Working Class History Podcast - Anti-Zionism in Israel: part 1
First of a two-part episode on a people's history of Zionism and opposition to within Israel, in conversation with former members of socialist group Matzpen Moshe Machover, Haim and Udi. Support this podcast, and listen to part 2 now on patreon: patreon.com/workingclasshistory MORE INFORMATION – For more information on Matzpen, check out their website: www.matzpen.org/english/ or watch this documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfcFno2pqJg – For further reading written by Matzpen co-founder, Moshe Machover, see his archive on the Matzpen site: www.matzpen.org/english/tag/moshe-machover/ See also other collections of Moshe’s texts on the Israeli Occupation Archive and libcom.org websites: www.israeli-occupation.org/tag/moshe-machover/ libcom.org/tags/moshe-machover – For a further expansion of Moshe’s discussion on the podcast regarding the resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict, see: www.matzpen.org/english/2009-02-1…t-moshe-machover/ – For more texts written by Moshe’s comrade and fellow Matzpen co-founder, Akiva Orr, see the archives on the Matzpen and libcom.orgwebsites: www.matzpen.org/english/tag/akiva-orr/ libcom.org/tags/aki-orr – The recordings of Aki were taken from the following videos: Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - youtu.be/MwjKa9v6OAY Author and activist Akiva Orr on Israel’s wars - vimeo.com/19444809 – The complete archive of the English-language editions of Khamsin: libcom.org/library/khamsin-jou…ialists-middle-east – For a good overview of the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, we recommend Ilan Pappe’s History of Modern Palestine. We would also recommend Matzpen’s 1972 pamphlet The Other Israel: The Radical Case Against Zionism: www.matzpen.org/english/category/the-other-israel/ libcom.org/library/other-israe…ase-against-zionism – For further reading on the workers' movement (both Arab and Jewish) in Palestine pre-1948, we would recommend Zachary Lockman’s excellent book Comrades and Enemies: Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine, 1906-1948 (which also contains information on ‘left-wing’ or ‘workers’ Zionism and its contradictions) as well as Musa Budeiri’s Palestine Communist Party, 1919-48: Arab And Jew In The Struggle For Internationalism. Further reading on the Histadrut’s contradictory role here: www.matzpen.org/english/1972-02-1…t-union-and-boss/ – For an overview of the 1947-49 Palestine War, commonly known as the ‘Nakba’ (‘catastrophe’ or ‘disaster’ in English): www.matzpen.org/english/1972-02-1…alestine-problem/ – For a more in-depth look at the systematic nature of Zionist ethnic cleansing of Palestinians during the war, see Ilan Pappe’s 'The 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine': libcom.org/library/1948-ethnic…alestine-ilan-pappe – For more on the 1967 ‘Six Day’ War, see Moshe’s ‘The War Israel Planned’: www.israeli-occupation.org/2017-07-11/…el-planned/ – For more on the 1982 Lebanon war, see: www.indybay.org/newsitems/2003/06/23/16218181.php – For an in-depth look at the first and second intifadas, and the significant differences between them (as well as wider history of resistance and demobilisation by the official organisations of ‘national liberation’: libcom.org/library/21st-centur…-palestine-aufheben ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Edited by Louise Barry, from Audio Interference: interferencearchive.org/category/publ…ations/audio/ Thanks to Max Blumenthal (twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal)for permission to use audio from video clips which are here: youtu.be/MwjKa9v6OAY and vimeo.com/19444809