Author Archives: Matthew Graber

About Matthew Graber

I am a feminist community organizer with a variety of interests - writing, photography, philosophy, and radio broadcast. I am an organizer with the Philadelphia Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Coalition and a co-host of Radio Against Apartheid on West Philadelphia's community radio station, WPEB 88.1.

Standing up for equality at the ‘Equality Forum’ celebration of Israel

A report from a protest at the Equality Forum’s celebration of LGBTQ rights in Israel.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 4 Comments

Radio Against Apartheid: People of Color in the US and Palestinian Queers for BDS

Darnell Moore, a visiting scholar at NYU’s Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, and Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, a Jewish Arab writer and co-founder of intersections/intersecciones consulting, joined us on the program. The two recently returned from a delegation as guests of Palestinian Queers for BDS to the occupied Palestinian territories in the West Bank.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 1 Comment

Community Radio: Media opportunity of a lifetime to build the Palestine solidarity movement

Community radio is a bridge to internet streaming, social networking, and media-making that connects new and old technologies to amplify voices of social justice.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics | 11 Comments

How we started ‘Radio against Apartheid’ in Philly

‘Radio Against Apartheid’ brings progressive, alternative views of the Middle East to the West Philadelphia community on WPEB 88.1 FM.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Media | 6 Comments

On the refusal to recognize Palestine

I’ve been reading Judith Butler and Edward Said a lot lately. I’m interested in power dynamics and what it is that drives people to do terrible things in this world.  When I came to Said’s commentary (The Question of Palestine, … Continue reading

Posted in Israel/Palestine | 11 Comments