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For episode 170, returning guest Musa Okwonga talks to Elia Ayoub about a piece he wrote, "The Hatred Is Accelerating", on racism and the far right in Germany. This was recorded on 31 August 2024, a day before the fascist AfD party won top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony in the state elections.
The Fire These Times is a proud member of From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective. How to Support: on Patreon or on Apple Podcasts. You'll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join our monthly hangouts, and more.
Previous TFTT episodes with Musa Okwonga
We Need to Talk About Twitter w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani
Football is Political: #Qatar2022, Russia and What Comes Next w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani
Special 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Retrospective w/ Musa Okwonga, Fabien Goa and Justin Salhani
In the End, It Was All About Love w/ Musa Okwonga
Being the Good Immigrant in an Ungrateful Country w/ Musa Okwonga
Check out
2018 article by Musa: Berliners have shown how to stop the march of the far right
The Far Right is Not Inevitable with Aurelien Mondon
The work of Jakob Springfeld and Philipp Ruch. Also: Polylulx and International Women* Space
First video essay on YouTube by Ayman Makarem: Zionism from the Standpoint of Its Victims and subscribe to our channel
Elia Ayoub's newsletter Hauntologies.net
Recommended reads and listens:
Critical Muslim: German Redemption Theology by Adnan Delalic
London Review of Books: Memory Failure by Pankaj Mishra
972Mag: Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews by Hebh Jamal
Jewish Currents' "On The Nose Podcast" The Trouble with Germany, part I
Jewish Currents' "On The Nose Podcast" The Trouble with Germany, part II
Granta: Once Again, Germany defines who is a Jew, part I by George Prochnik, Eyal Weizman & Emily Dische-Becker
Granta: Once Again, Germany defines who is a Jew, part II by George Prochnik, Eyal Weizman & Emily Dische-Becker
IWriteStuff.Blog: The Jewish and Arab Questions, and European Fascism by Elia Ayoub
The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question by Raef Zreik
Books by Musa Okwonga (website):
Please support your local bookshops and public libraries by ordering them there whenever possible.
In The End, It Was All About Love
One of Them: An Eton College Memoir
Striking Out: The Debut Novel from Superstar Striker Ian Wright
Raheem Sterling (Football Legends #1) with Stanley Chow
Eating Roses for Dinner
A Cultured Left Foot: The Eleven Elements of Footballing Greatness
Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by Antidotezine and published on The Fire These Times.
Pluggables:
The Fire These Times in on the website and Instagram
From The Periphery in on Patreon, YouTube, the website and Twitter
Elia Ayoub is on Mastodon, Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky, and check out his newsletter and website
Credits:
Host(s): Elia Ayoub | Guest(s): Musa Okwonga | Producers: Aydın Yıldız, Elia Ayoub, Israa Abdel Fattah, Ayman Makarem and Leila Al-Shami | Music: Rap and Revenge | TFTT theme design: Wenyi Geng | FTP theme design: Hisham Rifai | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: Molly Crabapple | Episode design: Elia Ayoub
From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, Israa Abdel Fattah, with more joining soon!
The Fire These Times by Elia Ayoub is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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For episode 170, returning guest Musa Okwonga talks to Elia Ayoub about a piece he wrote, "The Hatred Is Accelerating", on racism and the far right in Germany. This was recorded on 31 August 2024, a day before the fascist AfD party won top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony in the state elections.
The Fire These Times is a proud member of From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective. How to Support: on Patreon or on Apple Podcasts. You'll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join our monthly hangouts, and more.
Previous TFTT episodes with Musa Okwonga
We Need to Talk About Twitter w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani
Football is Political: #Qatar2022, Russia and What Comes Next w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani
Special 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Retrospective w/ Musa Okwonga, Fabien Goa and Justin Salhani
In the End, It Was All About Love w/ Musa Okwonga
Being the Good Immigrant in an Ungrateful Country w/ Musa Okwonga
Check out
2018 article by Musa: Berliners have shown how to stop the march of the far right
The Far Right is Not Inevitable with Aurelien Mondon
The work of Jakob Springfeld and Philipp Ruch. Also: Polylulx and International Women* Space
First video essay on YouTube by Ayman Makarem: Zionism from the Standpoint of Its Victims and subscribe to our channel
Elia Ayoub's newsletter Hauntologies.net
Recommended reads and listens:
Critical Muslim: German Redemption Theology by Adnan Delalic
London Review of Books: Memory Failure by Pankaj Mishra
972Mag: Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews by Hebh Jamal
Jewish Currents' "On The Nose Podcast" The Trouble with Germany, part I
Jewish Currents' "On The Nose Podcast" The Trouble with Germany, part II
Granta: Once Again, Germany defines who is a Jew, part I by George Prochnik, Eyal Weizman & Emily Dische-Becker
Granta: Once Again, Germany defines who is a Jew, part II by George Prochnik, Eyal Weizman & Emily Dische-Becker
IWriteStuff.Blog: The Jewish and Arab Questions, and European Fascism by Elia Ayoub
The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question by Raef Zreik
Books by Musa Okwonga (website):
Please support your local bookshops and public libraries by ordering them there whenever possible.
In The End, It Was All About Love
One of Them: An Eton College Memoir
Striking Out: The Debut Novel from Superstar Striker Ian Wright
Raheem Sterling (Football Legends #1) with Stanley Chow
Eating Roses for Dinner
A Cultured Left Foot: The Eleven Elements of Footballing Greatness
Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by Antidotezine and published on The Fire These Times.
Pluggables:
The Fire These Times in on the website and Instagram
From The Periphery in on Patreon, YouTube, the website and Twitter
Elia Ayoub is on Mastodon, Instagram, Twitter, and Bluesky, and check out his newsletter and website
Credits:
Host(s): Elia Ayoub | Guest(s): Musa Okwonga | Producers: Aydın Yıldız, Elia Ayoub, Israa Abdel Fattah, Ayman Makarem and Leila Al-Shami | Music: Rap and Revenge | TFTT theme design: Wenyi Geng | FTP theme design: Hisham Rifai | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: Molly Crabapple | Episode design: Elia Ayoub
From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, Israa Abdel Fattah, with more joining soon!
The Fire These Times by Elia Ayoub is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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