Welcome to the Daraja Press Podcast. Firoze: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you may be. This is Firoze Manji from Daraja Press. Today I have the honor of speaking to the author of this extraordinary novel, Flames of the Cherry Tree. It’s a sweeping, intimate portrait of a young woman’s coming of age against the backdrop of […]
On May 20, 2025, Daraja Press marked a significant literary and political moment with the launch of Unsilenced: Poems for Palestine, a stirring anthology edited by John P. Portelli. Bringing together the voices of 50 poets from across the globe, this collection weaves together art and activism, offering a lyrical testament to Palestinian resistance, resilience, and […]
Between 2021 and 2023 West Africa saw three popular military coups. Assimi Goïta became the president of Mali in 2021, Ibrahim Traoré became the president of Burkina Faso in 2022, and Abdourahamane Tchiani, became the president of Niger in 2023. The three former French colonies expelled French and US military. They withdrew from ECOWAS, the […]
Firoze Manji and Nnimmo Bassey discuss the environmental threats posed by the Trump administration’s policies, particularly the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and the prioritization of oil and gas drilling. Bassey highlights the severe environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, including contaminated water and soil, and the health impacts on local communities. He emphasizes the […]
A society born of white supremacy and patriarchy must, by definition, ignore the voices of Black women. We know that unfortunately, such an attitude will also naturally seep into every stratum of that society. With the ascent of the Trump regime, a whole range of policies and practices are being implemented and more to be […]
Kali, of course, hardly needs an introduction, but for those of you who have not been fortunate to hear and engage with Kali, let me say a few words about him: Kali Akuno is the co-founder of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson Mississippi. He is the co-editor of Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and […]
Busia Senator and activist lawyer Okiya Omtatah recently declared his intent to run for president of Kenya in 2027. Over his career, Omtatah has sued multinationals, government, politicians, and many others on behalf of the public interest and promises to focus on “anti-corruption measures” and executing the Constitution. We’ve spent many hours helping people understand […]
Palestine is personal for writer, Yahia Lababidi. His Palestinian grandmother, Rabiha Dajani — educator, activist and social worker — was forced to flee her ancestral home in Jerusalem at gunpoint some eighty years ago. As an Arab-American, Lababidi feels deeply betrayed by the USA’s blind support of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. In Palestine Wail, he reminds […]
In the remnants of a fractured UK, England is on the brink of collapse where far-right militias rise to power. As Islamophobia and English nationalism ignite brutal violence, 19-year-old Marah Sultana is thrust into a fight for survival. Hunted by forces seeking control, she carries a secret powerful enough to change the course of the […]
As many of our listeners will know, there have been racist uprisings across England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The trigger for the riots was disinformation: that three small girls stabbed to death in Southport on 29 July had been killed by a Muslim asylum seeker. In fact, the suspected killer was born in Cardiff to […]
In this second interview, Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, Mississippi, is back to update us on the implications of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. His view is that there is a strong likelihood now that Trump will win the elections. The Pentagon and others may well resist the strategy of the […]
Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson https://cooperationjackson.org, Mississippi, speaks to Firoze Manji about the way in which the US right has organized and developed a well-thought strategy for taking control and transforming the entire political and social structure, even to the extent of planning changes to the US constitution. He discusses the implications […]
Joe Kobuthi, senior editor of The Elephant (elephant.info), speaks to Firoze Manji on the background to the uprisings in Kenya. To understand why there have been such mobilizations, we have to look at the history of Kenya, the struggle for independence, the loss of real independence, the domination of neoliberal capitalism, and the situation in […]
Zarina you have left usTo be with us always You were there when workers marched for adequate wagesYou were there when peasants marched to defend their landsYou marched with all who march to demand adequate sheltersYou marched with students rejecting education for sale and profitWho demanded education for self-confidence and pride in us Kenyan peopleYou, […]
A statement from Publishers for Palestine calling for a ceasefire and denouncing repression of Palestinian solidarity. November 3, 2023 We invite publishers, editors, and writers around the world who stand for justice, freedom of expression, and the power of the written word, to sign this letter and join our global solidarity collective, Publishers for Palestine. We […]
I met with Lina Andrew (from Tanzania), Ange David Baimey (from Côte d’Ivoire), and Susan Nakacwa (from Uganda) in Colombia while attending a meeting of the GRAIN board in Colombia. The interview was also broadcast on Amandla! Radio, CKUT 90.3 FM
Welcome to the Daraja Press Podcast. Firoze: Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, wherever you may be. This is Firoze Manji from Daraja Press. Today I have the honor of speaking to the author of this extraordinary novel, Flames of the Cherry Tree. It’s a sweeping, intimate portrait of a young woman’s coming of age against the backdrop of […]
On May 20, 2025, Daraja Press marked a significant literary and political moment with the launch of Unsilenced: Poems for Palestine, a stirring anthology edited by John P. Portelli. Bringing together the voices of 50 poets from across the globe, this collection weaves together art and activism, offering a lyrical testament to Palestinian resistance, resilience, and […]
Between 2021 and 2023 West Africa saw three popular military coups. Assimi Goïta became the president of Mali in 2021, Ibrahim Traoré became the president of Burkina Faso in 2022, and Abdourahamane Tchiani, became the president of Niger in 2023. The three former French colonies expelled French and US military. They withdrew from ECOWAS, the […]
Firoze Manji and Nnimmo Bassey discuss the environmental threats posed by the Trump administration’s policies, particularly the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and the prioritization of oil and gas drilling. Bassey highlights the severe environmental degradation in the Niger Delta, including contaminated water and soil, and the health impacts on local communities. He emphasizes the […]
A society born of white supremacy and patriarchy must, by definition, ignore the voices of Black women. We know that unfortunately, such an attitude will also naturally seep into every stratum of that society. With the ascent of the Trump regime, a whole range of policies and practices are being implemented and more to be […]
Kali, of course, hardly needs an introduction, but for those of you who have not been fortunate to hear and engage with Kali, let me say a few words about him: Kali Akuno is the co-founder of Cooperation Jackson in Jackson Mississippi. He is the co-editor of Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and […]
Busia Senator and activist lawyer Okiya Omtatah recently declared his intent to run for president of Kenya in 2027. Over his career, Omtatah has sued multinationals, government, politicians, and many others on behalf of the public interest and promises to focus on “anti-corruption measures” and executing the Constitution. We’ve spent many hours helping people understand […]
Palestine is personal for writer, Yahia Lababidi. His Palestinian grandmother, Rabiha Dajani — educator, activist and social worker — was forced to flee her ancestral home in Jerusalem at gunpoint some eighty years ago. As an Arab-American, Lababidi feels deeply betrayed by the USA’s blind support of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. In Palestine Wail, he reminds […]
In the remnants of a fractured UK, England is on the brink of collapse where far-right militias rise to power. As Islamophobia and English nationalism ignite brutal violence, 19-year-old Marah Sultana is thrust into a fight for survival. Hunted by forces seeking control, she carries a secret powerful enough to change the course of the […]
As many of our listeners will know, there have been racist uprisings across England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. The trigger for the riots was disinformation: that three small girls stabbed to death in Southport on 29 July had been killed by a Muslim asylum seeker. In fact, the suspected killer was born in Cardiff to […]
In this second interview, Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, Mississippi, is back to update us on the implications of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. His view is that there is a strong likelihood now that Trump will win the elections. The Pentagon and others may well resist the strategy of the […]
Kali Akuno, co-founder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson https://cooperationjackson.org, Mississippi, speaks to Firoze Manji about the way in which the US right has organized and developed a well-thought strategy for taking control and transforming the entire political and social structure, even to the extent of planning changes to the US constitution. He discusses the implications […]
Joe Kobuthi, senior editor of The Elephant (elephant.info), speaks to Firoze Manji on the background to the uprisings in Kenya. To understand why there have been such mobilizations, we have to look at the history of Kenya, the struggle for independence, the loss of real independence, the domination of neoliberal capitalism, and the situation in […]
Zarina you have left usTo be with us always You were there when workers marched for adequate wagesYou were there when peasants marched to defend their landsYou marched with all who march to demand adequate sheltersYou marched with students rejecting education for sale and profitWho demanded education for self-confidence and pride in us Kenyan peopleYou, […]
A statement from Publishers for Palestine calling for a ceasefire and denouncing repression of Palestinian solidarity. November 3, 2023 We invite publishers, editors, and writers around the world who stand for justice, freedom of expression, and the power of the written word, to sign this letter and join our global solidarity collective, Publishers for Palestine. We […]
I met with Lina Andrew (from Tanzania), Ange David Baimey (from Côte d’Ivoire), and Susan Nakacwa (from Uganda) in Colombia while attending a meeting of the GRAIN board in Colombia. The interview was also broadcast on Amandla! Radio, CKUT 90.3 FM
Zarina you have left usTo be with us always You were there when workers marched for adequate wagesYou were there when peasants marched to defend their landsYou marched with all who march to demand adequate sheltersYou marched with students rejecting education for sale and profitWho demanded education for self-confidence and pride in us Kenyan peopleYou, […]
A statement from Publishers for Palestine calling for a ceasefire and denouncing repression of Palestinian solidarity. November 3, 2023 We invite publishers, editors, and writers around the world who stand for justice, freedom of expression, and the power of the written word, to sign this letter and join our global solidarity collective, Publishers for Palestine. We […]
