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This episode is about the situation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon and their struggle against the Kafala (sponsorship) system. Women organisers from the Alliance of Migrant Domestic Workers and a board member from the Migrant Community Centre share with us, how they built their own support groups, formed alliances and ran successful campaigns to counter the abuse, discrimination and arbitrary detention that they face. While being under constant threat of deportation these women show us how to organise against all odds!

Episode 1 was broadcasted 7 July 2018 on We Are Born Free Empowerment Radio @Reboot.Fm on 88.4 MhZ Berlin.

Thanks to William Mahfoud for the introduction track "Beirut Souls - Rise 1969"

Photo credits: Pat Sy 2018, Anti-Racism Movement Lebanon

With the friendly support of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Beirut.

Episode 1 - Organising against all odds – the struggle of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

In this podcast series I am speaking with activists from migrant and anti-racism movements around the world to explore the question what solidarity actually means when put into practice. These movements matter at a time when borders are closing, detention centres are proliferating and right-wing parties are on the rise. These movements matter when an inclusive, open and socially just society seems so far out of reach. They matter because they already live an alternative vision of solidarity that is based on grass-roots organising, on networks of support, on self-empowerment and transnational alliance building. This podcast discusses some of the challenges that these movements face when organising on the ground, tackling both internal hierarchies and fighting off state repression; but it also brings to the fore experiences of organising strategies that have worked well and practical ideas that might lead the way forward. With this, the voices of those who are every day struggling for change are made audible.

Special thanks and solidarity goes to “We are Born Free Empowerment Radio”, a self-organised refugee activist radio in Berlin, who is broadcasting this series. Tune in on 88.4 MhZ in Berlin or 90.7 MhZ in Potsdam or listen online on Reboot.fm.

This podcast series was produced with the friendly support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Beirut Office.


Credits: The title "Movements that Matter" is inspired by the research of Transit Migration Forschungsgruppe (transcript 2007)
Photo Credits: Jana Grieb

Episode 1 - Organising against all odds – the struggle of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

Movements that Matter

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