Welcome to another episode of our podcast Abolition, Liberation, Solidarity, A Here4TheKids Production.
Today, Saira welcomes Esther Farmer to the podcast. Esther was born in the United States to Palestinian Jewish parents.
Her parents were fervently anti-Zionist and were active politically, causing the FBI to visit her house several times as a child and leading her father to be brought before the House Un-American Committee to testify.
She has spent more than 50 years of her life as an activist, fighting for racial equity on college campuses, and advocating a free Palestinian state.
Esther is on the leadership team of the New York branch of Jewish Voice for Peace, which has been one of the groups leading the peaceful protests against the Israeli genocide. She was part of the demonstration recently where Jewish elder women chained themselves to the White House fence to demand action from President Biden.
She is also the editor of the book A Land with a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism, which is a collection of essays, poetry, and art. Esther also wrote and directed the theater project Wrestling with Zionism.
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