We sit down with Dr. Norman Finkelstein to hear his thoughts on Hamas’s attack on Israel and the devastation of Gaza. We listen as he takes a look back at his life’s work, tries to make sense of the w

True Anon unlocked their interview with Norman Finkelstein in full. I know the preview was linked earlier, but I’m sure there are lots of people who will be interested in listening to the full thing

  • MF_COOM [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Liz' disclaimer at the beginning made me expect more dumb old man shit about wokeness, but she was really just priming the libs in their audience for a guy explaining why he didn't condemn Hamas for the Al-Aqsa Flood.

    I know Finklestein is persona non grata around here, but I thought his voice and expertise here is valuable. I genuinely thought him talking through his moral uncertainty about how to view the flood as the civilian death toll rose was really interesting, and about how rather than just choose a side he went to listen to historical arguments of similar scenarios like the Nat Turner or Warsaw Ghetto uprisings.

    Norm's still a problematic boomer but he remains a major resource and comrade with respect to Palestine.

    • happybadger [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Why do people dislike him here? Apart from the boomer shit that StalinwasaGryffindor mentioned, from his podcast appearances the only thing I've taken pause at was him being critical of BDS. But I've yet to hear what his alternative to BDS is and he otherwise seems sincere in his Palestine activism. I get Zionists hating him but outside of r/trueanon left spaces seem to be more sceptical than supportive of him.

      • DayOfDoom [any, any]
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        1 year ago

        Pretty close to being a transphobe to the point of being extremely confrontational about whether he'd use pronouns and stuff. Forget which podcast this was on, was it the Adam Friedland show episode maybe? Also he'll go on anyone that'll have him at this point, so a lot of right-wing things. Also used to be a Maoist but was disillusioned by the Dengist turn in the '70s so what his current, actual politics isn't super defined.

        • JohannaChittarra
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          1 year ago

          He was on Pod Damn America and just ranted about “woke” issues and there are only 2 sexes for about an hour.

          https://hexbear.net/post/272745

          And this is just an appalling piece where he runs the gamut of transphobic talking points.