Who’s afraid of “Intifada”? Philology and Liberation w/ Chella Ward
Release Date: 06/09/2025
Resisting ICE and Fascism on the Borderlands w/Alex Aviña
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Adnan is joined by Prof. Alexander Aviña, a historian and anti-imperialist scholar at Arizona State University, to explore the history and politics of race, immigration, and the border in US fascism and empire. As ever, Alex’s in-depth knowledge and incisive analysis connects local and global conditions in an illuminating historical frame. Watch the on our YouTube channel Dr. Aviña on X: Check out his website Like, subscribe, share! X: Substack: YouTube Support the show on Patreon if you can!
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Oslo and its Discontents: Peace Process as Colonial War
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**Producer's note: This is the fifth in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 5 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). Dr. Ariel Salzmann and Adnan discuss how the popular uprising of the "first intifada" could only be quelled by the "Oslo Peace Process" and the recruitment of a comprador class formed into the Palestinian Authority to maintain the occupation and dispossession of...
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Cold War De/Recolonialism
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**Producer's note: This is the fourth in a 7-part series. All 7 parts will be available to Patrons of the show in the next few days, and we will release the subsequent parts every Wednesday for the next 6 weeks. Support the show on Patreon if you can't wait!** Part 4 of Palestine and the World: History in a Time of Genocide (Denial). This episode examines the colonial and settler colonial character of the project of zionism and the foundations of the state of Israel. This leads Dr. Ariel Salzmann to reframe the transformation of diasporic Judaism into zionism under the alchemy of the...
info_outlineDr. Marchella “Chella” Ward, a scholar of Critical Ancient World Studies joins Adnan to discuss the meaning of “Intifada” in response to the French prosecution of Elias D’Imzalène for his use of the word in a Palestine solidarity protest. Dr. Ward’s expertise in philology—the historical study of the meaning of words— allows her to explore the historical range of the meaning and usage of “intifada” in anti-occupation and anticolonial contexts to dispute claims that it inherently carries a violent or antisemitic meaning. She discusses the politics of language under fascism and the importance of using the tools of precise analysis of language in the pro-Palestine solidarity movement and for liberation struggles generally. A fascinating and illuminating conversation with an erudite colleague—enjoy!
To learn more about the case of Elias D’Imzalène, see Rayan Freschi of CAGE’s post on ReOrient blog:
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