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“The Zionist project only succeeded insofar as it drew upon the imperial powers of Europe and later America, to the very powers they thought they were going to escape from they became the cat’s paws of, they became the instruments of.”These were the words of Joel Kovel in a talk called “Zionism and Its Discontents” in 2007.On this day, Sunday December 10, 2023, as Israel is in its second month of genociding, livestreaming before our eyes, before the world’s very eyes, the genocide in Gaza against the Palestinians.Already tens of thousands have been killed and injured. There are thousands under the rubble, unable to be mourned properly.
Israel is unrelenting, and as Joel Kovel put it, it is only succeeding insofar as it is drawing from the imperial powers.Today on the Capitalism Nature Socialism Podcast, Dr. Joel Kovel, “Zionism and Its Discontents”#freepalestine

A recording of the Socialism 2023 conference panel "The Environmental Injustices of American Capitalism: An Introduction" with Daniel Faber, Leigh Brownhill, and Linda Quiquivix of Capitalism Nature Socialism. September 1, Chicago

In this episode of Capitalism Nature Socialism Journal Podcast, we are joined by Dr. Kelly Kay, Assistant Professor in Geography at UCLA, to discuss her collaborative project with graduate student Andrea Furnaro that examines the Los Angeles Green New Deal and how it is being contested. We discuss the importance of considering scale as we move to carbon-free energy, just transitions, and the complex overlooked realities of union labor.

In this episode of the Capitalism Nature Socialism podcast, join members of the Emergency Committee for Rojava (ECR), Anya, and Alptekin in a conversation about the history and geography of Rojava's struggle, the need for international leftist solidarity, and what we can learn from Rojava.

Join geographers María José Méndez and Wesley Carrasco in a conversation about the politics of intersectionality and what the river teaches about life and struggle.

In this inaugural episode of the Capitalism Nature Socialism podcast, join geographers Linda Quiquivix and Noura Alkhalili in a conversation about the destruction of the Palestinian mushaa‘ (common lands) and what its defense might mean for decolonization.