Dig: Thawra Ep. 10 - Iraqi Revolution, Communist Power
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🗓️ 11 May 2024
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Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the TENTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment tells the story of Iraq’s 1958 July Revolution: a Free Officers’ coup overthrew the imperialist-aligned Hashemite monarchy and brought nationalist Abdul-Karim Qasim to power alongside a surging Communist Party. Revolutionary currents soon turned against one another, however, as did Qasim and Nasser. Conflict stemmed from serious political and strategic differences, but also petty rivalries and bitter feuds. And in Iraq, class conflict often appeared dressed up in the sectarian and ethnic modalities through which class was lived.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at patreon.com |
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| 0:48.6 | In shining a light on the relationship between fascism and anti-Blackness, Hope and Mullen persuasively argue |
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| 1:23.8 | and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island. |
| 1:27.8 | This is the 10th episode of Falura, |
| 1:31.0 | the Diggs Rolling Series on 20th century Arab politics with historian Abdel |
| 1:36.0 | Rizakakriti. |
| 1:37.9 | Thawara is Arabic for revolution. |
| 1:41.8 | It's a word that contains historical multitudes, diverse political radicalisms and |
| 1:46.8 | revolts that have swept across Arab Blams over the past century. |
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