Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

The “Alt-Right” and Zionism//Kurd and Catalan Future?


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What is a nation? Richard Spencer’s “alt-right” looks to Zionism as a model for an exclusionary Aryan homeland in America. The white supremacist says he “turns to Israel for guidance.” Jewish Americans have a long history of inclusiveness. What is the effect of the exclusive Zionist model on anti-Semitism? On part one, author Mich Levy reflects on white zionism and the racist right. And on part two Columbia professor Judith Matloff discusses her article “Devolutionary Road: Lessons From Failed Independence Bids of the Kurds and Catalans.” She argues no amount of crackdown can end the demand for self-government.
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