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Parallels and contrasts - the Gaza crisis and the 1973 war w/ Leila Farsakh

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4.8552 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Palestinian writer and academic Leila Farsakh joins the show to talk about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict and the parallels Leila sees between the current situation and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. We also talked about the revival of the idea of the one state solution and why Leila believes a two-state resolution to the conflict is no longer feasible. In the interview we touch on Leila's article in The London Review of Books, ‘The Refugee Problem’ and on her book, 'Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-determination beyond Partition'.

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The

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The Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other.

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In today's show I'll be speaking with Palestinian writer and academic

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Laila Fasak about the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the parallels Laila sees between

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the current situation and the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and we also talked about the revival

0:49.5

of the idea of the one-state solution, and why Lela believes a two-state resolution to the conflict is no longer feasible. In the interview of the one-state solution and why Layla believes a two-state resolution to the conflict is no

0:55.8

longer feasible. In the interview we touch on Layla's article in the London Review of Books, titled

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The Refugee Problem, and on her book, Rethinking Statementhood in Palestine, Self-Determination Beyond

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Partition. Today's episode is brought to you by PTO's supporters on Patreon

1:13.6

and also by Verso Books, who have lots of great left-wing titles perfect for PTO listeners.

1:19.6

One you might like to check out is Late Fascism, Race Capitalism and the Politics of crisis by Alberto Toscano.

1:28.0

In a world shaken by ecological, economic and political crises, the forces of authoritarianism

1:33.5

and reaction seem to have the upper hand.

1:36.6

How should we name, map and respond to this state of affairs?

1:40.5

In his new book, Late Fascism, Alberto Toscano makes clear the limits of associating fascism

1:46.2

primarily with the kind of political violence experienced by past European regimes.

1:52.3

Drawing on black radical and anti-colonial theories of fascism,

1:55.9

Toscano outlines why we should see fascism as a mutable process one anchored in racial and colonial capitalism.

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Late fascism, race, capitalism and the politics of crisis by Alberto Toscano is out now from Verso Books.

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Announced today's interview.

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Leila Farsak is Associate Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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She's the author of Palestinian Labour Migration to Israel, Labor Land and Occupation,

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