NEW 2025 Interview: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 2 with Dr. Dirk Moses
Note: if you haven’t already heard it, please start with our original, May 2024 episode with Dr. Moses:
Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 1
A lot has happened since then, and author, scholar and genocide expert Dr. Dirk Moses was kind enough to return for a 2025 episode. We cover how public and legal sentiment has changed since our first episode, and discuss his recent paper, “Introduction: Gaza and the Problems of Genocide Studies,” which includes a roundtable discussion with dozens of experts. Also: some behind-the-scenes influences regarding the war in Gaza, humanitarian law precedents, munitions and the Geneva Conventions, myths, the problems surrounding the language of transgression, new research, up-to-date statistics, and how protests have been criminalized.
Like that first Genocide episode, this one would not be possible without the input, research, producing, and additional writing of Mercedes Maitland, who joined me on this interview once again with her questions for our expert. So, huge thanks to her for that passion, hard work, and tireless advocacy for human rights.
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Visit Dr. Dirk Moses’s website
Read his book, “The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression”
Donations went to Gaza Hand of Salvation Initiative and the City College of New York Colin Powell School – Student Emergency Fund
Links to things we discussed:
Palestine and the Power of Language | TIME
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds | OHCHR
Latest articles from Journal of Genocide Research
2025 publication by Dirk: Full article: Introduction: Gaza and the Problems of Genocide Studies
Pope Francis: It was a genocide against indigenous peoples
Dr. Raphael Lemkin’s 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe
Gaza: MSF survey shows almost half of people killed are children
R2P: About the UN’s Responsibility to Protect
Does Israel have the right to self-defence in Gaza?
‘Different rules’: special policies keep US supplying weapons to Israel despite alleged abuses
U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers to Israel, October 2023 – September 2025
Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
Human Rights Watch: Questions and Answers: Israeli Military’s Use of Digital Tools in Gaza
YouTube Has Removed Over 700 Videos of Israeli War Crimes
‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator
Palestine and the Power of Language
Round Table (Full Symposium): What’s Raphaël Lemkin Got to do with Genocide Studies? A Conversation on Gender, Culture, Economics, Categorical Violence, and Colonization with Professors Sarah Federman, Dirk Moses, Max Pensky, and Scott Straus
UN: Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism
UN Security Council Resolution 2803 (2025) — the “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict"
UN experts urge United Kingdom not to misuse terrorism laws against protest group Palestine Action
Gaza war: Where does Israel get its weapons?
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