The Art of Boycott: Delinking, Zionism, and the Agrarian Question فن المقاطعة: فك الارتباط، الصهيونية والقضية الزراعية؟
Release Date: 05/31/2024
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info_outline**The Arabic half of the conversation begins around minute 72**
Essam Elkorgle (@elkorgle) guesthosts a special dual-language episode with Tunis-based sociologist Haithem Gasmi (@HaithemGasmii) on the sociocultural dimensions of the Zionist boycott and the wider question of delinking from the neocolonial world system.
Check out the short video discussed in the episode.
Cover art by Suhaib Tantoush
Haithem's recent articles (Arabic)
"Disengagement After Boycott: Disengagement From What? (Part One)"
"Disengagement After Boycott: Disengagement From What? (Part Two)"
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