Hosted by Ahmed Gatnash, with guest Joey Ayoub
We wish to link to this audio conversation, in which Ahmed talks with Joey Ayoub, Lebanese writer and researcher, about Stalinists (so-called “tankies”), genocide denial, red-brown alliances, and the uncomfortable affinities between large parts of the political left and authoritarianism. Originally published on Arab Tyrant Manual on November 14, 2019. Featured image courtesy Arab Tyrant Manual
Mentioned Articles and Links:
Moishe Postone at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: Jews and the Left (2012)
The Charnel House: Structural antisemitism
Chris Chien: Ending the Idealization of the Other: Notes on the Queer POC Tankie
Joey Ayoub: An idea called Daraya
Jehad Abu Saleem: On Suffering and Solidarity
Mohammed Suliman: Wretched of the Earth: Thoughts on Syria, Palestine and Discourse
Joey Ayoub: What’s behind Stop the War’s aversion to Syria voices?
On The Allies We’re Not Proud Of: A Palestinian Response to Troubling Discourse on Syria
The Balkans in Rightwing Mythology
Oliver Kamm: Genocide-denying charlatans have poisoned the Left
Firas Massouh: Left Out? The Syrian Revolution and the Crisis of the Left
Michael Degerald: The left’s Warriors on Terror
Donya Alinejad & Saskia Baas: Syria and the Problem of Left Solidarity
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