Elia Ayoub is joined by Ayman Makarem (Politically Depressed) to talk about the Ceuta ‘incident’ which left at least 70 people dead, the political discourse in Europe, the Moroccan monarchy’s cynicism, and the danger that is Fortress Europe – including for Europeans.
Links:
Border Violence Monitoring Network
Hauntologies: On Ceuta
Elia’s Links
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TFTT is a proud member of From The Periphery Media Collective. Check out other projects: Politically Depressed | Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution | From The Periphery Podcast | The Mutual Aid Podcast
Credits:
Elia Ayoub (host, producer, episode design), israa’ (Sound Editor), Rap and Revenge (Music), Wenyi Geng (TFTT theme design), Hisham Rifai (FTP theme design), Molly Crabapple (FTP team profile pics) and Antidote Zine (Transcriptions).
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