The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses

The Ottoman Empire is no more. The British have won the Great War, becoming "the Iron Wall" sought by the Zionist movement to strengthen their political position in Palestine. The Zionist Commission negotiates with Arab nationalist leaders outside of Palestine, bypassing Palestinians who have little politcal control of their own land. The theoretical "Arab Question" is becoming less theoretical, as Palestinians are not interested in leaving their homes unless forced. Unprecedented acts of violence and anti-Jewish riots terrify an increasingly militant Zionist movement, whose members are attempting to forge a new Jewish identity. The settlers who once fled European anti-semitism now set out to establish a European-Jewish society, carved out of the Middle East. As the political climate becomes increasingly sectarian, an all-out clash seems inevitable. The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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Zionism, the nationalist movement to establish a Jewish state, was born out of the broken promise of European Liberalism and enlightenment values. As pogroms and anti-semitic conspiracy theories spread throughout Europe, Jewish intellectuals inspired by Nationalism set out to create a “New Jew” in Palestine. But Palestine is already inhabited by Arabs, including Arab Jews and Sephardim, who ask that their European brothers and sisters learn rather than destroy the local culture. The Arab masses are forced into wage labor after being dispossessed of their land by European and Arab capital, who proceed to sell the land to European Jewish settlers. Without political control of their own land, Palestinian intellectuals begin to assert themselves and build a modern nationalism of their own. Jewish socialists split over the question of Zionism, as revolutionaries denounce the emergence of Zionism in the movement for rejecting worker internationalism in favor of ethnic chauvinism. As more Jews immigrate to Palestine and Arabs barred from employment, the logical conclusion to “the Arab Question” becomes more and more clear.The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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Adam returns to the show to discuss the upcoming offensive in Raqqa, Chemical Weapons in Syria and Bashar Al-Assad. Also, I chastise the left for developing a poor analysis of Syria based on our own projections, and proceed to do the very thing I criticize. Also, dick jokes.Find Adam Patterson at Napalm in the Morning (http://www.napalminthemorning.com/) and Current Affairs (https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/adampatterson). You can reach him on Twitter @AdamPattersonDC or contact him via email at [email protected] Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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Franco smashes the already exhausted Republicans as the Nationalists drive towards the sea, splitting the Republic in half. Hitler continues to grab land and expand his borders while the Nazi holocaust begins to take shape. While Britain, France and the US continue to appease fascism, the Republic makes a final, desperate attack in hope of spurring the great powers to action.The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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The war is going badly for the Republic. As Franco consolidates power in the Nationalist zone, the divisions between the revolutionaries and the communists and right-socialists continue to deepen. Franco and his fascist allies seize control of the north and turn the tide in their favor. Desperate for a quick victory, the Republican popular army launches an attack on the mountain town of Teruel at the start of a record freezing winter. Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler expands Germany's borders while the bourgeois democracies do nothing.The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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Owner of Una Vaina Bien Spanish and anti-imperialist educator Mechi Anais Estevez Cruz joins the podcast to discuss the legacy of Rafael Trujillo and his cult of personality, as well as anti-fascist and liberation struggle, and Lil Wayne. Visit Mechi's website at www.unavainabienspanish.comThe Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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Adam Patterson drops by the podcast to discuss terror bombings from the air, guerilla tactics, the history of fascism and the relevance of anti-fascist history in the age of Trump. Adam Patterson is an analyst of armed conflict who specializes in civil war, insurgency, and extremist movements. He currently focuses on sectarian violence in the Middle East. Adam maintains a blog called Napalm in the Morning (http://www.napalminthemorning.com/) and writes for Current Affairs (https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/adampatterson). You can reach him on Twitter @AdamPattersonDC or contact him via email at [email protected] Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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Having defeated the coup, the militias of the Popular Front struggle to hold onto territory as the rebel generals control the bulk of the armed forces. The anarchists and the marxist POUM launch a social revolution, irking the anti-revolutionary socialists and communists. Meanwhile, the world watches intently as the nationalists close in on Madrid. The poorly armed militias descend on the capital to defend the Republic from the elite Army of Africa and the combined forces of the Nazi and Italian modern mechanized armies. Nearly as important is the battle of worldwide public opinion, as journalists clash with their editors in the propaganda war. The Movements is a leftist history and politics podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons by e-mailing [email protected]. Find us on facebook and twitter @movementspod and support the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod

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In 1936, the first international fight against fascism began in Spain. Working and middle class leftists from the United States to Germany to China traveled to Spain to defend the Spanish Republic against a right-wing coalition of Spanish nationalists, Italian Fascists and German Nazis. In the midst of the vicious conflict, millions of working class militants seize the moment and launch a social revolution in the midst of war. But while regular American folk travel by the thousands to defend the Spanish republic, their industrialists, politicians and oilmen quietly aid the fascist war effort…Transcripts may be requested for accessibility reasons. E-mail [email protected] with questions and comments. More information at movements.buzzsprout.com. Follow The Movements on Facebook and Twitter @MovementsPod

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