'One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.' That tweet, by Omar El Akkad, in October 2023, three weeks after Israel invaded Gaza, has been viewed over ten million times. Its author, Omar El Akkad, has now written a book of searing essays, asking, among other things, what it is that 'polite liberal progressives' actually stand for.

• Guest: Omar El Akkad, US-based journalist, novelist, author of ‘One day, everyone will have always been against this’ (Text) 
• Producer: Ann Arnold

Originally broadcast March 27, 2025