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Palestine Isn’t the Exception — It’s the Blueprint
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1:13:58Now PlayingHow capitalism, colonialism, and control intersect — and how Palestine reveals the system’s actual design.
In this episode of the FREE Podcast (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation), economist and author Clara Mattei sits down with Professor Ibrahim Shikaki to expose how economic systems have been weaponized to control, exploit, and erase Palestinian life.
Drawing on dependency theory, historical analysis, and lived reality, the conversation uncovers how settler colonialism and capitalist extraction shape not only Palestine, but much of the Global South. This is critical economics in action: naming what the mainstream hides and connecting the dots between labor markets, austerity, and empire.
🎧 Topics include:
How the British Mandate and Zionist policy engineered land and labor markets
The 1967 occupation and transformation of Palestinians into a reserve labor force
The commodification of water and fiscal “blackmail” under the Paris Protocol
Why full employment threatens power — and how dependency preserves it
This episode is a must-watch for anyone seeking a deeper, more courageous understanding of the issues in Palestine and how they connect to broader global economic inequalities.
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