I was joined by Talia Lavin for this episode, the author of Culture Warlords & writer of the very interesting’The Sword And the Sandwich’ substack. Find her on twitter @swordsjew We chat about the history of food & fascism and how similar patterns and themes still show up in the modern political landscape. Links:Find Talia’s substack here: https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/Why Food Has Become a New Target for Nationalists https://www.eater.com/2017/6/30/15892900/italy-ban-ethnic-foreign-food-immigrants-kabab-nationalismMy previous episodes on the Hindu far right: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/panel21-hindutva-despair-biryani?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharinghttps://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/episode-53-hindu-far-right?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingOn the Chinese exclusion act: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/06/16/532697303/how-american-unions-tried-to-wage-a-war-against-chinese-restaurants-in-the-u-sTASTING FASCISM: FOOD, SPACE, AND IDENTITY IN ITALYhttps://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/13767/Lo_Ruth.pdf?sequence=1A thread I did on the Futurists & IDW parallels: https://twitter.com/nicemangos/status/1521865751690452992?s=21&t=bm59a5_ds9bI5gTlGI_wQwHere’s a link to all the full, publicly released episodes of Woking Up in a handy playlist, if you haven’t checked that out yet and would like to: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/sets/woking-up-miniseries?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharingPlease consider supporting the show via patreon.com/nicemangos

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