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We conclude our history and origins of the ADL. Deadly Exchange #DropTheADL

Prez and Talia talk about the origins of the ADL, and learn the history the world "anti-semitism" Free Palestine

Continuing our deep dives into differing threads of fascism, we're excited to talk to Justin Podur again for a multi-part series on the origins, political economy, and culture of Indian fascism. You can find Justin on Twitter @justinpodur and his many projects at https://podur.org/ Apologies for the delay due to a lot of life stuff, this does mean for the first time ever, we have a backlog of episodes!

A little mix and surprise for you loyal listeners. Enjoy!

Apologies for the delay, this was recorded in Summer 2023, and due to life events, we are releasing it now. Hope you enjoy! We're excited to have Kota from the Against Japanism podcast again join us for a multi-part series on the origins, political economy, and culture of Japanese fascism. Follow Kota on twitter at @againstjapanism and check out his stuff at https://linktr.ee/againstjapanismpodcast

A recap of what has been happening Please donate to MECA https://www.mecaforpeace.org/

We're excited to have Kota from the Against Japanism podcast join us for a multi-part series on the origins, political economy, and culture of Japanese fascism. Follow Kota on twitter at @againstjapanism and check out his stuff at https://linktr.ee/againstjapanismpodcast The outro music can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOgxYkL3wgw

We're excited to have Amin Hosuri join us for a multi-episode series examining anti-imperialism and internationalism in the imperial core. We use the response to the Iran's Zhina uprisings to analyze Western anti-imperialism and how we can support workers throughout the world without falling into the imperialist agenda.  For security reasons, Amin provided us with answers to read in the episode rather than speak live.   English: 1. Where do the world powers stand regarding the Iranian uprising? English: Slingers Collective, Feb. 26, 2023 http://slingerscollective.net/where-do-the-world-powers-stand-regarding-the-iranian-uprising/ Farsi: Naghd, Oct. 29, 2022 (www.naghd.com) https://tinyurl.com/4yhbahvv 2. So That The "Woman, Life, Freedom" Movement Does Not Die!: a call for solidarity with the political prisoners of the Iranian regime. Call in behalf of a group of comrades. Verso, 14 October 2022 https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5459-so-that-the-woman-life-freedom-movement-does-not-die-a-call-for-solidarity-with-the-political-prisoners-of-the-iranian-regime 3. Leftists worldwide, stand by the protesters in Iran! Call together with Morteza S. ROAR - November 25, 2019 https://roarmag.org/2019/11/25/leftists-worldwide-stand-by-the-protesters-in-iran/ 4. Letter Writing 'Movement' and Crisis of Collective Subjectivity Wednesday, January 4, 2012 https://revolutionaryflowerpot.blogspot.com/2012/01/letter-writing-movement-and-crisis-of_04.html Farsi: 5. Essay-Collection in Farsi: Observing the Reality with the Benchmark of the Pandemic: Essays on the Covid-Crisis and the Crisis of the Left Dec. 2020, E-Book, kaargaah.net http://pdf.kaargaah.net/133_Corona_Crisis_and_the_Left_Kargah_eBook_Nr03.pdf 6. Booklet in Farsi: On the Foundations of the State in the "Global South" - With regard to the mass uprisings of 2019. Dec. 2019, E-Book, kaargaah.net http://pdf.kaargaah.net/103_On_the_Foundations_of_State_in_Global_South_HAmin.pdf 7. Booklet in Farsi: Denial of the Uprising of Jan. 2018 - About the pseudo-anti-imperialist's stand toward the dangers of revolutionary change in Iran Slingers Collective, May 2019 http://manjanigh.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Critic_of_Pseudo-Anti-Imperialist_Tendencies.pdf

Prez went on Kingless Generation to talk about international fascism, its ideological origins, and it's links with settler colonialism

Prez and Talia sit down with Norah, an associate editor of the Electronic Intifada, host of the EI Podcast, and co-host of The Brief podcast; and Dan, a former assistant director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies in Britain, and who recently wrapped up a political science postdoc at UQAM, a left hub in Montreal; to discuss Biden's recent trip to Occupied Palestine, Origins of Fascism, and Teeth? Our minds were blown, and we hope you enjoy this highly informative episode!

In this quick turn around episode, a Filipino kasama gives their thoughts about the upcoming Marcos-Duterte administration, and what it means for the future.  *Erratum: The series of protests that came to be known as the First Quarter Storm occurred during January to March of 1970, not 1971 For an excellent reportage of the events that took place during those tumultuous times, read Pete Lacaba’s Days of Disquiet, Nights of Rage.

We sit down with Justin Podur and talk about the inter-imperialist war between Russia and Ukraine.   You can find Justin on Twitter @justinpodur

Zev and Talia are joined by Irish language activist, Domhnall, and they discuss the revolutionary potential of Irish, Yiddish, and Indigenous languages. *Talia apologies for an horrific mispronunciations  Works Cited: Jailtacht: The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008 https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-classes/oxford-school-of-rare-jewish-languages/ https://jewishcurrents.org/september-27-anti-yiddish-riots/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-s-latest-fearsome-national-security-threat-yiddish-1.7947906 Bearing the Unbearable: Yiddish and Polish Poetry in the Ghettos and Concentration Camps The Liberation of the Camps: The End of the Holocaust and its Aftermath Revolutionary Yiddishland Secular Yiddishkait: Left Politics, Culture, and Community Yiddish and Jewish Diaspora Nationalism Yiddishkayt and class consciousness: the Bund and its minority concept

A quick update on what's happening at the Minyan, and hopes for the new year. 

In this episode Prez and Talia discuss some of Gramsci's main theories, the material conditions of their development and their relevance to today. We cover his theoretical analyses of fascism, bourgeois politics, and the state, and how he was the first Joker. We are using The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935, NYU Press Edition. Reach out to us on Twitter @the_minyan or email us minyanpod@gmail.com

In this episode Prez spends way too long talking about history and theory while we deconstruct what it means for land to be used "productively." Zev discusses the relationship between eco-fascism in Israel and America. Our guest Lydia, from the Center of Communist Studies, joins us to talk about the importance of Olive Trees and other claims of "environmental stewardship" in Israel's attempts to exterminate Palestinians. Talia expands on how Israel's eco-fascism is destroying Palestinian land. Reach out to us on Twitter @the_minyan or email us minyanpod@gmail.com for our sources.

In this mini-episode Prez relates Stalin's "Marxism and the National Question" to the Israel and the idea that there can be a single Jewish Nation...or why there fundamentally can't be one. Please excuse any pauses made, they forget words easily

Talia reads the Founding Document of the PFLP From the River to the Sea, Palestine WILL BE FREE Please do whatever you can to support the Palestinian struggle. Attend rallies and marches for Nakba Day (5/15) From the Strategy of for the Liberation of Palestine https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S08-PFLP-Strategy-Lib-Palestine-7th-Printing.pdf

The Minyan discusses Norm Finkelstein's book, The Holocaust Industry. Get some water, this one is spicy. End song: Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn performed by Tsibele References: American Radical - The Trials of Norman Finkelstein [2009]  https://youtu.be/9R4KV9wAnsU Finkelstein, Norman G. The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. London: Verso, 2015. (Talia also wants to note, she said that Verso is NOT ML/MLM.)

To tide you over until the Holocaust Industry episode is released, we here at the Minyan wanted you to hear the the debate between Norman Finklestein and Alan Dershowitz on an episode of Democracy Now in 2003. Enjoy!