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Yoav Litvin joins us to discuss his Al Jazeera column, “Project Esther: A Trumpian blueprint to crush anticolonial resistance:The Heritage Foundation strategy named after the biblical Jewish queen offers insights into the persecution those who oppose Zionism and white-supremacy will likely face in Trump’s America.”

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  Dr. Yoav Litvin is an Israeli-American neuroscientist and writer, speaking about the white supremacist roots of Zionism. Dr. Reema Wahdan is a Palestinian-American activist working with several Colorado Palestinian relief organizations, speaking about local efforts to help the people of Gaza.

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In the age of celebrity role models, epic Twitter rants and reality TV presidential candidates, money talks and the cult of the individual reigns supreme. But does the idealized image of the self-made man turned Silicone Valley billionaire reflect a healthy and productive society, or does it indicate a deep crisis of our civilization? Does...

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On Saturday, October 7th, a shift occurred in the Israeli-Palestinian narrative. What was a normalized, often gradual genocide, peppered by savage episodes of “mowing the lawn”, concealed by liberal Zionist propaganda and backed by a benefactor in Washington, transformed into an overt, unapologetic mass murder of Palestinians, captured vividly on video for the world to...

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“You know the thing I like about Mahmoud is that he’s always real,” says Shareef Nasir about Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, formerly known as Chris Jackson. In the documentary By the Dawn’s Early Light: Chris Jackson’s Journey to Islam directed by Zareena Grewal in 2004, Nasir continues: “We’re walking down the street and he’ll say “Hey man...

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It is time to revive the BPP blueprint for a multicultural network of revolutionary groups to confront capitalism, imperialism and racism in the US. In the late 60s and 70s, the Black Panther Party (BPP) embodied the vanguard of the revolution and anti-fascist, anti-racist action in the United States. The BPP formed an inclusionary, class-based...

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It is time to revive the BPP blueprint for a multicultural network of revolutionary groups to confront capitalism, imperialism and racism in the US. In the late 60s and 70s, the Black Panther Party (BPP) embodied the vanguard of the revolution and anti-fascist, anti-racist action in the United States. The BPP formed an inclusionary, class-based...

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Truth and reconciliation commissions attempt to heal divided nations after the injustice has ceased. They rely on a process of education in which a reckoning with hard truths of systemic oppression lead to national accountability, reparations for victims, healing and potential unity. However, truth and reconciliation commissions, such as the one in South Africa, are...

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On May 25th, 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white Policeman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Captured on camera and viewed by millions, Floyd’s brutalization inspired an uprising in multiple cities across the United States and the world. In Seattle, WA, protesters in an area termed “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest,” (CHOP),...

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Originally published August 28th, 2018 in Progressive Army With its signature drive to power through violence, the continued rise of neo-fascism in the United States and Europe, among other places, is unraveling human society. Though dissimilar to the 20th century version in some ways, the current form has many of the attributes of its ancestor, such as:  traditionalism,...

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