The Owen Jones Podcast

Rumours are circulating that the International Criminal Court will issue arrest warrants against Israel's rulers, and Hamas' leaders too. Western states are furiously lobbying to stop them - but the case is beyond overwhelming.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This behaviour is so shameless, it's hard to even know where to begin.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is so important.I'm joined by Sherene Razack, Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies in the Department of Gender Studies at UCLA, and Saree Makdisi, literary critic and Professor of English Literature at UCLASupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephen Kapos is an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor from Budapest, and here he tells me about the horrors he survived - and why Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.He's such an inspiring voice, full of moral clarity, and it was a privilege to listen to him.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine London fell to the most extreme Tory imaginable.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Beyond belief.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a bunch of raging hypocrites.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Student protests over Gaza at Columbia University have become international headline, with young protesters becoming vilified. But what's the truth?History professor Nara Milanich joins me to explain exactly what is going on.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Left-wing icon Yanis Varoufakis and award-winning filmmaker Raoul Martinez have teamed together on a new docuseries In The Eye Of The Storm - and here we talk about Yanis Varoufakis being banned from Germany over Gaza, about the attempt to crush dissent, capitalism - and why there is hope.Watch their new docuseries here!: http://www.eyeofthestorm.infoand the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@EyeOfTheStorm.Podcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel's claims about Gaza's main humanitarian agency fall apart - but leave a catastrophic human impact.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the confrontation which has become international news, and become the latest incident seized upon by politicians and media outlets to demonise protesters against Israel's murderous onslaught.Gideon Falter - who heads a group called 'Campaign Against Antisemitism' - released a clip about his confrontation with a police officer. But far more information has since come to light - so what is the full truth? We examine here in detail.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a case study in genocidal mania.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's a reason media outlets and politicians are trying to make you focus on protesters against this hideous atrocity.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It should have been honest that the Israeli state was lying from the start about this specific atrocity. Once again, that's been proven. But the lessons are never learned.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The consequences would be beyond catastrophic. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a case study in how the Western media facilitated one of the great crimes of our age.Read The Intercept's piece here: https://theintercept.com/2024/04/15/nyt-israel-gaza-genocide-palestine-coverage/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Both shocking - and a statement of what should be the obvious.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Germany is persecuting Jews in the name of combating antisemitism. The world is turned upside down.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They know they're defending the indefensible.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel bombed Iran's consulate, knowing full well what would happen. The consequences could be calamitous.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Germany just shut down the Palestine Congress in Berlin. It is arresting Jews, being complicit in genocide, whipping up racism, and shutting down democratic freedoms. Is this atoning for your past, Germany?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have so much to talk about: the risk of war with Iran, shifting US opinion, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Israel's policies of extermination, intentional famine - and so much more.I'm joined by the brilliant Palestinian-American analyst Omar Badder.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will Israel get its wish - an armed confrontation with Iran? We're joined by brilliant American-Iranian analyst and author Trita Parsi, co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the Cass Review mean, what are the myths and realities about healthcare for trans people - and what happens next? Really honoured to be joined by Dr. Aidan Kelly, clinical director at Gender Plus, and journalist Freddy McConnell.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week, I came under ferocious attack for pointing out that Germany was forcing the Palestinian people to pay for its own heinous crimes. At the International Court of Justice, this argument was brutally vindicated.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel is slaughtering Palestinian journalists and preventing foreign journalists from entering Gaza - because they're trying to cover up their crimes. So it's our responsibility to do everything we can to expose the truth.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Annelle Sheline resigned from the US State Department over Israel's onslaught against Gaza. Here she tells me about her courageous resignation - and the hideous role of US official policy.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gideon Levy is a courageous Israeli journalist who speaks the damning truths about Israel's murderous war on Gaza. We have a lot to talk about.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Israeli state cannot be allowed to get away with this.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hundreds of legal professionals - including judges and lawyers - have signed a letter warning Britain is in violation of international law over Israel. This is big.I speak to Raju Bhatt, a solicitor who sets out why this matters so much. Here's the letter: https://lawyersletter.uk/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yesterday, I went on TV to discuss Israel's genocidal war on Gaza with Israeli influencer Hen Mazzig. Then this happened.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This has to be heard to be believed.Read the incredible work from  @972mag  here: https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If this doesn't make you question mainstream media outlets - what will?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Israel thinks it can get away with anything it wants, and as it stands, it can.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Khalil Sayegh is a Palestinian Christian from Gaza - and his story about his family, Israeli occupation, Hamas, and the current genocide is incredibly powerful, and must be heard.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's up to you whether you let them get away with it.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm joined live from Rafah by James Elder, spokesperson for UNICEF, on the mass destruction of Gaza, looming famine, the impact on children - and what an Israeli assault on Rafah actually means.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These comments are sensational.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just a crumb of actual political argument is all I'm asking for!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He went from working-class east Londoner to Citibank's most profitable trader. He made his millions by predicting that inequality dooms our economic model.We discuss his bestselling new book - The Trading Game: A Confession - and why our economic model dooms us to falling living standards, and unless we can get our act together, fascism will triumph.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And after all the poison and lies he shared on behalf of the Israeli state, too.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's not looking good for the Israeli state.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I explained why I can't vote for Labour's Emily Thornberry - my local MP, who I've voted for 3 times - ever again, and why Israel's apologists can't get away with scrubbing away what they did after one of the worst crimes of our age.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is beyond shocking,Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Driscoll should be Labour's dream candidate. He won his election for the North of Tyne Mayor, and was a hugely successful and popular leader. Then Keir Starmer's machine blocked him from standing as Mayor of the North East - why? Because he stands for a real alternative.I had a chat with Jamie - who is being backed by new campaign group We Deserve Better - about leaving Labour, won't it just let the Tories win, about whether Starmer will be better in power - and if a genuine alternative can triumph.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new al-Jazeera documentary finally offers the most definitive story of that fateful day - and I talk through the shocking claims of real atrocities and false claims with journalist Richard Sanders.Watch the documentary here: https://i-unit.io/October7Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia was correctly booted out - but Israel wasn't. What does that tell you?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There has been an abject failure to accurately reflect the horror of Israel's massacre of Gaza - but the truth cannot be completely suppressed.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Think there's no hope? Think again. This is how: https://wedeservebetter.uk/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's this specifically which makes you ask - how will a Labour government be meaningfully be different from the Tories?Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.