We Rise brings you stories, interviews, and music to nourish our imaginations in service of collective liberation. Guided by Toni Cade Bambara’s call to make the revolution irresistible, each show explores the practice of solidarity in today’s freedom movements.
Please note that our first 15 episodes also aired on KPFA's sister station KPFB.
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The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation: Mission Impossible | EP 3
In our third episode of The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation, we sit down with Raji Sourani, an expert witness and one of the most prominent Palestinian Human Rights lawyers. Raji has spent his livelihood defending the rights of Palestinians at the International Criminal Court of Justice, zionist military courts, and national jurisdictions across Europe. As founder of the Palestinian Center of Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza, he and his team of lawyers have documented and archived the violations of Palestinian rights by military courts and the military courts for over 30 years. In 2024, Raji and PCHR joined South Africa’s legal team at the International Criminal Court of Justice to provide evidence for the case of genocide brought against the zionist occupation.
In our conversation, we talk about the state of taking the zionist occupation to court for violations of international law, his team’s archiving and preserving of evidence at a time of genocide, and what the tribunal means to him as a strategy for Palestinian liberation.
We want to note that this is one of our more sobering conversations from this series, and we encourage you to take care of yourself as you listen.
ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES MENTIONED
Read the Full Proceedings Here: internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/ (http://internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/)
Palestinian Center for Human Rights | IG: @pchrgaza | pchrgaza.org (https://pchrgaza.org) (https://chrgaza.org)
A Predatory State: Israel’s Systemic Sexualized and Gendered Violence Against Palestinians | predatorystate.org (https://predatorystate.org)
PRODUCERS
Cat Petru, We Rise Co-Director & Lead Audio Producer
Hannah Alzgal, We Rise Apprentice
Maisa Morrar, We Rise Collaborator & Host of Rising for Our Motherlands (https://www.weriseproduction.com/rising-for-our-motherlands)
GRATITUDE
Thank you to MACBA: the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, for sharing their tribunal audio recordings with us, & to the coalition of event organizers for inviting us to bring the Tribunal to you.
Thank you to We Rise co-director & artist nicole gervacio for creating the podcast art.
The music in this series was recorded live at the Tribunal, thank you to musicians Giuliano Modarelli & Danio Catanuto.
14 Oct 2026
The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation: Grassroots Baddies | EP 2
In our second episode of The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation, we sit down with Azra Syed, the Secretary General of the International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS), an anti-imperialist, democratic, & socialist organization. ILPS is one of the core organizers of this tribunal & has been an international force for Palestinian liberation.
As part of the international leadership of ILPS, Azra shares with us why the alliance took on organizing a tribunal on ecocide, what it means to build an international movement between the global north and south, & how naming ecocide in Palestine calls out ecocide everywhere.
ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES MENTIONED
Read the Full Proceedings Here: internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/ (http://internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/)
International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) | IG: @ilps_official | peoplesstruggle.org
People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty | IG: @pcfsglobal | pcfs.global
PRODUCERS
Cat Petru, We Rise Co-Director & Lead Audio Producer
Hannah Alzgal, We Rise Apprentice
Maisa Morrar, We Rise Collaborator & Host of Rising for Our Motherlands (https://www.weriseproduction.com/rising-for-our-motherlands)
GRATITUDE
Thank you to MACBA: the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, for sharing their tribunal audio recordings with us, & to the coalition of event organizers for inviting us to bring the Tribunal to you.
Thank you to We Rise co-director & artist nicole gervacio for creating the podcast art.
The music in this series was recorded live at the Tribunal, thank you to musicians Giuliano Modarelli & Danio Catanuto.
7 Oct 2026
The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation: The Legal Precedent | EP 1
In our first episode of The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation, we sit down with Edre Olalia, The Amicus Curae, otherwise known as the Friend of The Court. Edre is a people’s lawyer serving the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, representing the national liberation movement in peace negotiations with the government of the Philippines.
With Edre, we focus on the legal tactic of people’s tribunals as a grassroots strategy for Palestinian liberation.
We sat down with Edre at the end of Day One of the Tribunal. In the near background, you’ll hear movement people with decades of struggle & camaraderie coming together after the Jurors adjourned the court.
ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES MENTIONED
Read the Full Proceedings Here: internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/ (http://internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/)
National Democratic Front of the Philippines | ndfp.info (https://ndfp.info)
International Democratic Association of Lawyers | iadllaw.org (https://iadllaw.org)
National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers | nupl.net (https://nupl.net)
PRODUCERS
Cat Petru, We Rise Co-Director & Lead Audio Producer
Hannah Alzgal, We Rise Apprentice
Maisa Morrar, We Rise Collaborator & Host of Rising for Our Motherlands (https://www.weriseproduction.com/rising-for-our-motherlands)
GRATITUDE
Thank you to MACBA: the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, for sharing their tribunal audio recordings with us, & to the coalition of event organizers for inviting us to bring the Tribunal to you.
Thank you to We Rise co-director & artist nicole gervacio for creating the podcast art.
The music in this series was recorded live at the Tribunal, thank you to musicians Giuliano Modarelli & Danio Catanuto.
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