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Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness

Written by: Farah Johnson
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 Bearing Witness is a fact-based human rights podcast examining how systems of violence operate abroad and at home—through the lenses of Palestine and U.S. immigration enforcement. Hosted by a U.S.-based activist, the show explores military occupation, detention, deportation, and the language of “security” used to justify harm. Each episode combines historical context, current reporting, and clear analysis, alongside personal commentary that rejects false neutrality in the face of mass suffering. This podcast does not speak for the oppressed. It documents what is being done to them and asks who benefits from our silence. honesty. If you’re uncomfortable, stay.
If you’re defensive, listen anyway. Discomfort is often the first sign that the story you’ve been told is incomplete.© 2026 Bearing Witness Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • What resistance actually looks like

    What resistance actually looks like
    Feb 1 2026

    In this episode, we look at what resistance looks like in Palestine and the United States and how could feel isolating among atrocities.

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    4 mins
  • Criminalizing descent

    Criminalizing descent
    Feb 1 2026

    Criminalizing descent because when power can no longer control the narrative, it tries to control the people every authoritarian system reaches a moment or persuasion stops working.

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    4 mins
  • Language as a weapon

    Language as a weapon
    Jan 25 2026

    Welcome back to Bearing Witness

    In the last episode, we talked about patterns how genocide and authoritarianism are not moments, but processes.

    Today, we’re talking about the first and most essential stage of that process.

    Language.

    Because before violence is normalized, language is prepared. Before people accept mass harm they are taught he was human and not.

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    5 mins
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