Heard Tell w/ Andrew Donaldson For 23Nov22

Best of Heard Tell: Afghanistan Post-US, Dissidents & Activists w/ & Prathamesh Yamul & Kareem Rifai

On this Best of Heard Tell: Prathamesh Yamul, who has a piece out on how one year out from the botched US withdrawl from Afghanistan a turf war between the Taliban and ISIS-K is dictating what’s going on in the war torn country. Prathamesh walks us through what has happened in Afghanistan in the year since Kabul fell, and other than the drone strike again Zawahiri when most folks in the west stopped paying attention. Prathamesh also talks about what we should and should not be watching for going forward to see if anything is ever going to really change in this most troubled of countries. Kareem Rifai of Young Voices, who has been writing and covering how authoritative regimes are reaching into free western countries to silence dissent and attack activists. Kareem also talks about his perspective as a Syrian-America, and how being a part of, and covering, diasporas and folks fighting for freedom far from their homelands. Kareem also talks about how we can fight back against dictatorships, how to better advocate on social media, and how to give voice to the voiceless.