Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack We said we'd return to the horrific attack on Parnell Square that injured several people and left a 5 year old child in critical condition, and the subsequent chaotic scenes that played out in Dublin

1154. Dublin Riots and a Gaza Ceasefire

Nov 24th, 2023 32m 22s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack If you read the piece A Lucky Gazan Routine, that we posted a few days ago by 20 year old Literature Student, Noar Diab, then you'll be familiar with her experiences of the last 49 days. If you haven'

1151. Argentina’s Chainsaw Milei, Luis Díaz’s Dad’s Kidnappers and Latin America on Gaza

Nov 22nd, 2023 38m 43s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Argentina only went and bloody did it. They elected the chainsaw wielding, tantric sex coaching, ultra-neoliberal and libertarian, Javier Milei. So What Now? Rejoining us on the podcast is Colombian j

1147. Bashar Murad – A Hug Amongst All the Darkness

Nov 19th, 2023 24m 5s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Bashar Murad is a Palestinian singer, lyricist, director and composer born and raised in Jerusalem. Bashar uses pop music and art as a vehicle to challenge stereotypes, normativity and to highlight so

2. A Shared Struggle – Palestine and Ireland

Nov 18th, 2023 44m 5s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack The second episode of Palcast discusses the shared struggle of the Palestinian and Irish peoples. From Captain Boycott, to Bloody Balfour, to hunger strikes, Dr Yousef Aljamal, Helena Cobban and Tony

1143. “We Won’t Fix Housing Unless We Vote Out Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil” – Eoin Ó Broin

Nov 17th, 2023 56m 52s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack There is a lot going on, but we can't lose sight of the housing crisis that continues to make life miserable and unaffordable for tens of thousands of our citizens, and while the housing crisis was cr

1140. The West Bank with Gareth Browne in Ramallah

Nov 12th, 2023 35m 42s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack (Note: The first 15 minutes of this podcast (patron-only) are more about domestic politics) As the world watches events in Gaza, the West Bank is also in a state of chaotic violence. Joining us on the

1145. “We Prefer to Die Together” – Mahmoud Mushtaha from inside Al-Shifa Hospital

Nov 10th, 2023 20m 57s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: The podcast opens with a voice note sent from Zak Hania that some listeners may find upsetting I was rejoined on the podcast by our friend and young Gazan journalist, Mahmoud Mushtaha, from insid

1141. ‘They’ve Destroyed My Home’ – Child of the Nakba, Asad Abusharkh

Nov 7th, 2023 21m 59s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Asad Abusharkh has been a legend in the anti-apartheid movement for decades. Asad, a child of the Nakba, has dedicated his life to fight for not just Palestinian freedom, but the freedom of all people

1137. Gaza, Hamas and 75 Years of Palestinian Resistance

Nov 6th, 2023 50m 7s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Note: Hours after this podcast the Israeli army bombed and destroyed Muhammad's family home. He's not a terrorist. This is collective punishment. It was a great pleasure to be joined on the podcast by

1138. Inside Al-Shifa Hospital with Mahmoud Mushtaha

Nov 5th, 2023 22m 29s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Journalist, Mahmoud Mushtaha, rejoined us from Al-Shifa Hospital to tell us about the latest inside the hospital. He explains how Doctors are coping under the most awful of circumstance and how some d

1135. Israel-Palestine with Mahmoud, Zak and Senator Tom Clonan

Nov 3rd, 2023 42m 32s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This is a 4 part podcast. The first part is a report from journalist Mahmoud Mushtaha in Gaza (via eSim thank you all very much) about the latest in the area, then Senator Tom Clonan, joins us to talk

1133. Lies, Damned Lies and Netanyahu Statements

Nov 2nd, 2023 38m 43s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Note: Shortly after this recording Loay discovered that his cousin, Ashraf El-Basyouni, was killed by an Israeli airstrike. May he Rest in Peace. Our friend, NASA Engineer and Palestinian, Loay Elbasy

1132. Israel-Palestine: ‘Abdullah Musleh sits weeping and crouched on a sea of rubble’

Oct 31st, 2023 25m 49s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Note: The podcast opens with a voice note sent by a clearly distressed Zak in Gaza. It was a pleasure to be rejoined by the best reporter on immigration in Ireland, the Dublin Inquirer's Shamim Malek

1134. The Jabalya Massacre: “What is the world waiting for? We are dying!”

Oct 31st, 2023 16m 58s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Note: Zak left me a very disturbing voice note a few minutes after we finished recording the podcast and you'll hear it at the very start. Please help We received news of another massacre in the Jabal

1130. Israel-Palestine: ‘The Silence is Killing Us More Than The Bombs’

Oct 27th, 2023 23m 24s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack CW: This podcast contains subjects that some listeners might find distressing. Palestinan-Irish man, Zak, lived in Dublin for 17 years. He's in Gaza City now with his family and describes in the most

324. Israel-Palestine – The Gaza Death March

Oct 26th, 2023 33m 16s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack " I ran from death in Gaza City to find it in Rafah" If you've been with us a while you'll have heard from author, academic, researcher with Politics Today and proud Gazan, Dr Yousef M Aljamal, before

1127. Israel-Palestine: ‘I Taught Him English When He Was a Little Kid’

Oct 24th, 2023 29m 7s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Last week following the airstrike on the Al Ahil Baptist Hospital, we spoke with Dr Refaat Alareer, who at the time said that he was lucky to be safe at home with provisions of food and a generator to

1109. Class in Action – Aoife Moore and Emmet Kirwan

Oct 23rd, 2023 50m 39s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Hey folks, a big thank you to you all for being part of this little community you have all helped to build. Without you there is no shack and there are no nights like last This! This is actually part

1123. Israel-Palestine: Afaf Al Najjar Asks You a Question

Oct 20th, 2023 25m 47s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack There are no words to describe the awful collective punishment that continues to be dished out by the Netanyahu government on the citizens of Gaza. But we continue to try highlight them with people on

1121. Eight Days of Carnage: Israel-Palestine and Some Things That Cannot Be Said

Oct 15th, 2023 55m 35s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This is a very special episode of our Sunday show. We are joined by Mr Irish Election Projections, Harry McEvansoneya, to discuss the latest polls, the HSE recruitment freeze, RTE back at the PAC, Tom

1119. Israel-Palestine – “Maybe it is the last time that we talk” with Mahmoud Mushtaha

Oct 13th, 2023 37m 12s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this podcast you'll hear from an emotional Mahmoud Mushtaha about the incredible cruelty of the Israeli military's bombardment and orders to evacuate. We discuss in a very broad and (probably) clum

1117. Israel – Palestine: An SOS to the World

Oct 12th, 2023 31m 5s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Joining me for the first time on the podcast from Gaza, Palestine, is 21 year old English Literature Student and volunteer with wearenotnumbers.org, Afaf Al Najjar. She outlines the situation inside G

1116. Israel – Palestine “Running For Our Lives”

Oct 10th, 2023 34m 55s

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It has been another bloody and brutal 36hrs in Israel and Palestine, with the destruction of schools, homes and hospitals and air strikes leaving hundreds of people dead and thousands more injured. J

1111. Exclusive: Second Tree – Justice for Fatmata

Oct 8th, 2023 32m 32s

Please join us at patreon.com TW: Contains subjects that people may find upsetting. But please listen. It was a great to be rejoined on the podcast by co-founder of secondtree.org Giovanni Fontana, to get an update on the campaign to get justic