Sunday, June 10th marks four decades of Israel's illegal military occupation of Palestine, against a backdrop of nearly sixty years of ethnic transfer and displacement.

On this national Pacifica special, producers from around the country investigate the cause and effect of Israel's continuous military occupation policies toward the Palestinians, which permeates every aspect of life -- from the suffocating checkpoints and land theft inside the West Bank to the violence and chaos inside a hermetically-sealed Gaza strip; to the issues of identity and culture in a widening diaspora.

As international witnesses to an ongoing crisis in occupied Palestine, this special will also address America's role of responsibility toward the intractable Palestinian-Israeli crisis and offer avenues of involvement in peace, justice and solidarity movements.

Tune in to a Pacifica national special, "Cages and Dreams: 40 Years of Occupation, 60 Years of Dispossession in Palestine." Hear Palestinian voices from the older generation and today's youth movements, from refugee camps and the Palestinian diaspora.

Segments include:
[note: to listen this whole special, use the audio link in the top right part of this page]

• On the history of the dispossession of Palestine: from the 1800s to today
• Politics and Reality of the Occupation since 1967
• Settlements and Settlers
• Political Prisoners
• Youth Behind Bars and Childhoods Under Occupation
• Palestinian Identity in the Diaspora
• Arts and Culture under Occupation
• Black America's Response and Responsibility toward Palestine
• Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions: How to End the Occupation

Guests featured:

• Lina Makboul, filmmaker, "Leila Khaled: Hijacker"
• Nida Sinnokrot, filmmaker, "Palestine Blues"
• Jeff Halper, director, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
• Adam Haniyeh, author, Stolen Youth
• Children of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in Dheisheh refugee camp, West Bank
• Ilan Pappe, historian, author, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Producers' websites/organizations:

• Radio Objectif Magazine
• Arab Voices
• Flashpoints
• Voices of the Middle East and North Africa
• Crossing the Line: Life in Occupied Palestine
• Nora in Palestine

Friends and Allies' Websites for more information:

• Occupation 101 (film documentary)
• Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions movement
• Electronic Intifada (news, information and analysis)
• US Campaign to End the Occupation
• Ramallah Underground (theme music)
• Middle East Children's Alliance (for medical/food/supply donations)