The Owen Jones Podcast

Israel Killed 23 Members Of His Family. Now He Holds The Media To Account.

Most of us have suffered bereavements: but how do you even begin to process 23 members of your family being killed, including little children, caused by unimaginable violence? Ahmed Alnaouq is a Palestinian journalist co-founder of We Are Not Numbers (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVExNXAzRjBEeDctTDVLYUtUNHVlTmJXT1FJUXxBQ3Jtc0tuR0R2S1hPRUFHNzFZMU4xUE15aDNlWVBNU3BRRkwzbDZDcTJBY09MeURqQmdaaGpOVFVmbG11OTNSdV9LMXVwUE5IVklTN3R6NTFWMlJ5dXpSaHNucjUzaHh2TzV5aWI1QmZwRndkb0ticEsxeS0yOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FWeAreNotNumbers%29%3A&amp;v=lHu1edIYTyk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/WeAreNotNumbers):</a> and even more horrifyingly, other family members were killed before the latest horror. But he has a crucial message - that the media shares responsibility for the massacre of Gaza. He needs to be listened to urgently.Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted. Support this show <a href="http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast" rel="payment" target="_blank">http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast</a>. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.