In today’s episode we talk with human rights activist Jamal about the colonial occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and the decades-long decolonial struggle of the Sahrawi people. We start the discussion by going over the chronology of the occupation, discussing the main international actors and their interests in the region, and how these interests ignore the rights and demands of the majority local Sahrawi population. We talk about the imperial and extractivist logic that drives Morocco, and how the EU is failing to uphold international law in exchange for access to fisheries, green energy and other benefits. In the second part we talk about the Polisario Front, the organization leading the resistance of the Sahrawis, and how people can support the cause.
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Re(Sources)
Cultures of Resistance Films: Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara [Documentary]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QzRzm4uFxU
ARSO - Association de soutien à un référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidenta
https://www.arso.org/index.htm
Sahrawi Association in the USA
https://sahrawiusa.com/
Vice News: The Sahara's Forgotten War (Full Length)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju4WrjiJbGc
The Sahrawi art of resistance
https://emmausstockholm.se/the-sahrawi-art-of-resistance/
Spain switch to legitimizing the occupation
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2023/2/3/will-spains-new-position-on-western-sahara-make-a-difference
Dirty green energy on occupied land
https://wsrw.org/en/news/renewable-energy
Ex-MEP charged in EU corruption scandal admits links to Morocco
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/01/18/ex-mep-charged-in-eu-corruption-scandal-admits-links-to-qatar-morocco-lawyer-says
About phosphate and its role
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-desert-rock-that-feeds-the-world/508853/
About the Moroccan wall in Western Sahara
https://book.stopthewall.org/the-moroccan-wall-in-western-sahara-a-silent-crime/
Artwork by Manolo Mesa
flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/el_messa/
ig: @manolo_mesa
Music: Sahara a pesar de las heridas, by Adel Larbi & P Solver
song: https://youtu.be/_LWhfOFt2K0
ig: @adellarbipsk
yt: @graffandstuff8156
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Re(Sources)
Cultures of Resistance Films: Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara [Documentary]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QzRzm4uFxU
ARSO - Association de soutien à un référendum libre et régulier au Sahara Occidenta
https://www.arso.org/index.htm
Sahrawi Association in the USA
https://sahrawiusa.com/
Vice News: The Sahara's Forgotten War (Full Length)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju4WrjiJbGc
The Sahrawi art of resistance
https://emmausstockholm.se/the-sahrawi-art-of-resistance/
Spain switch to legitimizing the occupation
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2023/2/3/will-spains-new-position-on-western-sahara-make-a-difference
Dirty green energy on occupied land
https://wsrw.org/en/news/renewable-energy
Ex-MEP charged in EU corruption scandal admits links to Morocco
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/01/18/ex-mep-charged-in-eu-corruption-scandal-admits-links-to-qatar-morocco-lawyer-says
About phosphate and its role
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-desert-rock-that-feeds-the-world/508853/
About the Moroccan wall in Western Sahara
https://book.stopthewall.org/the-moroccan-wall-in-western-sahara-a-silent-crime/
Artwork by Manolo Mesa
flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/el_messa/
ig: @manolo_mesa
Music: Sahara a pesar de las heridas, by Adel Larbi & P Solver
song: https://youtu.be/_LWhfOFt2K0
ig: @adellarbipsk
yt: @graffandstuff8156
