In this episode, we are joined by Sai Englert to discuss settler colonialism as a keyword in Critical Zionism Studies. Sai’s work considers the role of labor in the settler colonial conquest of land and accumulation of resources, and its particular importance to the Zionist project. This conversation explores the logics and contradictions of settler colonialism, and Sai makes a compelling case for paying closer attention to exploitation as a key structure of Zionism.

Sai Englert is a lecturer at Leiden University in the Netherlands and the author of Settler Colonialism and Introduction. This conversation is grounded in his most recent article, “Gaza and Settler Colonialism” in Spectre, from that journal’s April 2024, special issue on Palestine. Sai and Spectre have generously shared his article for podcast listeners. It is available on our website and through the show notes.