Thawra Epilogue: Genocide and Resistance

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the third and final part of the epilogue to Thawra (Revolution), our epic series on the history of revolutionary Arab politics. This episode takes us from Hamas’s victory in the 2006 legislative elections, through the siege on Gaza, to October 7, the Gaza genocide, the Axis of Resistance, and Israel’s attempt to draw Iran into a massive regional war with the US.

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0:00.0	This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our listeners who support us at Patreon.com and by University of California Press, which has loads of great titles perfect for dig listeners like you. One that you might like is
0:15.3	Wannabe Fascists by Federico Finkelstein. This book offers a precise
0:21.6	explanation of why Trumpism and similar movements belong to a new political breed, the wannabe fascists.
0:30.0	Drawing on almost three decades of research on the histories of fascism and
0:34.4	populism around the world. The wannabe fascists lays out the four pillars of
0:39.9	fascism. Xenophobia, propaganda, political violence, and ultimately, dictatorship.
0:47.0	Finkelstein explains how and why want to be fascists like Trump, Bolsonaro, and Modi, embrace the first three pillars, but don't quite
0:57.4	succeed in the fourth. This book stresses the importance of preventing despots from reaching this tipping point and offers a clear warning for what's at stake.
1:09.0	Learn more about the want to be fascist at uc press. ed u. u.d u.
1:17.0	welcome to the dig, a podcast from Jacobin magazine. My name is Daniel Denver and
1:29.0	I'm broadcasting this introduction on the road from Vienna. This is the last of our three-part
1:36.7	epilogue to our voluminous series Thawra, an extensive investigation into 20th century Arab politics with historian
1:46.2	Abdel Razakkriti. Thawra is Arabic 4, revolution.
1:51.2	It's a word that contains historical multitudes, diverse political
1:55.9	radicalisms and revolts that have swept across Arab lands over the past century.
2:00.9	Yes, this is the final installment of our three-part epilogue to Thawra
2:07.1	and so also the very last Thawra episode of any sort with my dear friend Abdel Rizaktakriti.
2:16.3	In this installment, Abid and I chronicle the Palestinian liberation struggles fight
2:21.5	against the Israeli settler state over the last 20 years or so.
2:25.0	From Hamas's victory in the 2006 legislative election through the FATA attempted coup against
2:31.3	Hamas, stoked as it was by the U.S. in Israel that followed.
2:37.0	We trace the aftermath. Following Hamas's seizure of power in Gaza in response to the failed
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