This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon and by Verso Books,

which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is Street Fighting Years, an autobiography of the 60s by Tariq Ali.

What makes a young radical?

Reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of 1968, street fighting years captures the mood and energy of an era of hope and passion, as Tariq Ali

tracks the growing significance of the 1960s protest movement, as well as his own formation as a

leading political activist. Through his personal

story, he recounts the counter history of a 60s rocked by the Prague Spring, student protests on

the streets of Europe and America, the effects of the Vietnam War, and the aftermath of the

revolutionary insurgencies led by Che Guevara. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi and Bolivia,

encountering along the way Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, Marlon Brando, Henry Kissinger, and McJagger.

Street Fighting Years, an autobiography of the 60s by Tariq Ali.

Out now from Verso Books.

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My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

Israel is massacring Palestinians who dare to approach a fence that occupation forces have built

to shore up an ethno state founded on the principle of apartheid.

Nothing could be more clear, but you wouldn't know that from the at-best muddied coverage that prevails in mainstream media accounts.

As a New York Times headline neatly summed up their own confusion and aversion to facts, quote,

both sides were driven by history and politics in one of the world's most intractable conflicts.

Pause and imagine that headline after law enforcement brutally assaulted civil rights marchers

crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama on March 7, 1965.

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