A Brief History of Anti-Zionist Jews

In this episode, Oden talks to Nathaniel Flakin, a historian in Berlin, about the history of socialist anti-Zionist Jews. Nathaniel explains the context surrounding the rise of Zionism, including the age of nationalism, imperialism, and colonization, as well as why socialism is fundamentally incompatible with Zionism. Importantly, Oden and Nathaniel explore the lessons we can draw from this history, and why the solution to the conflict is to fight for a single, secular, socialist Palestine on its historic territory, with democratic rights for all its inhabitants. 

Nathaniel has published the anticapitalist guide book “Revolutionary Berlin,” as well as a biography of the Jewish Trotskyist resistance fighter Martin Monath, both available from Pluto Press. He writes for Left Voice, for our German sister site Klasse Gegen Klasse, and for the German publication ND. 

Learn More:
- A Brief History of Anti-Zionist Jews
- Does the State of Israel Protect Jews from Antisemitism?
- A New Nakba against the Palestinian People

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