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Benjamin Moser is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sontag: Her Life and Work and the new book Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History.
He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson to discuss the long history of Jewish opposition to Zionism, the contradictions of liberal Zionism, the relationship between Zionism and antisemitism, and whether Israel has actually made Jews safer.
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0:00–7:47 The Zionist Fairy Tale and Its Colonial Origins
7:47–13:22 The Contradictions of Liberal Zionism
13:22–21:38 How Genocide Becomes Morally Justifiable
21:38–25:04 Does Israel Actually Make Jews Safer?
25:04–27:40 Reading Theodor Herzl
27:40–31:55 The Jewish Pariah and the Tradition of Dissent
31:55–33:52 Are Anti-Zionists the Most Jewish Jews?
33:52–43:37 How Zionism and Antisemitism Reinforce Each Other
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There is no such thing as a red state. The toxic Republican Party can be defeated everywhere. But Democrats have to show they can deliver. If they squander this moment, it will be short-lived.

🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-myth-of-red-states-has-collapsed

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The NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught in a web of lies and scams.
🌹 Full article by Nathan J. Robinson: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/mamdanis-richard-scarry-socialism-can-make-city-life-simple-again
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Jon Greenaway is a writer, critic, and co-host of the podcast Horror Vanguard. He joins Current Affairs editor in chief Nathan J. Robinson, along with editors Emily Topping and Alex Skopic, to discuss his new article “Zombie Simpsons and the Cultural Undead,” which appears in the upcoming print issue of Current Affairs.
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🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Obsession: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/obsession-and-the-horror-of-treating-people-as-products
🧟 Jon Greenaway's article on Backrooms: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/backrooms-shows-the-vast-meaningless-maze-of-capitalism
0:00 Monopoly Go and the Death of Culture
6:05 How Culture Becomes Intellectual Property
12:28 “Zombie Simpsons” and Capitalist Realism
24:14 Why the Left Needs a Critique of Culture
31:39 The Pointless Harry Potter Reboot
38:09 The Hollowness of Jimmy Fallon
44:48 Horror Movies You Should Watch
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