When we have such a romantic and idealistic view of technology, and assume that that's the only thing standing between us and a better future, we're essentially surrendering the powers of our imagination, our own commitment to justice and struggle to the potential and non-existent goodwill of a set of elites who have their own designs on what they want us to be doing with their products and the influence that they want them to have within the broader world.

Omar Zahzah joins us to discuss his new book, Terms of Servitude: Zionism, Silicon Valley, and Digital/Settler-Colonialism in the Palestinian Liberation Struggle (Seven Stories Press). "This Day in Rotten History" from Renaldo Migaldi follows the interview.

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Guest

Omar Zahzah

Omar Zahzah is a writer, poet, artist,musician,freelance journalist,and Assistant Professor of Arab, Muslim, Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University.An organizer for Palestinian liberation for over ten years, Omar is the former Education and Advocacy Coordinator for Eyewitness Palestine, a role that saw him training delegates to Palestine on Palestinian political history and culture and racial justice. Omar’s writing on Palestine has appeared in outlets such as The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, The Nation, and the New York Times. Omar holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCLA.

US Big Tech Supports Israeli Settler Colonialism / Omar Zahzah

Omar Zahzah