Mahmoud Khalil, Trans Rights in Michigan, and More

We start our show with an article from WWMT about an act of violent arson committed against a houseless resident of Kalamazoo, the media response, and what it says about where our city is lacking in responding to the housing crisis.

 

We spend much of the hour talking about the kidnapping of student organizer Mahmoud Khalil by ICE and how people around the country are responding.

 

While some Republicans in red states are changing their hearts and minds on trans issues, Democrats in Michigan are throwing trans youths under the bus in Lansing.

 

We give you updates on the breaking news on the genocide in Gaza and devote the end of our show at looking at the crisis in Gaza and the current state of geopolitics from an Irish perspective.

 

1:45- 11:30 The Vulnerability of Kzoo's Houseless After KPL Arson

 

12:20- 37:30 Mahmoud Khalil and Campus Resistance

 

38:55- 44:40 Michigan Democrats Triangulate Against Trans Rights

 

44:50- 53:00 The Carnage Continues in Gaza

 

53:45- 1:05:10 Come Out Ye Orange and Tanned- The Irish Socialist Response to Trumpian Imperialism and Gaza

 

SOURCES/ FURTHER READING

 

Quick response prevents disaster following fire outside of the Kalamazoo Public Library
https://wwmt.com/news/local/arson-kalamazoo-public-library-downtown-assault-bodily-harm-damage-smoke-homeless-blaze-repairs

 

People Across the U.S. Are Mobilizing to Free Mahmoud Khalil and Resist the Far Right
https://www.leftvoice.org/people-across-the-u-s-are-mobilizing-to-free-mahmoud-khalil-and-resist-the-far-right/

 

Pro-Palestine Campus Organizers: Demilitarization & Democratization Go Together
https://truthout.org/articles/pro-palestine-campus-organizers-demilitarization-democratization-go-together/

 

How Pro-Palestine Student Activists Are Fighting Increasing Repression
https://www.leftvoice.org/how-pro-palestine-student-activists-are-fighting-increasing-repression

 

“Another Round of Senseless Mass Killing”: Report from Gaza Hospital as Israeli Strikes Kill 400+
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/18/gaza_hospital_feroze_sidhwa

 

8 Democrats join GOP in voting to urge MHSAA to ban transgender kids from girls' sports
https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/12/michigan-house-urges-ban-on-transgender-kids-from-girls-sports/82336502007/

 

U-M, Grand Valley targeted for civil rights probes by Trump administration
https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/u-m-grand-valley-targeted-civil-rights-probes-trump-administration

 

Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/23/ireland_palestine

 

Trump’s Pax Americana: No Way!
https://www.rebelnews.ie/2025/03/03/trumps-pax-romana-no-way/