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frandroidI am so very sorry, but today's two episodes total 4 hours of listening overall.
The Dig - Hamas w/ Tareq Baconi
This is a comprehensive history of Hamas and the evolution of their political philosophy, why they chose the types of violence that they've practiced, etc. There's also a fair bit about Fatah and the so-called peace process because if anything, Hamas exists in contrast to Fatah and how that process went (badly) for Palestine. Recorded recently so the interview was done in light of the current War on Gaza.
The Dig - Zionism’s Civil War w/ Edo Konrad & Joshua Leifer
This is another episode from The Dig, but from April so no discussion of the war. Instead there's a comprehensive discussion of the more far-right parties in Israel along with Likud, how they emerged, which failures from Labour et al. and social changes led to their growth, and how they have been interacting with Likud in the last 5 years as Netanyahu had to bring them in his coalition in order to stay in power. Learning that Netanyahu is a *moderating* center of gravity is, huh, fuck.
** ETA: The second episode is more skippable because when you understand that the Zionist project is intent on extermination of Palestinians and has no desire to ever make peace with Palestinians, the details are somewhat secondary. I found the episode on Hamas more interesting because Palestinian leadership have had to make many cursed choices in their struggle for a free Palestine, and all the options lead nowhere, especially when it comes to Hamas.
I want to highlight the introduction to the Hamas episode by host Daniel Denvir, where he spends at least 5 minutes describing what contemporary anti-Zionists advocating for the one-state solution have been advocating for, which is kind of the anti-thesis of what Hamas has been gunning for. It's such a great way for Denvir to disavow support for Hamas' project but without looking like he's kowtowing to the usual journalistic "DO YOU CONDEMN HAMAS YOU TERRORIST" prompt which has done so much to stifle discussion.
Also I continue to recommend listening to Electronic Intifada. Always essential listening but particularly now.
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#PodcastFriday is a tag where people recommend a particularly good episode from a podcast. The point of this tag is NOT to recommend entire podcasts--there are too many podcasts out there, and our queues are already too long, so don't do that. Let's just recommend the cream of the crop, the episodes that made you *brainsplode* or laugh like crazy.
The Dig - Hamas w/ Tareq Baconi
This is a comprehensive history of Hamas and the evolution of their political philosophy, why they chose the types of violence that they've practiced, etc. There's also a fair bit about Fatah and the so-called peace process because if anything, Hamas exists in contrast to Fatah and how that process went (badly) for Palestine. Recorded recently so the interview was done in light of the current War on Gaza.
The Dig - Zionism’s Civil War w/ Edo Konrad & Joshua Leifer
This is another episode from The Dig, but from April so no discussion of the war. Instead there's a comprehensive discussion of the more far-right parties in Israel along with Likud, how they emerged, which failures from Labour et al. and social changes led to their growth, and how they have been interacting with Likud in the last 5 years as Netanyahu had to bring them in his coalition in order to stay in power. Learning that Netanyahu is a *moderating* center of gravity is, huh, fuck.
** ETA: The second episode is more skippable because when you understand that the Zionist project is intent on extermination of Palestinians and has no desire to ever make peace with Palestinians, the details are somewhat secondary. I found the episode on Hamas more interesting because Palestinian leadership have had to make many cursed choices in their struggle for a free Palestine, and all the options lead nowhere, especially when it comes to Hamas.
I want to highlight the introduction to the Hamas episode by host Daniel Denvir, where he spends at least 5 minutes describing what contemporary anti-Zionists advocating for the one-state solution have been advocating for, which is kind of the anti-thesis of what Hamas has been gunning for. It's such a great way for Denvir to disavow support for Hamas' project but without looking like he's kowtowing to the usual journalistic "DO YOU CONDEMN HAMAS YOU TERRORIST" prompt which has done so much to stifle discussion.
Also I continue to recommend listening to Electronic Intifada. Always essential listening but particularly now.
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#PodcastFriday is a tag where people recommend a particularly good episode from a podcast. The point of this tag is NOT to recommend entire podcasts--there are too many podcasts out there, and our queues are already too long, so don't do that. Let's just recommend the cream of the crop, the episodes that made you *brainsplode* or laugh like crazy.
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Date: 2023-11-03 11:10 pm (UTC)