/409/ Palestine, Protest, Repression: The Wider Context

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On US campus protest, the brutalisation of Gaza, and whether this is an age of war.

Alex, George and Phil debate the matter of the day. We ask:

• Is the police repression and associated censorship (the anti-semitism bill) a reflection of the fact the content of the protest unsettles the establishment? Why?

• Why is the Left breaking with Biden and the Dems over this and not before?

• How do these student protests compare to BLM? And how do they compare to those of the late 60s and Vietnam?

• What should those in Western countries do in response to Israel’s war?

• Is the Palestinian struggle dead?

• What are the risks of regional war? And does Israel's assault on Gaza presage a new era of warfare?

Links:

• The Triumph of American Idealism, Alex Hochuli, Damage

• Like it or not, the politics of war is upon us, David Jamieson, Conter

• Express Train to Nowhere: Class and the Crisis of the Modern Jewish Soul, Samuel Biagetti, American Affairs (pdf attached)

• Is this How We Can STOP Genocide Joe?, Doug Lain interviews Dr. Elektra Kostopoulos & Dave Fox, Sublation Media

• The Left Cannot Make Use of the Gaza War, Benjamin Studebaker, Sublation Media

• Meet the new Left, who think Hamas are good and that Swastikas are woke, Ryan Zickgraf, Telegraph

• Their Fight, Not Ours, Alex Gourevitch, The Northern Star