Hello, everybody, and welcome to the annual, I guess at this point, event in which the whole Rev Left family comes

together. Last year, we came together to answer a series of questions, and this year we're coming

together to do a bit of a deeper dive on South African apartheid. Of course, this whole concept

and this whole history is becoming increasingly relevant in the face of what's going on

in Palestine currently. And so we figured that, you know, having a sort of deep dive on South

African apartheid could clarify some similarities, some differences with the case in Israel,

as well as other, you know, related phenomena like segregation after failed reconstruction

in the American South.

In a lot of ways, and maybe there'll be some disagreement on this going forward, but I see

South African apartheid as sort of this mix of what, you know, sort of Israeli settler colonialism

and impression with some fundamental differences and with, you know, Jim Crow Israeli settler colonialism and impression with some fundamental differences

and with, you know, Jim Crow in the South.

And there's lots of sort of parallels between both and some interesting differences that perhaps we can get into.

I guess for lack of a better term, we call episodes like this revolutionary guerrilla menace episodes,

a sort of mixture of everything. So this is really

fun. And we don't get to do this as much as I think all of us would like. So it's always a pleasure

to have Allison, Henry, and Adnan together in the same place. I want to say up top as well that

over on guerrilla history, we did have a sort of introduction to South African apartheid.

It's a sort of a 101, you know, bird's eye view of some of the basics that help people that with little to no knowledge of this historical, phenomenal, historical process, at least sort of get their beak wet with regards to some of the main things on the table with an eye towards this episode where we go a little deeper.

So if you have some background knowledge on South African apartheid, you can jump right into

this conversation, even if you have little to none. I'm sure you'll find many things in this

conversation helpful, but if you really want a nice 101, go check it out on guerrilla history.

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