Who gets to lose faith, and who doesn't? Can refusal be an act of faith? In this conversation, Isabella speaks with poet, organiser and essayist lisa minerva luxx about sacrifice not as loss but as a practice of choosing what deserves our loyalty. Through poetry, political organizing and cultural resistance, they explore how revolutionary disobedience, refusal and moral clarity become acts of faith in themselves. Drawing on their experience in the Lebanese uprising, mutual aid work across Syria and Lebanon, and their current role coordinating the Filton 25 Defense Committee, luxx articulates a framework for understanding faith as embodied, grounded and inseparable from direct action.
About the Guest
lisa minerva luxx is a British Syrian writer, poet, organiser, and essayist. They are the author of Fetch Your Mother's Heart (Outspoken Press, 2021) and a PhD researcher on militant poetics at the University of Manchester. luxx is a long-time transnational community organiser with deep experience in the Lebanese uprising, mutual aid networks across Syria and Lebanon following the Beirut blast, and currently coordinates the Filton 25 Defense Committee, which supports 25 Palestine Action activists arrested for breaking into Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems in Filton, Bristol, in August 2024.
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Credits:
Host & Editorial Lead - Isabella Kajiwara
Producer - Ornella Mutoni
Executive Producer - Sylvia Hong
Guest - lisa minerva luxx
Editor and Video Engineer - Andrew Shaktah
Development & Research Support - Micha Frazer Carrol
Final Edit Review - Hannah Azuonye
Studio - Podcast House
Link to episode transcript here.
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