interview — solidarity with Rasmea Odeh by Free City Radio

Listen to an interview with Hatem Abudayyeh from the Arab American Action Network, who speaks on the case of Rasmea Odeh, a Palestinian-American community activist currently is facing legal repression by US authorities. This interview gives context and background on Rasmea's long time community work in the Chicago area and beyond.

Also this interview highlights the larger repression that faces Palestinian solidarity activists in Chicago over recent years, specifically the FBI case targeting Chicago organizers including Hatem.

Finally this piece points to the contradictions of the current Obama administration, who speaks about the defense of human rights globally, and most recently at the funeral of Nelson Mandela in South Africa where Obama criticized leaders who express solidarity with Mandela but attack and persecute dissenting voices within their own societies.

http://electronicintifada.net/tags/rasmea-yousef-odeh

http://www.aaan.org