Nakba 75: A Conversation with South African Leader, Chief Mandela

<p>We are honored to host Chief Mandela, grandson of late South African anti-apartheid leader and political prisoner, Nelson Mandela. This show is in collaboration with<a href="https://uspcn.org/" target="_blank"> U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)</a> and the <a href="https://naarpr.org/" target="_blank">National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (NAARPR)</a> as they prepare to host Chief Mandela on a six-city tour across Turtle Island. </p> <p>This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Nakba (&quot;Catastrophe&quot; in English), when over 750,000 Palestinians were banished from their homes upon the formation of the settler-colonial state of Israel. Today, there are close to five million Palestinian refugees who continue to demand their Right to Return to their homes and lands.</p> <p>Chief Mandela, also the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council, holds a degree and a post-graduate diploma in Political Science and International Studies from Rhodes University. Unabashed in his support for the Palestinian people, and a progressive who advocates and fights for justice for oppressed people across the world, just like his grandfather did, Chief Mandela speaks regularly about Palestinian liberation and resistance to zionist settler-colonialism at conferences, rallies, and other events across the world.</p> <p>In honor of the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, the <a href="https://palestinianfeministcollective.org/" target="_blank">Palestinian Feminist Collective</a> releases the following statement:</p> <p>On the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, we, the Palestinian Feminist Collective, express deep gratitude to the indigenous communities across Turtle Island, the original stewards of this land in deep solidarity with their continued presence and struggle. The PFC stands with its co-strugglers against all forms of racialized and genocidal state violence. </p> <p>Since 1948, the Palestinian people have been subjected to these forms of violence. On this day we remember our on-going Nakba, an