washington, DC, New York, and London.