AwokenWord Podcast

A podcast hosted by composer & poet Anuj Rastogi (@omnesia) exploring the human experience with dynamic guests.

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EPISODE #026 - “Humanitarian In Gaza”

“This has been a war on the healthcare system”

After being deeply affected by the ongoing suffering in #Gaza, Dr. #YasserKhan travelled to #KhanYunis in southern Gaza to help, as missles and bombs went off within 1km of the hospital.

From his life, inspirations and experiences, to his first-hand experience of the situation at the #GazaEuropeanHospital in Khan Yunis, this conversation is a window into true #humanity, and the struggle, suffering, resilience and strength of the #Palestinian people.

If you listen to one thing today, let it be this.

Full Conversation on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/M2DCtuHOOh

#NoWar #Palestine #CeasefireNOW

Peace 🙏🏽

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#WAR MAKES YOU AN AGENT OF ITS IMMORALITY

EXCERPT 2 from episode #028 w @MatthewPHoh from @MediaEisenhower.

This one hits hard.

#nowar

Full Episode > https://t.co/XZFTpfPBAP

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“THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON IN WAR IS THE STORY”

EXCERPT 1 from episode #028 w @MatthewPHoh from @MediaEisenhower.

For anyone concerned with ending war,this is a must listen episode.

#nowar

Full Episode > https://t.co/f7CXJniijH

[Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz]

The Biden Administration Declares That A Genocide Is Happening… In Sudan

Article with supporting links.
https://t.co/q0UsGDTeWt

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Can someone please explain why, in 2025, the #mullet hairstyle is back.

It was a crime then. It’s a crime now.

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2024.

The machine has trained people to film reality, rather than to interact with it.

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@humblethepoet I don’t think “rich folks” in the right framing. Many working people have become wealthy through hard work and grit, and treated people well around them along the way.

It’s the elites where the Venn diagram of power, money, and shameful self-interest, who are hoarding cookies

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“incoherent” geopolitical event is right.

Assad was truly a monster.

AND

the level of sense, logic and clarity of this situation is so low, so incomprehensible, that it could only be manufactured by a perfect mix of moral bankruptcy, opportunism, disregard, and bumbling.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

What's happening Syria is probably the most incoherent geopolitical event I've come across, and the more you look into it, the more confusing it gets.

I mean, just look at this list:

- First of all, the speed of Assad's collapse still makes very little sense: after successfully holding out against multiple enemies for 13 years with Russian and Iranian backing in a brutal civil war, his regime suddenly crumbled in just 11 days with almost no bloodshed.
- The "liberators" of Syria being celebrated by the West are Islamist groups on their own official terrorist lists. The country's new leader, Al-Julani, still has a $10 million bounty on his head as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" for founding the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda.
- Biden called this "a historic opportunity for the long-suffering people of Syria to build a better future" while his administration continues to occupy a third of Syria, control its oil fields, maintain crippling sanctions, and bomb its territory... thereby obviously very much compromising this better future.
- Assad's Prime Minister immediately agreed to work with the rebels and they accepted him - despite being mortal enemies in a brutal 13-year civil war.
- Al-Julani, after years of orchestrating suicide bombings and sectarian massacres against civilians, is now suddenly positioning himself as "diversity friendly".
- Russia, despite being in an alliance with Syria dating back to the Soviet era, billions invested in protecting Assad, and their only Mediterranean naval base in Tartus, essentially shrugged it all and let their ally fall.
- Syria's new leaders remain bizarrely silent about Israel invading their territory and the U.S. bombing and occupying their country. They've said nothing about their strategic assets - including the entire navy and air force - being destroyed in U.S. and Israeli air raids.
- The U.S. maintains its occupation of a third of Syria (including most oil fields), claiming it's necessary to "ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS" - despite Trump declaring in 2019 (and the U.S. repeatedly confirming since) that "we have defeated ISIS in Syria". Western media largely ignore this ongoing occupation while celebrating Syria's "liberation".
- Hamas, while in the middle of a war with Israel, took time to congratulate the Syrian rebels - even though Assad was their (and Iran's) longtime ally and Syria's fall significantly weakens their own strategic position.
- The U.S. celebrates the liberation of Syrian prisoners while operating its own concentration camps in the country (https://t.co/VoSHG8bi3B) holding tens of thousands indefinitely without trial - half of them children - but that apparently doesn't count as oppression.
- Türkiye is fighting against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) with apparent U.S. approval, while the SDF was fighting Assad (which the U.S. wanted) - meaning U.S.-backed forces are effectively fighting other U.S.-backed forces.
- Iran, normally eager to defend its regional interests, suddenly abandoned billions in investments and a crucial strategic ally in their "Axis of Resistance", evacuating their personnel and citizens within hours.

Truly one of the strangest chapters in modern geopolitical history. Every possible explanation contains its own contradictions, and most players are acting against their own stated principles and interests.

At this stage it looks like the simplest explanation might go something like this: the U.S. welcomes the fall of a longtime opponent; neighboring powers like Israel and Türkiye see an opportunity for territorial gain; rebel leaders seem willing to accept loss of sovereignty and territory in exchange for domestic control over a diminished Syria; Russia and Iran chose to cut their losses given other regional priorities; and smaller players like Hamas are scrambling to adapt. Still, the unprecedented speed and coordination of these events suggests we're missing some crucial pieces of this very strange puzzle.

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We are literally watching a handful of men w unchecked power to burn the world down in front of our eyes,in 4K,in the supposed name of “democracy”, “freedom” & “peace”.

These men have been “democratically” elected in all cases.They bleed the world for no one except themselves.

[Anuj Rastogi @Omnesia]

Well
A sitting US President is wrapping up is 50+ year political career, to be remembered as the arms dealing enabler of live-streamed mass slaughter in #Gaza, unnecessary poker of nuclear bears w #Russia, & pardoning of shady son, #Hunter

What a career Joe.

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@immlawyercanada This is factually accurate. Most breakfast cereals are more fortified than our border.

Assuming a typical box is 30cm x 40cm, we will need approx 267,000 boxes of fruit loops to fortify the 8,900km border.

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@Pcast_ol If you need some real artistic inspiration to make it through cutting the edges and making that 2nd coat smooth, this is the one for you

https://t.co/DFJ98ND6Xb

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@Pcast_ol @tpc_ol @pds_ol @wh2pod @ncore_ol @movies_ol @sports_ol @cbc_ol The AwokenWord Podcast.

“This podcast is my humble attempt to bring a grain of sand of goodness, conversation and inspiration to the beach of human experience.”

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[The Saviour @TheSaviour]

EVERYONE needs to watch this video…

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@JustinTrudeau @Keir_Starmer Strong and progressive …. In what ways exactly?

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@thenitinsawhney - trying to connect with you to have you on the AwokenWord podcast. Pls DM :)

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#serrano got robbed - there is no way she lost that fight unanimously

#NetflixFight

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@fordnation @elonmusk @Starlink @fordnation pls explain how you got to $100M.

If you had a year 1 scenario… buy 15K starlink kits @ bestbuy, that’s $7.5M.

Add a business monthly plan @ $185/mo x 15K users, that’s $33.3M

Total < $42M for yr 1 w hardware.

Where is $100M going?

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@DalrympleWill you’ve raised this concern multiple times. For a man who knows his history, thank you for being on the right side of it…

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10 months since this conversation w Dr Yasser Khan (@yakeyes) & the suffering has only grown exponentially for #Palestinians. Add to this the same pattern befalling on #Lebanon & a global community of leaders with no spines, & empty words.

#NoWar #healthcare #ceasefire #UN #Gaza

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@DalrympleWill Congrats @DalrympleWill

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@AssalRad This is what it looks like to 2nd guess every word about leave your lips when you’re trying to rationalize the decisions of a monstrous administration that has waged catastrophic suffering on other humans.

Patel is waking on eggshells, because the truth is so indefensibly ugly.