{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69658de5cfb9d619f8af28a7/6a3714304a2a3be0f4b17bfc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Queer Solidarity and Pinkwashing","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69658de5cfb9d619f8af28a7/1781994524951-f220205e-ca1d-4b4a-99c4-39fd1e8c6ce5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Episode 8</strong></p><p>RCM with Rev and Riot is back with another episode, this time joined by Dr. Ghada Sasa, Palestinian scholar and expert on green colonialism, whose groundbreaking work — including her article \"Oppressive Pines\" and PhD research — exposes how the Zionist settler-colonial entity weaponizes environmentalism to sustain apartheid, land theft, and genocide.</p><p><br></p><p>Together, we're dismantling Israel's favourite PR trick. Pinkwashing. The sleazy tactic where the Zionist regime parades itself as some LGBTQ+ paradise in the Middle East while bombing, starving, and ethnically cleansing Palestinians, queer and straight alike. Because nothing says \"progressive haven\" like using Pride parades to distract from an active genocide. The IOF drops bombs on Gaza, slaughters journalists, destroys hospitals, and then has the audacity to wave rainbow flags and say, \"but look how gay-friendly we are!\"</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Who are Reverse Canary Mission?</strong></p><p>Founded by TMTB in 2023 and headed by a community of diasporic Palestinians and allies, Reverse Canary Mission is a grassroots, volunteer-led database designed to counter the racist and dehumanising Canary Mission by holding Zionists accountable.</p><p><br></p><p>We firmly believe that all of our struggles are intrinsically linked because if we're not all free, none of us are truly free.&nbsp;That's why our mission is to advocate for our Palestinian siblings, amplify marginalized voices, and encourage everyone to be allies in the fight for justice and dignity for all.</p>","author_name":"Reverse Canary Mission"}