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Prez and Talia talk about the origins of the ADL, and learn the history the world "anti-semitism" Free Palestine

Continuing our deep dives into differing threads of fascism, we're excited to talk to Justin Podur again for a multi-part series on the origins, political economy, and culture of Indian fascism. You can find Justin on Twitter @justinpodur and his many projects at https://podur.org/ Apologies for the delay due to a lot of life stuff, this does mean …

A little mix and surprise for you loyal listeners. Enjoy!

Apologies for the delay, this was recorded in Summer 2023, and due to life events, we are releasing it now. Hope you enjoy! We're excited to have Kota from the Against Japanism podcast again join us for a multi-part series on the origins, political economy, and culture of Japanese fascism. Follow Kota on twitter at @againstjapanism and check out hi…

A recap of what has been happening Please donate to MECA https://www.mecaforpeace.org/

We're excited to have Kota from the Against Japanism podcast join us for a multi-part series on the origins, political economy, and culture of Japanese fascism. Follow Kota on twitter at @againstjapanism and check out his stuff at https://linktr.ee/againstjapanismpodcast The outro music can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOgxYkL3wgw…

We're excited to have Amin Hosuri join us for a multi-episode series examining anti-imperialism and internationalism in the imperial core. We use the response to the Iran's Zhina uprisings to analyze Western anti-imperialism and how we can support workers throughout the world without falling into the imperialist agenda. For security reasons, Amin p…

Prez went on Kingless Generation to talk about international fascism, its ideological origins, and it's links with settler colonialism

Prez and Talia sit down with Norah, an associate editor of the Electronic Intifada, host of the EI Podcast, and co-host of The Brief podcast; and Dan, a former assistant director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies in Britain, and who recently wrapped up a political science postdoc at UQAM, a left hub in Montreal; to discuss Biden's recent…

In this quick turn around episode, a Filipino kasama gives their thoughts about the upcoming Marcos-Duterte administration, and what it means for the future. *Erratum: The series of protests that came to be known as the First Quarter Storm occurred during January to March of 1970, not 1971 For an excellent reportage of the events that took place du…

We sit down with Justin Podur and talk about the inter-imperialist war between Russia and Ukraine. You can find Justin on Twitter @justinpodur

Zev and Talia are joined by Irish language activist, Domhnall, and they discuss the revolutionary potential of Irish, Yiddish, and Indigenous languages. *Talia apologies for an horrific mispronunciations Works Cited: Jailtacht: The Irish Language, Symbolic Power and Political Violence in Northern Ireland, 1972-2008 https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-…

A quick update on what's happening at the Minyan, and hopes for the new year.

In this episode Prez and Talia discuss some of Gramsci's main theories, the material conditions of their development and their relevance to today. We cover his theoretical analyses of fascism, bourgeois politics, and the state, and how he was the first Joker. We are using The Antonio Gramsci Reader: Selected Writings 1916-1935, NYU Press Edition. R…

In this episode Prez spends way too long talking about history and theory while we deconstruct what it means for land to be used "productively." Zev discusses the relationship between eco-fascism in Israel and America. Our guest Lydia, from the Center of Communist Studies, joins us to talk about the importance of Olive Trees and other claims of "en…

In this mini-episode Prez relates Stalin's "Marxism and the National Question" to the Israel and the idea that there can be a single Jewish Nation...or why there fundamentally can't be one. Please excuse any pauses made, they forget words easily

Talia reads the Founding Document of the PFLP From the River to the Sea, Palestine WILL BE FREE Please do whatever you can to support the Palestinian struggle. Attend rallies and marches for Nakba Day (5/15) From the Strategy of for the Liberation of Palestine https://foreignlanguages.press/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/S08-PFLP-Strategy-Lib-Palestine…

The Minyan discusses Norm Finkelstein's book, The Holocaust Industry. Get some water, this one is spicy. End song: Mir Veln Zey Iberlebn performed by Tsibele References: American Radical - The Trials of Norman Finkelstein [2009] https://youtu.be/9R4KV9wAnsU Finkelstein, Norman G. The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suf…

To tide you over until the Holocaust Industry episode is released, we here at the Minyan wanted you to hear the the debate between Norman Finklestein and Alan Dershowitz on an episode of Democracy Now in 2003. Enjoy!

Talia goes on Mandatory OT to discuss the Battle of Cable Street, how the Jews, Irish, and Communists worked together to fight fascism, and the lessons we can apply to our current conditions. __________________________ Anderson, Gerald D. 1983. Fascists, communists, and the national government: civil liberties in Great Britain, 1931-1937. Columbia:…

We're back! We introduce Zev, discuss this past summer, and answer your burning Marvel questions. You can contact us on Twitter at @the_minyan or email us at minyanpod@gmail.com

In this long, LONG, overdue episode, the Minyan joins friend and comrade Alireza to explore the complicated history of Iran from the Constitutional Revolution of 1905 to the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Along the way, we discuss the particular class character of 20th Century Iranian society, the messy and often disappointing foreign relations betwee…

The Minyan crew updates us on the work they've been doing during this time.

After weeks of delays, scheduling conflicts, and technical difficulties, the Minyan proudly presents its first truly long-form episode. Join Yaakov, Talia & special comrade guests Ari, Eli, Greer, & Zach as they dive into the bewildering world of Tanakh source criticism, ancient Egyptian literary analysis, & Ancient Near East archaeology, sifting t…

Continuing from where Part 1 left off, Ma'tez joins the Minyan to trace the currents of Palestinian resistance to Zionist settler-colonialism from the Nakba & the declaration of the Israeli state through to the present day, with discussions of resistance movements under both Israeli & Jordanian hegemony, the 6 Day War, the role of Palestinian resis…

In this very special episode, the Minyan sits down with Ma'tez from the West Bank to discuss the long history of Palestinian resistance to foreign domination. We begin with the Musha' communal land system that Palestinian villages maintained under Ottoman Rule, the first conflicts with Zionist settlers in the late 1800s, how World War I affected Pa…

This time the Spiel is real. In a bit of a change-up, this month's bonus episode is a Purim Spiel, a reading of the Book of Esther by Talia & Yaakov, with the theme of the retelling being 90s/00s hip hop censoring in all its glass shattering, dog barking, and all around goofy glory. We hope you enjoy, and if you want to hear more readings as bonus …

APOLOGIES FOR SOME AUDIO QUALITY ISSUES, especially to those with audio sensitivities. Minor mic problems has Yaakov's voice sounding a bit crackly throughout this episode. On this holiday episode, the Minyan gets a little silly talking about the most fun, raucous, feminist, queer-inclusive, & outright diasporist holiday of the ritual calendar: Pur…

Are you or someone you know struggling to accept the validity of Marxism-Leninism because you view the tendency as poisoned by big bad Stalin the antisemite? Well do we have an episode for you! In honor of the yahrzeit of Joseph Stalin (Z"L), here's an upload of Talia's interview last summer on Proles of the Round Table, in which she debunks these …

In this month's Davening After Dark episode, Pres goes off on the subject of critical support in a new segment called The Spiel, Talia leads a round of the Hitler or Herzl Expanded Universe, Yaakov & Pres share some Evil Eye articles, Talia seeks to wrench back Gritty from the anarchists, and everyone gets in an argument about Star Wars. Somehow, d…

In another short(ish) holiday episode, Talia & Yaakov work through the utility of Tu B'Shvat as not just a New Year For Trees, but as an opportunity for engaging in theory and practice aimed at mass work with the food-insecure, solidarity work with indigenous Land and Water Protectors, and in particular solidarity work with Palestinians whose land …

On this first patrons-only DAD, the Minyan answers listener questions on mysticism, education, the role of goyish comrades in combating zionism, and more. We share some anecdotes from Jewish history, get in a good Evil Eye over fundamentalist Christians LARPing as Jews at a gun rally, and then a few rounds of Hitler or Herzl. Oh and we introduce a …

Building international solidarity, Talia, with 8hop from Proles of the Round Table and Connor from Proles of the Book Club, go to Belfast in Occupied Ireland to discuss with members of the Connolly Youth Movement, living under British Occupation, the history of militant Irish resistance, the continued ties of solidarity with Occupied Palestine, and…

Talia and Yaakov sit down with Alex Verman to discuss their article in Jewish Currents, “Mere Disruption Won’t Alter Birthright’s Agenda,” working through Birthright’s function as a technology of Zionist settler-colonialism, the orientalist logic that undergirds it, & how IfNotNow’s campaign to disrupt Birthright trips reinforces, rather than oppos…

Whether you spell it Ḥanukkah, Hanukkah, Chanukah, Khanike, or any other way, it’s that time of year for the Festival of Lights! Light your menorah & spin your dreidel while Talia & Yaakov reveal just how distant the modern holiday is from both earlier celebrations, when Judith was given pride of place alongside Judah Maccabee, and from the histori…

The Minyan continues to take inspiration from the Union of Soviet Socialist Podcasts Central Committee, the Proles of the Round Table. This time, they introduce the first of what will be a series of bonus episodes for patrons of the forthcoming Proles of the Minyan Patreon. This is Davening After Dark, in which the Minyan answers listener questions…

It's the long promised first episode of the Proles of the Minyan Reading Series, in which the Minyan takes on classic Marxist texts that touch on Jewish issues. In this first foray into close textual analysis, Tim and Yaakov go head to head over Marx's "On The Jewish Question," (1843) a notoriously difficult work in which a young Marx replies to Br…

In this special and (sort of) shorter episode, Talia and Yaakov sit down and reflect on the meaning of the High Holy Days, with readings of Rabbi Brant Rosen from Tzedek Chicago & the Book of Isaiah, audio clips from the Minyan trio and a comrade from Talia & Yaakov's Jewish Solidarity Caucus days, and the goals and wishes for the new year from mor…

Beginning a long-term examination of the Jewish ritual calendar, the Minyan discusses Tisha B'av, the fast day commemorating the destruction of the 2nd Temple of Jerusalem in 70CE, exploring the history leading up to the Roman sack of the Temple, the sectarian nature of 2nd Temple Judaism, the ritual practices of the holiday itself, and its meaning…

In the first Proles of the Minyan interview episode, Shelby Shoup joins the Minyan to discuss Zionist cultural replication and the potential for leftist organizing among Reform Jewish youth. Shelby is the former Social Action Vice President (SAVP) of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), the youth organization within the Union for R…

Rapid Response to the Never Again Actions against ICE concentration camps, in connection and solidarity with Occupy Tornillo, Palestinian liberation movements, and the struggle of Ethiopian Jews against police brutality in Israel. Dedicated in memory of Solomon Teka, Z"L, the black Jewish teenager murdered last week by Israeli police. May his memor…

The Proles of the Minyan declare their support for DC Dyke March’s banning of the Israeli pride flag, present a historical analysis of Jewish symbolism, argue for an abandonment of the Magen David, and advance other symbols, like the Hamsa, that can serve to build Jewish solidarity with Palestinians for our collective liberation. ----- Intro by Eli…