Jacobin Radio: Elections in Chicago and Israel
Our guest Yoav Peled argues that Netanyahu is the only issue in the April 9 election. Netanyahu is under indictment for one case of bribery and two cases of fraud, but Yoav says he is likely to win even though his party and their bloc — with far-right,
April 11, 2019
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April 11, 2019
Jacobin Radio: Elections in Chicago and Israel
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Jacobin Radio: Elections in Chicago and Israel
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<p><font color="#000000">Our guest Yoav Peled argues that Netanyahu i</font>s the<i> only </i>issue in the April 9 election. <font color="#000000">Netanyahu is under indictment for one case of bribery and two cases of fraud, but Yoav says </font><font color="#000000">he is likely to win even though his party and their bloc </font>—<font color="#000000"> with far-right, racist and religious parties </font>—<font color="#000000"> is more or less tied with the anti-Bibi “Blue an</font>d White” coalition or bloc. Yoav also discusses his new book, <i><a href="https://www.routledge.com/The-Religionization-of-Israeli-Society/Peled-Peled/p/book/9781138954793" rel="nofollow">The Religionization of Israeli Society</a></i>— <font color="#000000">which sheds light on how the country has moved from secular Zionism to an increasingly far-right expansionist religious Zionism, and how that helps us understand the election, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict </font>—<font color="#000000"> and the relation between culture, politics, nationalism, secularization, and new social movements. </font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><span>Suzi</span> then talks to</font><a href="https://twitter.com/micahuetricht?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow">Micah Uetrich</a>t in Chicago, where 5–6 socialists <font color="#000000">were just elected to the City Council. Micah argues they will have outsize influence in determining the political issues </font>— <font color="#000000">much as we have seen nationally with the election of democratic socialists to Congress. In his aptly titled article in</font> t<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/03/americas-socialist-surge-chicago" rel="nofollow">he <i>Guardian</i></a><font color="#000000">“America's socialist surge is going strong in Chicago” Micah writes that the socialist victories in Chicago were not a fluke, people are miserable with the status quo of austerity </font>— and if Chicago’s elections are any indication, it just may be that people are ready to try socialism.</p>
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