We Rise

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We Rise brings you stories, interviews, and music to nourish our imaginations in service of collective liberation. Guided by Toni Cade Bambara’s call to make the revolution irresistible, each show explores the practice of solidarity in today’s freedom movements. Please note that our first 15 episodes also aired on KPFA's sister station KPFB. Brought to you by We Rise Cultural Production. www.weriseproduction.com

  1. 12h ago

    The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation: The Legal Precedent | EP 1

    In our first episode of The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation, we sit down with Edre Olalia, The Amicus Curae, otherwise known as the Friend of The Court. Edre is a people’s lawyer serving the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, representing the national liberation movement in peace negotiations with the government of the Philippines. With Edre, we focus on the legal tactic of people’s tribunals as a grassroots strategy for Palestinian liberation. We sat down with Edre at the end of Day One of the Tribunal. In the near background, you’ll hear movement people with decades of struggle & camaraderie coming together after the Jurors adjourned the court. ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES MENTIONED Read the Full Proceedings Here: internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/ National Democratic Front of the Philippines | ndfp.info International Democratic Association of Lawyers | iadllaw.org National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers | nupl.net PRODUCERS Cat Petru, We Rise Co-Director & Lead Audio Producer Hannah Alzgal, We Rise Apprentice Maisa Morrar, We Rise Collaborator & Host of Rising for Our Motherlands GRATITUDE Thank you to MACBA: the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, for sharing their tribunal audio recordings with us, & to the coalition of event organizers for inviting us to bring the Tribunal to you. Thank you to We Rise co-director & artist nicole gervacio for creating the podcast art. The music in this series was recorded live at the Tribunal, thank you to musicians Giuliano Modarelli & Danio Catanuto.

    The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation: The Legal Precedent | EP 1

  2. Sep 27

    The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation | TRAILER

    What does justice look like for the martyrs, survivors, & victims of zionist colonialism, imperialism, & genocide? How can today’s judicial processes & laws serve our liberation struggles? What is justice for Palestinians? In autumn of 2025, We Rise headed to Barcelona to bear witness, document, & archive the International People’s Tribunal for Palestine, titled, Right to Resist: The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation and U.S. Government. Over this 5-episode miniseries, we dive deep with survivors, experts, & tribunal organizers about the inseparable struggle between land & people, the utility & limitations of the law in service of liberation, & tapping into the power of the people when institutions fail us. Join us for weekly episodes of The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation. ORGANIZATIONS & RESOURCES MENTIONED Read the Full Proceedings Here: internationalsolidarity.org/tribunal/ International League of People’s Struggle (ILPS) | IG: @ilps_official | peoplesstruggle.org International People’s Front | IG: @internationalpeoplesfront | internationalsolidarity.org People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty | IG: @pcfsglobal | pcfs.global PRODUCERS Cat Petru, We Rise Co-Director & Lead Audio Producer Hannah Alzgal, We Rise Apprentice Maisa Morrar, We Rise Collaborator & Co-Host of Rising for Our Motherlands GRATITUDE Thank you to MACBA: the Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, for sharing their tribunal audio recordings with us, & to the coalition of event organizers for inviting us to bring the Tribunal to you. Thank you to We Rise co-director & artist nicole gervacio for creating the podcast art. The music in this series was recorded live at the Tribunal, thank you to musicians Giuliano Modarelli & Danio Catanuto. Please bear in mind, these conversations are emotionally evocative, and we encourage you to take care of yourselves as you listen. Pause when you need to. Listen with a friend. Remember, the voices you hear are part of a global chorus of solidarity with Palestine. From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Learn more & connect with us at WeRiseProduction.com and @WeRiseProduction on IG to keep up with future series & live events.

    The Palestinian People vs. The Zionist Occupation | TRAILER

  3. Sep 22

    SUBMERGE | Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds | Season 2 Trailer + Dance Series

    Welcome back to Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds! On season two, the center point of our conversations shifts to: Land. And practice. What seeds are you heartfeeding and nourishing in this season of crises, with the lands you steward? We welcome back guests from season one, and invite new guests to join our circles - crosspollinating from Lenca land and across Turtle Island. We explore queer, strange solidarities, courting relationship with land. We slow down. Dive deep and spread wide. In addition to the podcast -- we have another juicy offering to share with you! Cat and nicky will be teaching a live, in-person dance series this autumn in Huchiun, Ohlone land. The series is 5 weeks, and begins Tuesday, October 27th. Learn more + sign up at WeRiseProduction.com As the days shorten and darken, we descend into the depth and decay of autumn. This series, called Submerge, invites us into the medicine of movement to guide us through this time. Inspired by Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds season 1, we will dance our way through the 5 elements: ether to water, earth, fire, and winds. Please join us for this special offering -- which is also a fundraiser for season 2 of the podcast! Please accompany us in raising $6,000 to produce season 2 by participating in the dance series, making a contribution, and sharing this with your communities. Details + registration at WeRiseProduction.com Thank you to La Clave de Sol for sharing your beautiful music with us. You can listen to Sumergirse and more of their music on Spotify. Thank you all for listening. We can't wait to dance with you and share the powerful stories we are weaving on season two.

    SUBMERGE | Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds | Season 2 Trailer + Dance Series

  4. Aug 11

    Rising for Our Motherlands | Even In Our Dreams, Part 2 | EP 8

    We dive back in to our conversation with Tina Shauf-Bajar, organizer with GABRIELA Oakland, and Lubna Morrar, with the Palestinian Feminist Collective. After sharing our histories of migration and displacement in Part 1, we discuss how these legacies continue to shape our communities – our identities, relationships, and sense of belonging – in the diaspora today. If you haven't listened to Even in Our Dreams Part 1, Episode 6 of Rising For Our Motherlands, we encourage you to go back to listen now. Lubna Morrar is poet, hairstylist and makeup artist. She is a Palestinian community organizer and activist from the Bay Area. Tina Shauf-Bajar is a Filipino community organizing, singer and culture worker who has long been involved in migrant rights organizing, connecting struggles in her homeland to those faced by workers in the Bay Area. Together we explore how re-membering our languages, food and cultural practices are antidotes to resist pressures like assimilation and generational separation from our lands. We reflect on how embodying dignity becomes a powerful act of resistance and resilience, on the importance of cultural production as a strategy, and make space to freedom dream. Special thanks to Kendall of We Rise and KPFA for hosting us as we recorded our conversation. This episode features poetry, Try Not To Cry (a poem for Gaza) by Lubna Morrar, an excerpt from Algerian revolutionary Frantz Fanon's 1961 book The Wretched of the Earth narrated in the 2014 documentary called "Concerning Violence", and chants from a Bay Area protest. Featured music: A Time To Cry by Rim Banna, Gangsta Warrior by Mass Bass (which includes the vocals of Tina Shauf-Bajar),  Organizing Steadily by Power Struggle, Amihan & RAHSELLA, G'areeb Fi Bladi (Stranger in My Own Country) by DAM, and Palestine Will Never Die by Lowkey featuring Mai Khalil.

    Rising for Our Motherlands | Even In Our Dreams, Part 2 | EP 8

  5. May 15

    Rising for Our Motherlands | From the Sea | EP 7

    Today, on Nakba Day, we’re honored to share a very special interview with you. Nakba Day commemorates the mass displacement of Palestinians that began on May 15, 1948. “Nakba,” the Arabic word for “catastrophe,” refers to the forced expulsion of more than 750,000 Palestinians and the destruction and depopulation of over 500 Palestinian villages, towns, and cities by Zionist militias and, later, the Israeli army. In this episode, Maisa co-hosts with We Rise apprentice Hannah in an interview with Saif Abu Keshek a member of the steering committee for the Global Sumud Flotilla. This interview was recorded at the International People's Tribunal on Palestine in Barcelona, where the People's Tribunal charged the settler colonial state of Israel of genocide and ecocide in November 2025. Together, we discuss how people's tribunals can serve as both a tool and strategy in the Palestine Liberation movement. We also speak about the central role of Palestinian political prisoners in the struggle for liberation. Political prisoners are not only symbols of resistance — they are our compass, grounding the movement in steadfastness, sacrifice, and collective responsibility. Earlier this year, on April 30, Saif — a Spanish national of Palestinian origin — and Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila were abducted while sailing alongside dozens of activists as part of the latest humanitarian mission organized by the Global Sumud Flotilla. Saif and Thiago were imprisoned in Israel for 10 days under brutal conditions, where they endured torture and took part in a hunger strike. The Global Sumud Flotilla continues to sale to break the siege on Gaza. GlobalSumudFlotilla.org @GlobalSumudFlotilla We Rise will be releasing exclusive interviews with the People's Tribunal organizers and people who shared live testimony in Barcelona, stay tuned in to We Rise Production for episode release.  InternationalSolidarity.org/tribunal @InternationalPeoplesFront This episode features music by DAM, Abu Arab, Ahmad Kaabour and sounds from the the International People's Tribunal on Palestine in Barcelona.

    Rising for Our Motherlands | From the Sea | EP 7

  6. May 1

    Rising for Our Motherlands | Even In Our Dreams, Part 1 | EP 6

    In this episode, we dive into a powerful conversation about what it means to live in diaspora. As people whose homelands are shaped by ongoing struggle and displacement, we reflect on how living away from our ancestral lands informs our identities, relationships, and sense of belonging. Lubna & Tina illuminate our histories of migration and displacement from Falasteen & the islands known as The Philippines. They share how these legacies of displacement continue to shape their communities in the diaspora today. Lubna Morrar is poet, hairstylist and makeup artist. She is a Palestinian community organizer and activist from the Bay Area. Tina Shuaf-Bahar is a Filipino community organizing, singer and culture worker who has long been involved in migrant rights organizing, connecting struggles in her homeland to those faced by workers in the Bay Area. Together we explore how re-membering our languages, food and cultural practices are antidotes to resist pressures like assimilation and generational separation from our lands. We also reflect on how embodying dignity becomes a powerful act of resistance and resilience. Special thanks to Kendall of We Rise and KPFA for hosting us as we recorded our conversation Music from El Fanoun, Mass Bass, Ruby Ibarra, Ana Tijoux featuring Shadia Mansour & Nitty Scott

    Rising for Our Motherlands | Even In Our Dreams, Part 1 | EP 6

  7. 12/23/2025

    Rising for Our Motherlands | Walking with Sumud: An Oakland Palestine Mural Tour | EP 5

    In this episode of Rising For Our Motherlands, we take listeners on a guided tour of two of Oakland’s most powerful and politically significant murals: the Oakland to Palestine Solidarity Mural (completed in 2014) and the SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation Mural at Uptown Body and Fender (completed in 2024). Oakland to Palestine Solidarity Mural In the first part of the episode, we walk listeners through the Oakland to Palestine Solidarity Mural, a monumental public artwork that centers the image of the tree as a global symbol of life, resilience, and resistance. Spanning 157 feet wide and 22 feet tall, the mural is composed of nine individual panels, each painted by a different artist or collective. Through distinct interpretations of the tree motif, the mural draws connections between shared histories of colonization, environmental exploitation, the internal exile of Indigenous peoples, and ongoing struggles for justice. Together, these panels form a stunning public tribute to the human spirit and its unassailable right to thrive in the face of political oppression and injustice—wherever it occurs in the world. SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation Mural Later in the episode, we are joined by Yasmeen, a Bay Area community member involved in the SUMUD mural project, and Al Juthoor, a local Bay Area Dabke group. Yasmeen shares insights into the production process, artistic vision, and political motivations behind the mural. The SUMUD: Resistance Until Liberation Mural is a collaborative project between artists and activists in the U.S. and Palestine. It explores and confronts the deep interconnections between systems of incarceration, colonization, and repression in both places, while affirming the vitality of the Palestinian Liberation Movement. The mural serves both as a memorial to this historical moment and as a living expression of collective struggle—locally and globally. In both the U.S. and Palestine, art is often a political act. This mural stands as a testament to the imagination, brilliance, and creativity of resistance, even under conditions of imprisonment and occupation. As Zionist forces enact ongoing death and destruction in Gaza and Palestine, creating this mural together as a community affirms a shared commitment to resistance, solidarity, and liberation. Sumud is an Arabic word meaning the steadfast will to survive, endure, and remain connected to the land. Featured music & audio clips in this episode: Mohammed Assaf, voices of Emory Douglas, Keven Cooper and Um Eyad, various national & international news segments, and chants from students, local Bay Area activists, and organizers. Graphic includes a portrait of Um Eyad by Art Forces lead artist Susan Greene, in collaboration with Peps 357 (Spoon) and Asha Sudra (Kufiyeh).  Podcast art created by nicole gervacio. Learn more: Oakland to Palestine Mural: https://artforces.org/projects/murals/usa/oakland-palestine-solidarity-mural/ Sumud Mural: SumudMuralOakland.org

    Rising for Our Motherlands | Walking with Sumud: An Oakland Palestine Mural Tour | EP 5

  8. 12/16/2025

    Rising for Our Motherlands | We're Ganna Paint About Our Victories | EP 4

    What does it mean to be an artist for the people? In this episode of Rising for Our Motherlands, we talk with muralists and cultural workers Cece Carpio and Chris “C” Gazaleh about making art in movement spaces — from the Philippines and Palestine to the murals that filled downtown Oakland after the George Floyd uprisings. Cece Carpio uses acrylic, ink, aerosol, and installations to tell stories of immigration, ancestry, resistance, and resilience. Her bold portraits blend folkloric forms with urban art techniques, honoring everyday people and their thriving presence. Cece has created and exhibited work across the world and currently serves as Galleries Manager for the San Francisco Arts Commission and Public Art Advisor for the City of Oakland. More: CeceCarpio.com | @CeceCarpio Chris “C” Gazaleh is a San Francisco–born visual artist, musician, writer, organizer, and educator whose work uplifts Palestinian history, culture, and the struggle for freedom. Rooted in hip hop and graffiti, he developed his style early on and deepened his connection to his heritage while learning Arabic in Detroit. After returning home, he joined General Union of Palestine Students (GUPS) at San Francisco State University, helped create the Edward Said mural, and began painting murals throughout the community, working with youth to spread knowledge, love, and cultural pride. More: CGazaleh.com | @CGazaleh Together, we explore how art becomes a language for our families, nurtures collaboration, and uplifts community voices — and what it means to create under capitalist and imperialist systems. Special thanks to Women’s Audio Mission and DJ Ari for hosting the recording of this episode. Featuring Music by Excentrik & Chris Gazaleh, Ruby Ibarra, Abe Batshon, Kimmortal, Public Enemy, Anderson Paak, & Gingee A huge thank you to Salma Taleb, Hesham Jarmakani, Francesca Juico, Chris Wanis, and Carmelo Ibanez for our beautiful theme music and to our co-conspirator & We Rise producer Cat Petru for weaving our voices and songs together. Podcast art created by nicole gervacio.

    Rising for Our Motherlands | We're Ganna Paint About Our Victories | EP 4
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We Rise brings you stories, interviews, and music to nourish our imaginations in service of collective liberation. Guided by Toni Cade Bambara’s call to make the revolution irresistible, each show explores the practice of solidarity in today’s freedom movements. Please note that our first 15 episodes also aired on KPFA's sister station KPFB. Brought to you by We Rise Cultural Production. www.weriseproduction.com

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