Ben Burgis Goes on Israeli TV and DEBUNKS Mayo-Brained Talking Points
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Yesterday, Ben Burgis went on English-language Israeli cable channel i24 to argue about the role of Israel/Palestine in the rise of the democratic socialist left in the United States. We'll play the whole segment and break it down!
Read the Jacobin article mentioned in the episode ("The Problem With Israel Is So Much Bigger Than Netanyahu"):
https://jacobin.com/2025/08/democrats-bernie-netanyahu-zionism-apartheid
Pre-order Ben (and Bhaskar Sunkara and Mike Beggs's) new book "The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World" from worker-owned bookshop Red Emmas:
https://redemmas.org/titles/52310-the-blueprint-how-socialism-can-work-in-the-real-world/
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