{"id":13058,"date":"2025-06-12T08:11:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=13058"},"modified":"2025-06-12T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T06:12:00","slug":"game-of-thrones-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/game-of-thrones-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"When Fiction Becomes Reality &#8211; Game of Thrones Actor on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">In this episode of The Empire Files, acclaimed actor Liam Cunningham joins Abby Martin to discuss his views on the Gaza genocide, his support for the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, self-censorship in entertainment, and how the fictional themes in Game Of Thrones have come to life in a way he never imagined. 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She hosted \u201cBreaking the Set\u201d on RT America (2012\u20132015) and later created \u201cThe Empire Files,\u201d a documentary series examining US imperialism. In 2019, she directed \u201cGaza Fights for Freedom,\u201d a film about the Palestinian resistance. 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