Chasing My Dream in a Genocide

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Dr Niall Conroy is a consultant in public health medicine and adjunct professor of public health in UCC. He's also a person who has fought epidemics and pandemics in Sierra Leone, Australia and Ireland. He joins me to discuss the chainsaw that RFK Jnr is taking to the US's Human Health Services, the CDC and the impact globally this might have. Inequality, wellness, homelessness and standing on your head at Electric Picnic all feature. Honestly, the lad from Tallaght is top notch. The Child Poverty Podcast with Children's Rights Alliance is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138724146 Support Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-two-134250846

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We Tell Our Stories Hani Mahmoud decided 23 months ago to shift from academia and to stand in front of the camera in order to tell the story of Gaza and its people. He works as the Aljazeera English correspondent in Gaza, becoming one of the most important journalists alive, sharing with the world a story that would otherwise go untold or manipulated. Tune in to learn about Hani, his work and the people of Gaza, from whom he takes his strength to continue. Tadhg Hickey on the Drone Strike on the Global Sumud Flotilla:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138604625

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Nour Abo Aisha is a writer, journalist, and translator from Gaza. She writes about living under the siege, memory, displacement, and survival; from her own life and the lives of those around her in Gaza. For Nour, writing is a form of resistance against erasure and a voice that breaks through imposed silence. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Prism Reports, Mondoweiss, and Al Jazeera Net, and she is also a member of We Are Not Numbers. She joins us from Gaza City as the Israeli military rains both bombs and paper warnings to leave now or perish. The Flotilla Drone Attack Pod with Tadhg Hickey is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138604625

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Late last night an incendiary device was fired at the Global Sumud Flotilla's Steering Committee's ship (full video podcast here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138492264) The final departure as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla is due (overdue?) to leave Tunis in the coming days. Professional troublemaker and longtime Palestinian Rights activist, Paul Murphy is there now ready for the off and he joined me for a chat about what is happening there and what is like to be part of this incredible people-led movement that is trying to fill the void left open by Western Governments. Public Health Consultant Dr Niall Conroy on RFK Jnr and the war on vaccines is out now here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138145272 Paul Murphy in Tunis part 2 video podcast out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138492264

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Greg Stoker is a US army veteran with a Special Operations background. He's also an anti-imperialist activist, podcast host (Colonial Outcasts) and shipmate on the US Veterans Ship as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, that is attempting to break the blockade and deliver aid to Gaza. He joins us from off the coast of Tunis to discuss the colonial boomerang we all need to be paying attention to, the need for a global media campaign to support the flotilla, the threat from Israeli Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to lock the humanitarians up in "terror prisons" and life on a small boat when you are a six foot five inch giant. The RFK Jnr Podcast with Public Health Consultant, Dr Niall Conroy is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138145272 The latest Reboot Republic podcast with Palestinian journalist Abubaker Abed is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-138016359 Support Dignity for Palestine here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/dignity-for-two-134250846