Behind the DSA's Stance on Israel and Palestine
The Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
There's no shortage of discussion when it comes to the left's fissures on Israel. Jeremy Cohan, co-chair of NYC-DSA's steering committee, explains the Democratic Socialists of America's pro-Palestine stance and their involvement in a widely criticized Manhattan protest the day after the October 7th attacks. Plus: JC shares an inside look at how the organization decides upon their policy stances, how they work with endorsed elected officials, and their broader vision for our political future.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Brian Lera Show on WNYC. |
| 0:13.4 | Good morning everyone. |
| 0:15.1 | We'll continue on this show as best we can |
| 0:17.1 | to discuss the Israel-Hamass War |
| 0:19.5 | and the larger Israeli-Palestinian and Israeli-Arab conflicts with multiple points of view. |
| 0:25.0 | As I've said before, we are trying our best to do this in good faith. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm sure we fall short, but we do try. |
| 0:32.0 | Keep commenting and critiquing listeners as you see fit. Today and |
| 0:36.2 | Monday we will get two different views of the Israel-Palestine issue from |
| 0:40.6 | two different corners of the American left, which have been in conflict |
| 0:44.7 | with each other to some degree over these issues. |
| 0:48.1 | On Monday we will have the New York Democratic Party political consultant and writer for the Nation magazine |
| 0:53.9 | Alexis Grinnell who wrote in the nation among other things that where the |
| 0:58.4 | rubber of anti-Zionism meets the road of anti-Semitism is the belief that Israel or a Jewish state should not exist. |
| 1:07.0 | Alexis Grinnell coming up on Monday. |
| 1:09.0 | Right now we'll get the views of Jeremy Cohen, co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Democratic |
| 1:14.8 | Socialist of America, New York City Chapter, an article last month in Politico was headline |
| 1:20.6 | DSA is facing an internal reckoning on Israel. We'll spend the first part of |
| 1:25.8 | this segment on the DSA in the Middle East and the second part on other DSA |
| 1:30.4 | issues in New York and in America. |
| 1:32.5 | Same on Monday, we'll also talk with the Lexis Grinnell |
| 1:35.9 | about other New York politics as well as the Middle East then. |
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