{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/685eb391653df36e7bde7c0a/68890cefe0a86cc3ab452485?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 5: Syria at the Crossroads II","description":"<p>This week on the MERIP Podcast Feed we have the audio recording of our June 23rd event \"Syria at the Crossroads: Regional Politics and the Movement for Palestine.\" This conversation was the second in our series jointly produced with SPECTRE: A Marxist Journal. It featured a discussion of the wider regional politics shaping the dynamics of the transitional regime in Syria -- including the early efforts at normalization with Israel, and the long history of solidarity between Syrian and Palestinian popular movements. Joining the conversation were Joseph Daher, Ramah Kudaimi, and Yasmeen Mobayed. The conversation was moderated by Shireen Akram-Boshar (SPECTRE) and James Ryan (MERIP).</p>","author_name":"James Ryan"}