Prophets Over Profits: Recent Episodes
Salah El-Din El-Batroukh
Salah and Connor, two Muslims engineers hailing from the tech capital of the world, discuss the implications of capitalism in our current world order, interspersed with contemporary news stories.
Going through major critical points of Zionist history, debunking the idea that Israel has ever "defended" itself and is expressly a settler colonialist project.
The Palestinian Israeli issue, one of the simplest "complex" issues of our time, is reaching a boiling point as the world over begins to recognize Israeli propaganda efforts in the mainstream media and the eradication of Palestinian human rights.
In this episode, we discuss the implications of Biden's election to the president's office, and the actions that followed.
In light of the niqab bans persisting in France despite masks being ever present (nullifying the "security risk" argument), we look at how imperialism isn't just a physical manifestation of one country in another - it's the spread of ideologies and beliefs. Namely, we look at how white supremacy has taken root and the ties it has to capitalism.
We kick off a discussion on the annexation of the West Bank by Israel, and go over some of the tactics that Israel uses to oppress Palestinians and Arabs and minimizing their humanity. Overall, a pretty fun episode.
We talk about how the 13th amendment and how it set the foundation for the America's racism to build the prison industrial complex. This includes everything from private prisons to the justice system's corrupt nature, and how it all exists to keep it's slaves as America just wouldn't work without it.
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Salah and Connor discuss the irony in how the election is now between someone who created the police state, and someone who is wielding it to it's maximum power.
This episode is inspired by the protests across the United States. The duo, Conor and Salah, are joined by their friend Eyad for the first live recording of the episode. The discussion revolves around the protests and the validity of the ongoing violence, rioting, and looting.
Salah and Connor discuss COVID-19: how the candidates are handling it, and the inherent societal issues it's brought to the surface.