010 — The Nakba: A Structure, Not an Event
About this Episode
In this opening episode of Forbidden Narratives, host Julien Roussel unpacks the political firestorm behind the U.S. push to ban TikTok—and what it reveals about censorship, the erosion of democratic values, and the media’s role in manufacturing consent.
Though framed as a national security threat, the TikTok ban signals something deeper: state control over information, suppression of dissent, and the silencing of Palestinians—as well as those speaking out against their mass killing and displacement.
In this episode, we examine:
· How TikTok became a vital tool for documenting the war in Gaza and bypassing media blackouts
· How Gen Z and student-led movements are using decentralized media to reclaim the narrative and hold power to account
· The growing wave of Jewish support for Palestinian liberation—and how anti-Zionism is being conflated with antisemitism to criminalize dissent in the U.S. and Europe
· The strategic dehumanization of Palestinians to justify Israeli military and political objectives
· How lawmakers are targeting platforms that challenge dominant narratives and disrupt the status quo
This isn’t just about TikTok, China, or algorithms. It’s about power, control, perception—and the fight for truth and democracy itself.
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