What ‘From the River to the Sea’ Really Means & Why Israel Can’t Win, w/ Vijay Prashad
The Socialist Program with Brian Becker
The Socialist Program
4.7 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
More than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel as countries around the world withdraw their ambassadors from Israel. But when the one Palestinian member of Congress, Rashida Tlaib, speaks in support of the Palestinian people, she is censured by the House of Representatives.
Brian Becker is joined by Vijay Prashad, the Executive Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Chief Editor of LeftWord Books, and a prolific author, most recently publishing a new book with Noam Chomsky called “The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.” He also spoke at the biggest march for Palestine in U.S. history last week, the November 4th National March on Washington.
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| 0:00.0 | The Israeli war against the people of Gaza rages on, |
| 0:05.0 | more than 10,000 dead, more than 4,000 of them children. |
| 0:10.0 | Ambassadors from countries around the world are being withdrawn from Israel. |
| 0:15.0 | The one Palestinian member of Congress, Rashida Talib, was censored by the Congress |
| 0:20.0 | because she dared to speak up |
| 0:21.9 | for the people of Palestine. |
| 0:24.9 | We need a new system. |
| 0:27.0 | We need a new society. |
| 0:28.9 | We need to demand that which may have sounded impossible even a few weeks ago, but is not only |
| 0:34.5 | realizable, but an imperative necessity. |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you. but is not only realizable, but an imperative necessity. Andy. The Welcome to this episode of the Socialist Program. I'm your host, Brian Becker. |
| 1:05.0 | Today we're talking with Vijay Prasad. |
| 1:08.0 | Vijay is the executive director of the Tri-Continental Institute for Social Research. |
| 1:13.0 | He's the chief editor of Leftward Books. |
| 1:15.7 | He's a prolific author, most recently publishing a new book with Noam Chomsky called The Withdrawal, |
| 1:23.3 | Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the fragility of U.S. power. |
| 1:30.4 | Vijay was also a speaker at the Saturday, November, Afghanistan, and the fragility of U.S. power. V.J. was also a speaker at the Saturday, |
| 1:36.4 | November 4th, mass demonstration, the biggest demonstration in support of the Palestinian people in the history of the United States. That took place last Saturday, November 4th. VJ. Prashad, |
| 1:42.3 | welcome back. Thanks a lot. It's great to be with you. |
| 1:45.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:46.0 | I mean, that demonstration on Saturday, Vij, |
| 1:49.0 | 300,000 people assembled in downtown Washington, D.C. |
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