Unf*cking The Republic

The final installment of our series on Israel/Palestine covers the Arab Revolts of the late 1930s through present day, highlighting the agreements, wars, uprisings and accords that explain how the chasm widened between Jews and Palestinians, and why every attempt at reconciling the two sides has failed. It’s a sweeping narrative that involves generational actors, imperial interests of neighboring countries and acts of violence, bravery and betrayal. Chapters Intro: 00:00:23 Chapter One: On the Precipice. 00:05:21 Chapter Two: No Turning Back. 00:15:31 Chapter Three: Six Days in June, Nineteen in October. 00:26:00 Chapter Four: The Politics of War. 00:30:00 Resources Marxists.org: Leon Trotsky on Zionism  Council on Foreign Relations: What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel PBS: Parallel Realities - Resolution 242 And The Aftermath Of 1967 | Shattered Dreams Of Peace Wikipedia: Six-Day War Opinio Juris: The Biden Administration and the Golan Heights Al Jazeera: Mapping Israeli occupation | Infographic News Jewish Virtual Library: Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World Christopher Hitchens on Antisemitism BBC News: Golan Heights profile The Baffler: Unmaking the Myth of Ben-Gurion My Jewish Learning: Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews JCPA: Ben-Gurion’s Concept of Mamlahtiut and the Forming Reality of the State of Israel  Council on Foreign Relations: The Sunni-Shia Divide Council on Foreign Relations: What Is U.S. Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Council on Foreign Relations: How Evictions in Jerusalem Led to Israeli-Palestinian Violence NPR: This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel The Jewish Agency: Modern Zionist Aliyot The Weiner Holocaust Library: How did the Holocaust happen? Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Evian Conference Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question:  Issa al-Sifri UN: Faisal-Weizmann agreement/Non-UN document - Question of Palestine Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Musa Kazim Husseini  Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939  Fanack: Historic Palestine: The Arab Executive (1920 -1934)  MERIP: Owen, Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine MERIP: Conspiracy of Praise Just Vision: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam The New York Times Archive: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World since 1948 Jewish Virtual Library: Ze’ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky Encyclopedia: Altalena Palestine Nexus Palquest: Abd al-Aziz Rantisi MERIP: The War of Numbers The Washington Post: War Casualties Put at 48,000 in Lebanon Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute: The Reagan Administration and Lebanon, 1981–1984 Al Jazeera: Who is Israel’s far-right, pro-settler Security Minister Ben-Gvir? Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas To Bombing It HRW: Israel: Gaza Killings Unlawful, Calculated The Hill: Trump on Israel embassy move: ‘Evangelicals appreciate it more than the Jews’ HRW: A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution Pew Research Center: Israel’s Religiously Divided Society Book Love Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 Moshé Machover: Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution Dennis Ross: Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace James L. Gelvin: The Israel-Palestine Conflict Jeremy Wilson: Lawrence of Arabia: The Authorised Biography of T. E. Lawrence Jim Newton: Eisenhower: The White House Years Augustus Richard Norton: Hezbollah: A Short History Updated and Expanded Third Edition -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Show Notes features more Palestine Series feedback, some punch ins from Manny Faces, and a smattering of Max and 99 tangents. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Headlines: 00:17:00 Emails: 00:31:02 Instagram Shout Outs: 01:06:50 Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:08:37 Outro: 01:09:56 Resources Fall Fund-Friend-Hell-Raiser: Leave us a review. It really helps people find the podcast!  Subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the videos when they’re released.  Consider taking out a membership to the show. If you drink coffee… Drink our coffee!  Purchase books from our bookshop.org store.  New York Times: No, Immigrants Aren’t ‘Poisoning the Blood of Our Country’ Unf*cker Recommendations  michael__mezz on Instagram: 'ecological economics' UNFTR Episode Resources Palestine: An Introduction. The Land Imperialism Left Behind. Palestine: Part One. The Jewish Question. Palestine: Part Two. The Palestinian Cause. -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Part Two of our series on Israel/Palestine turns back the clock to examine the time period from Part One but from the Palestinian perspective. By establishing the foundation of the conflict in parallel, it helps organize internal and external events that explain sympathies toward Jews and Palestinians alike. This episode digs into the cultural underpinnings of Arab society in the 19th and early 20th centuries and examines the fault lines that occur as a result of Jewish migration, industrialization, the collapse of Ottoman rule and fallout from World War One. Chapters Intro: 00:00:36 Chapter One: Origin Stories. 00:07:36 Chapter Two: Historic Palestine. 00:16:17 Chapter Three: Pan-Arab Nationalism. 00:24:25 Chapter Four: The Palestinian Identity. 00:36:01 Resources Marxists.org: Leon Trotsky on Zionism  Council on Foreign Relations: What to Know About the Arab Citizens of Israel PBS: Parallel Realities - Resolution 242 And The Aftermath Of 1967 | Shattered Dreams Of Peace Wikipedia: Six-Day War Opinio Juris: The Biden Administration and the Golan Heights Al Jazeera: Mapping Israeli occupation | Infographic News Jewish Virtual Library: Vital Statistics: Jewish Population of the World Christopher Hitchens on Antisemitism BBC News: Golan Heights profile The Baffler: Unmaking the Myth of Ben-Gurion My Jewish Learning: Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Mizrahi and Ethiopian Jews JCPA: Ben-Gurion’s Concept of Mamlahtiut and the Forming Reality of the State of Israel  Council on Foreign Relations: The Sunni-Shia Divide Council on Foreign Relations: What Is U.S. Policy on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? Council on Foreign Relations: How Evictions in Jerusalem Led to Israeli-Palestinian Violence NPR: This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel The Jewish Agency: Modern Zionist Aliyot The Weiner Holocaust Library: How did the Holocaust happen? Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Evian Conference Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question:  Issa al-Sifri UN: Faisal-Weizmann agreement/Non-UN document - Question of Palestine Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Musa Kazim Husseini  Palquest: Interactive Encyclopedia Of The Palestine Question: Great Arab Revolt, 1936-1939  Fanack: Historic Palestine: The Arab Executive (1920 -1934)  MERIP: Owen, Studies in the Economic and Social History of Palestine MERIP: Conspiracy of Praise Just Vision: Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Book Love Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 Moshé Machover: Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution Dennis Ross: Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace James L. Gelvin: The Israel-Palestine Conflict -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s Show Notes covers all the feedback Max and 99 received from the Palestine: Part One episode. Give it a listen, Unf*ckers! Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Headlines: 00:05:18 Emails: 00:26:13 YouTube Shout Outs: 01:11:53 Reviews: 01:22:16 Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:22:35 Outro: 01:23:07 UNFTR Episode Resources Palestine: An Introduction. The Land Imperialism Left Behind. Palestine: Part One. The Jewish Question. -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Explore the complex roots of the Israel/Palestine conflict, with topics including the 'Jewish Question', the Zionism movement's origins in France, the historical background of Palestine under the Ottoman Empire, the impact of the Balfour Declaration, and the waves of Jewish immigration to Palestine.

Max and 99 catch up in today's Show Notes, discussing Palestine intro feedback, why Boomers love their generation, and the canon of UNFTR songs. Enjoy! Chapters Intro: 00:00:20 Headlines: 00:23 Emails: 00:39:37 Facebook Shout Outs: 00:59:53 Instagram Shout Outs: 01:08:54 YouTube Shout Outs: 01:12:08 Buy Me A Coffee Memberships + Donations: 01:32:31 Reviews: 01:33:29  Outro: 01:34:52 Headlines The Intercept: Israel Warns Palestinians on Facebook — But Bombings Decimated Gaza Internet Access The Heritage Foundation: Conservatives Can’t Sleep on the Fight for State Supreme Courts Resources Fall Fund-Friend-Hell-Raiser: Leave us a review. It really helps people find the podcast!  Subscribe to the YouTube channel and share the videos when they’re released.  Consider taking out a membership to the show. If you drink coffee… Drink our coffee!  Purchase books from our bookshop.org store.  Unf*cker Recommendations  Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At: Everything Looks Like A Nail -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've heard him on the pod. You know the magic of his sound design. But do you really know "Manny Faces?" Long-time, award winning Hip-Hop journalist and activist Manny Faces joins Max in studio to talk about Hip-Hop culture and its underreported influence on education, the criminal justice system and activism. If you listen/watch you’ll also be introduced to the coining of the phrase, “pimping off the Old Testament.” (Patent pending.) Resources Manny Faces Online Hip-Hop Can Save America! Manny Faces on Substack Manny Faces on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twittter Manny Faces Patreon News Beat Podcast The Center for Hip-Hop Advocacy The Far Right Infiltration of Hip-Hop -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max finally takes aim at the Israel/Palestine conflict with an introduction that frames the approach for the mini-series and sets guardrails for what will undoubtedly be an emotional journey for many UNFTR listeners. This episode answers why we decided to tackle this issue and how we’re examining it through a socioeconomic lens and Marxist view of history. It also dismisses two foundational deceptions pertaining to the larger narrative surrounding the conflict. This introductory episode concludes with several “level-setting” statements and a challenge: “If you can hold these thoughts in your mind at once, we can proceed.” -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max flies solo while 99 goes on a long distance mission from god. Left to his own devices, Max dips his pinky toe into the Palestinian conflict to set the table for our upcoming series and responds to listener feedback from the last couple of episodes. Seems like Pitchfork Nick was particularly well received so cheers to the Pitchfork Economics crew for playing in our sandbox. -- If you like the pod version of #UNFTR, make sure to check out the video version on YouTube where Max shows his beautiful face! www.youtube.com/@UNFTR Please leave us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts: unftr.com/rate and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at @UNFTRpod. Visit us online at unftr.com. Join the Unf*cker-run Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/2051537518349565 Buy yourself some Unf*cking Coffee® at shop.unftr.com. Subscribe to Unf*cking The Republic® at unftr.com/blog to get the essays these episode are framed around sent to your inbox every week. Check out the UNFTR Pod Love playlist on Spotify: spoti.fi/3yzIlUP. Visit our bookshop.org page at bookshop.org/shop/UNFTRpod to find the full UNFTR book list, and find book recommendations from our Unf*ckers at bookshop.org/lists/unf-cker-book-recommendations. Access the UNFTR Musicless feed by following the instructions at unftr.com/accessibility. Unf*cking the Republic® is produced by 99 and engineered by Manny Faces Media (mannyfacesmedia.com). Original music is by Tom McGovern (tommcgovern.com). The show is written and hosted by Max and distributed by 99. Podcast art description: Image of the US Constitution ripped in the middle revealing white text on a blue background that says, "Unf*cking the Republic®."Support the show: https://www.unftr.com/membershipsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max interviews Nick Hanauer, co-host of the Pitchfork Economics podcast and founder of Civic Ventures. They discuss the $15 minimum wage, neoliberal messaging, Bidenomics, and the struggle to break through the 'pack of lies' corporations sell to maintain the status quo.