Rebel Matters Podcast

Mar 07 2025 100 ep. 71 mins 185

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Internationalist anti-imperial podcast out of Belfast, Éire. Supported in full by our patrons on patreon.com/rebelmatters

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117: Mars Verrone. ‘Union’ and The Power of Independent Film.

Mar 07 2025 64 mins

This week’s episode is with Mars Verrone, producer of the documentary Union which is a fatastic film about the Amazon workers labour union, which was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. We discussed the conditions that the people in Amazon factories are working under and their fight for better working conditions, making this film and the importance of independent film

116: Michael Magee. ‘Close To Home’ And Breaking Into The Publishing World As A Working Class Author

Jan 16 2025 70 mins

This week’s episode is with Belfast author Michael Magee who released his acclaimed debut novel Close To Home in 2023. We discussed West Belfast in the 90s and beyond, the challenged of authors from working class backgrounds to break through in the publishing world, Michael’s process for writing Close To Home and his plans for future work. Rebel Matters is available on many of

115: Mohammad Alazza. Palestinian Resistance and International Solidarity.

Nov 30 2024 74 mins

This week’s episode is a conversation with the director of the Lajee Centre in the Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem Palestine. We discuss the situation in the West Bank, ongoing work at Lajee Centre, the western media portrayal of Palestine, the Palestinian Authority, and the international solidarity movement. Long -time listeners of the show may remember Mohammad from Episode 41 bac

114: Eoghan McNeill. Reporting on Ireland's Complicity in Genocide.

Nov 07 2024 44 mins

This week's episode is with Eoghan McNeill from The Ditch. We discussed the recent Ditch reports on the use of Irish airports and airspace for the transport of weapons being used directly in the genocide in Palestine, and how these reports have been received by both the mainstream media and the government parties who have it within their power to end Ireland’s complicity in genoc

113: Salah Hamouri. Imprisonment, Deportation, and Priorities of International Palestine Solidarity

Nov 01 2024 53 mins

Salah Hamouri is a Palestinian lawer from West Jerusalem. In this episode we discuss the events that led to Salah's arrest and deportation, the currrent situation in Paletsine, and priorities for international Palestine solidarity. Rebel Matters is available on many of the usual podcast platforms and our website www.rebelmatters.ie. The show is greatefully supported in full by our

112: Ed Horgan. US Military Use of Irish Airports and Airspace in the Name of Genocide.

Oct 24 2024 52 mins

Ed Horgan is a founding member of the Shannon Watch campaign and has been monitoring the use of Shannon Airport and Irish airspace by the US military over the course of the last 25 years. Ed is a former Commandant and former UN Peacekeeper and has consistently highlighted the illegality and breaches of Irish and international law as the US continue to use Shannon airport for the tr

111: Síomha Brock

Nov 04 2022 59 mins

This is a special episode, and one that was a long time in the making. Síomha Brock and I sat down by the fireside and recoded this conversation while a storm raged outside. During this episode we talk through the process of the creation of Síomha's maiden album 'Infinite Space'. The chat navigates through the unique process in which the album was made, a discussion on the merits

110: Navigating Overwhelm

Aug 02 2022 66 mins

This weeks episode is a solo run discussing strategies and routines to handle periods of high workload. I discuss the idea of checking in with ones-self when the going gets tough, actions that create maximal results in relation to the effort it takes to carry out the actions, the transience of stressful periods, and the importance of reminding ourselves that our self worth is more

109: Echlas Al-Azza

Jun 24 2022 61 mins

We are back on the road! This is the first episode in a while after my 3 month spell living and working in the Aida refugee camp on @aclaipalestine Today’s guest on the show is Echlas Al-Azza, a Palestinian refugee with muscular atrophy living in the Alazza camp. Echlas is also my Arabic teacher whom I visited twice per week to start my Arabic learning journey. The Alazza camp is

108: Caoimhe Butterly

Mar 07 2022 75 mins

Today we have an International Women's Day special with Caoimhe Butterly. I first met Caoimhe when we hosted a delegation of Zapatistas at ACLAÍ in 2021, and was really happy to get a chance to chat to her at length for this episode. Caoimhe is a human rights campaigner, educator, film-maker and therapist who has spent over twenty years working in humanitarian and social justice c