Why Palestinian Liberation Threatens the US Imperialist Order, w/ Bikrum Gill

The struggle for justice in Palestine isn’t just a fight against the settler colonial Zionist project. It’s a struggle against US imperialism itself. To discuss this and more, Rania Khalek was joined by Bikrum Gill, a political scientist and author of the forthcoming book “The Political Ecology of Colonial Capitalism: Race, Nature, and Accumulation.”
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[@espn2829a]

I’m an Indian and support a free and prosperous Palestine. Many of us feel this way. Free Palestine!

[@fortheinternet8766]

Good to see, because I see Indians everywhere supporting Isra-hell

[@Pgr-pt5ep]

Which Indian? Unfortunately majority of Hindus Indians are currently in a ethno-nationalistic racist mood. I'm Hindu myself and see how blinding the India-Pakistan lens Hindu Indians are required to view everything from.

[@PSP18128]

As a Hindu I support🇵🇸 too! Both nations suffered through colonialism and we resisted against the British too 🇮🇳🤝🇵🇸

[@AthenaLorenz-nx7gk]

free the non--European world!

[@johnlay3040]

You people better show where you stand with respect to the US. Free Palestine is incompatible with the crawling to the US.

[@daljitsoni3541]

Bikrum Gill is one of my absolute favorite professors on understanding decolonialism, imperialism, capitalism and love love that he put himself on the line and got arrested alongside his students during the Gaza solidarity camp. Punjabi Sikhs stand in Solidarity with Palestine.

[@proudtobeaninfidelkafirand7471]

Punjubi Sikhs are in the wrong side of the history by supporting a terrorist cause. A majority of them are kallistani terror sympathizers if not terrorist themselves and look like Osama's first cousins.

[@espn2829a]

This is not about religion. It’s about humanity.

[@seidumomoh1068]

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[@sidzifus7083]

It is significant that the newly born Israel joined France and England in its attack of Egypt.

[@lailamorwat-oq9kf]

Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@laryjohnson5736]

Palestine is not a country.

[@Luke1959]

Thank you, Rania, for keeping it real. I pray for the day that Palestine will be free of oppression, and the Palestinian people may live free!🙏

[@sunild1950]

I dont Pray Luke..but I will stand behind you and Applaud. 👏🙏🙏🙏

[@sunild1950]

Meant to say ..stand beside you

[@CircaBEFORE]

What I’ve been saying. If Palestine is free, the world can be free.

[@AthenaLorenz-nx7gk]

Putin also said in Gaza that the future of the world is being decided

[@parkforest434]

Energy is never destroyed, it can only transfer. If the wealthy Zionists don’t win, they’re going to get another land grab.

[@Stephonix1st]

@@AthenaLorenz-nx7gk I guess you don’t care what he’s doing to Ukraine. But you care what he thinks of situation in the middle east

[@huwpatt3817]

Mismatch ​@Stephonix1st .... this is a clear non sequitur... fortunately many are becoming aware of this distracting tactic

[@AndyMann-vs3sf]

Whataboutery id essential to zionism.​@@Stephonix1st

[@naymatunc-rc6vs]

Palestein is the only country that not obey or neel for the occupation 75 years under occupation still resist

[@laryjohnson5736]

Palestine is not a country. Why do you feel that you have to lie?

[@474fsde]

I know right. But Im torn for the beautiful Palestinians. Is it worth them losing their lives? Fake Israel is genociding them! I want those babies and children to receive refuge. As far as fighting the evil of Zionism. Honestly, I don’t think Muslims have to do that. I truly believe God will seek justice and the fake Israel will implode. Heresy, idolatry, theft, lie, covet, murder blasphemy. That is what the fake Israel is. But should the Palestinians lose their life to fight the evil? I’m torn. Can someone help me?

[@laryjohnson5736]

Palestine should have become a country. What happened? The Palestinians did not feel the need to obey the law in Black September. Why don't you brag about it to everyone.

[@laryjohnson5736]

@michellenorris8471 The Jews lived on that long before the Palestinians ever showed up. The Jews had their land stolen from them. That was British Territory when the Jews reclaimed their land.

[@laryjohnson5736]

@michellenorris8471 Palestine was suppose to become a country. Instead of bragging to everyone that you are stupid; why don't you read why it didn't happen?

[@Elisabh373]

I’m a western Christian. My heart hurts for this injustice,suffering,the starving,tortured,injured, killed, innocent children ,people of Palestine..Free Palestine from the oppression by Israel colonies, army,for 75 years…..🙏🇵🇸🤲❤️🙏

[@nonon8269]

A true Christian and above all human! ❤ Justice and freedom of all benefits all so you really have to be a racist full of fear to not understand this.

[@Stephonix1st]

I bet your heart hurts for Hamas too, you dope

[@coolioso808]

If you heart hurts, that means you feel, and that means you care, like many of us. We are crushed by uncaring capitalism. We were born into this system with our consent and are suffering through the late stages of it. Which is tough, brutal and violent. However, we can gain solidarity to create a movement of system change. We need organizations that help us do that. We need realistic ideas. Library Socialism, perhaps. One Small Town Contributionism perhaps. Mutual Aid Networks perhaps. Anything else? Because we need whatever we can get to put it together towards the greater good. Certainly if you are a US citizen, vote against genocide by voting for the greater good - Dr. Jill Stein and the Green Party who are on track to be on the ballot in all 50 US States.

[@70AD-user45]

​​@@coolioso808 I would vote for Jill Stein, but she doesn't stand a chance in the US election system. A political party in the US relies on the cash of lobbyists so they can bankroll their way to an election win. Jill Stein cannot compete with the cash the Dems or the Republicans have. One party is led by genocidal Joe and the other is Zionist Trump. Whoever wins, between Biden and Trump, things will remain the same. Very sad.

[@flyingfishnet]

Well I’m afraid you are not being represented by your pastors, who are deafeningly silent. Why do so many ‘Christians’ think the state of Israel is essential? Are they just stupid?

[@pizzapizza6322]

Never heard of Bikrum Gill before but they absolutely nailed the description of U.S. imperialism and its machinations. Their analysis of Palestine as a larger influence in the Middle East and the world was also spot on. Very informative. Free Palestine!

[@janfreeman7622]

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

Thank you Rania and Bikrum. Independent journalists with journalistic integrity are the heroes of our time.

[@UlfaSolehah824]

Brilliant analysis by Bikrum, thanks for sharing! Free Palestine.

[@Cameo19]

Fascinating conversation. Great analysis by Mr Gill. Thank you both! 🇵🇸❤️

[@tejbirring9673]

Fantastic! Bikrum Gill gets right to the crux of the matter and explains it really well: the west wanting/needing to maintain its hegemony. No amount of 'appeals' to western political decision makers (whomever they may be) will get them to overlook or side against their obvious tangible material interests in the Israel project - particularly at a time when Europe and Asia are naturally and organically remerging from the collapse/disintegration it suffered during colonial modernity, the dollar-based global economic is being exposed for the facade it always was, and the "cultural capital" and "global narrative" that the "Anglo-Saxon" colonial/imperialist power(s) had been building up since the days of the British East India Company is becoming ever more irrelevant.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

Yes, excellent comment. Gill's talk is 45 minutes of the perfect explanation of how "divide and rule," or "divide and control" works.

[@BettBeat_Media]

Its more that just the Anglo Saxons. That is an anglophone bias we need to get rid of. The Dutch, Belgians and French, for example, are at least as bad.

[@IOSARBX]

BreakThrough News, This is fantastic! I subscribed right away!

[@Bisquick]

31:00 - Just to add to this point, it is called the "middle east" precisely because of British imperialism, because the West Asian region relative to the UK is eastward and toward the middle.

[@fightback397]

Yes , the eternal geocentrism of the UK . More accurate is actually West Asia .

[@alexiaolson9185]

When is Gill's book coming out? I would absolutely love to read it. Excellent discussion!

[@Marxist2]

Oil, dollar ties with U.S economy & its history is quite well explained by Mr. Gill

[@serversurfer6169]

Yes, I’d always wondered about the nature of our relationship with the Saudis. 🤔

[@jeffreywilheim5970]

Wow...how misinformed can you get? The U.S. has maintained its tie in Israel despite oil embargos by the Arab countries and threats to its economy.

[@DoubleTTripleH]

Brilliant analysis by Bikram, thanks for sharing

[@AnActualDinosaur]

Damn good episode! They're all great, but this one was particularly excellent!

[@timmcdraw7568]

This is so important, i hope people watch this. Im boosting, but also, saying thank your for having such a massive conversation - its like having a shave, listening helped to identify any liberal whiskers that might start to grow without me noticing, just because of where i live, the culture etc. they might stilll be small and theyre not overpowering in any way, totally natural, but they need to be identified and shaved. This video was like a quick stop to the barber.

[@BeTheLight-vt8td]

Keep being the light!

[@BeverlyBurnette-ll2gl]

Great information and commentary!

[@JoseGutierrez-of1kr]

Palestina Libre 🇵🇸 THANK YOU BT for the great and best content on Social Media 🇵🇸

[@songweaver6076]

#freepalestine!

[@glenngilbert7389]

Incredibly insightful discussion and provides a deeper understanding of US imperial ambitions and its motivation in wanting to control the region...and the world

[@aliciaczechowski3281]

Rania and Bikrum, thank you for this enlightening dialogue.

[@TheTruthwillOut442]

The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have been such an eye opener. We now understand what imperialism really is.

[@michaeltee4275]

Great talk.

[@ralphbernhard1757]

*The people of Eurasia, including the Middle East (most of whom are semites), and Western Europe (most of whom are Christians) have been divided and ruled over by outsiders for centuries.* Because it is easier to divide people based on personal differences, than it is to unite them, based on what they have in common. Strategically ambiguous rulers make use of this, for own advantages. In the era of European Imperialism, first London dragging along her junior partner Paris, then after 1945 as European colonial powers' influence decreased, the role of divider was simply taken over by Washington DC (the entire world was the playground during the Cold War). Now the intention is simply to avoid unity in Eurasia, in order to "rule" over the dissent which is classical "divide and rule". Today, their leaders are too weak to unite. Endless wars, constant dissent. Insert "levers" of lies, mistrust... Create favorites: favoritism... Point the finger, everywhere else... Divide and Rule. Oldest trick in the book... Who wields the POWER? Who has had (in all historical cases in the ME/Levant) the GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE of being able to reach all the other little buck catchers (tools, and other Roman-era style instruments of POWER), but could not be reached itself, because of a geographical-, technological-, organisational-, military-, strategic-, political advantage at any given point of a historical timeline? *In February 1948, George F. Kennan's Policy Planning Staff said: "[W]e have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. ... Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity."[end of]* America's allies and foes in Europe are still being burnt to ensure this disparity continues. *It is how divide and rule is implemented.* Set up European and Eurasian nations against each other. The "playbook" of Great Britain and the USA for more than 100 years. Read Mackinder (Pivot of History, 1904) and Brzinzki (Grand Chessboard, 1997).

[@guitardan666]

Ireland,Norway,Spain and one other as yet unidentified Country is formally and officially recognising the Palestinian State this morning. This is going to drive the Israelis absolutely apoplectic!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 This is the END for Israel and it all started on this day. Children will ask with wonder in years to come when did it begin? We will look back to May 22nd 2024 as the day of recognition for Palestine which began the slow and inevitable decline of this Pariah State.

[@tumslucks9781]

💯💯💯 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@sajidsayed733]

Thank you for your analysis , Bikram ! Most of the world agrees with your statements

[@molliestanton2869]

Brilliant, incisive analysis by Bikram Gill! New angles were introduced like missing puzzle pieces, presenting a whole picture. Thank-you! Worth listening to again, as it was packed with information.

[@corbynite2004]

Bikrum Gill is spot on and all but... whoa, does he ever love the word 'key'.

[@amrabdallah368]

You could say “key” is a key feature of his analysis. 😉

[@corbynite2004]

@@amrabdallah368 You make a key point, there.

[@donHooligan]

Do indigenous people have human rights? land rights under the dominance of empire is the question. Do indigenous people have the right to live *WITH* the land instead being assimilated into consumerism? calls the entire US into question...

[@hunger4jsutice]

And precisely why the US justifies and finances the occupation, subjugation and eradication of Palestinian people. When the US looks at Israhell they are looking in the mirror.

[@laryjohnson5736]

and most every country stupid.

[@oliveoil5789]

While the Palestinians most surely do, it is beyond obvious that the Israelis don’t love the land. You cannot destroy 750,000 ancient olive trees and disturb and destroy the stones and pathways and architecture that the prophets once walked and lived on and claim to “love” the land.

[@laryjohnson5736]

@@oliveoil5789 put the crackpipe down.

[@amrabdallah368]

@@oliveoil5789not to mention the environmental vandalism that has all but destroyed the Dead Sea.

[@firujmiah7781]

It is a great show, we need to hear more from this academic. Need more global issues discussed by him. Once again grat show.

[@shaixalyd6681]

We are all Palestinians!❤

[@tumslucks9781]

In our millions in our billions we are all Palestinians! Jesus Christ was a Palestinian! 🇵🇸 ✝️ 🇵🇸 ✝️ 🇵🇸 ✝️ 🇵🇸 ✝️ 🇵🇸 ✝️ 🇵🇸

[@PerceivedREALITY999]

We must not be silent while witnessing injustice. Israel is committing war crimes and US is complicit in those crimes.

[@ymurel1]

What an amazing guest, very insightful overview of the situation.

[@awalebebinu]

This might be the best and most comprehensive interview I’ve watched in the last 7 months on the subject. I feel like I’m in class and catch myself rewinding multiple times to gain better comprehension. Imperialism is a complex subject that we don’t learn enough about on a regular basis.

[@nawafdreams]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *🌍 The conquest of Palestine is part of a broader regional project central to US imperialist control* - The denial of Palestinian sovereignty is not just about Palestine, but is core the exercise of US global power. - The maintenance of resistance forces in the region is pivotal for actual Palestinian sovereign reclamation. 00:27 *🇾🇪 The struggle for sovereignty extends beyond Palestine to the whole region* - For the people of Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iran, and others to exercise real sovereignty is a broader regional question. - The defeat of US imperialism in the region is key to enabling sovereignty for all peoples across the Middle East. 00:55 *🇵🇸 The Palestinian liberation struggle is fundamentally an anti-imperialist struggle* - The Palestinian struggle is not just against Zionist colonialism, but against US imperialism that provides material and political support to Zionism. - Without US imperialist backing, the Zionist project could not sustain itself. 02:05 *🇺🇸 US imperialism has crucial material and strategic interests in maintaining the Zionist project* - The US cannot allow Israel or Zionism to weaken, as it is a key proxy for projecting US power in the Middle East and globally. - The US dollar-oil relationship, which underpins US global hegemony, is dependent on maintaining control over the region through proxies like Israel. 05:38 *🌍 Isolating Palestine from the broader regional dynamics weakens Palestinian resistance* - Attempts to delink Palestinian liberation from challenges to US imperialism in the region risk returning Palestinians to a dependent state. - Maintaining the access of resistance forces in the region is crucial for real Palestinian sovereign reclamation, as well as sovereignty for peoples across the Middle East. 22:33 *💸 The US dollar-oil relationship is central to US imperialist power* - The US tied the global oil trade to the US dollar in the 1970s to maintain power over its allies and the Global South. - This gave the US immense financial power, allowing it to profit from global economic activity without being a productive player. - The dollar-oil relationship subjugated US allies like Europe and Japan under US hegemony. 26:16 *🇺🇸 The US aggressively backs Israel's genocide to maintain its regional dominance* - The Iran-Saudi détente and China's efforts to undermine the dollar's global dominance threaten the US's ability to control the region. - Strengthening the Israeli proxy is critical for the US to project power and maintain its global hegemony. 30:12 *🇵🇸 The liberation of Palestine is central to the struggle against US imperialism* - The elimination of the Zionist proxy would weaken the US's hold on the region, opening up developmental space for the Global South. - Anti-imperialists must emphasize the centrality of the Palestinian struggle in challenging US imperial power. 32:13 *🔫 War has become a resource for capital accumulation for the US* - When capitalism faces a profitability crisis, militarism and war-making become a means of renewing accumulation. - The Middle East has been a key site for the US to generate profits through the military-industrial complex and the destruction of societies. 39:34 *🇮🇷 Iran is not an imperialist or colonial power, but a challenge to US imperialism in the region* - Iran's relationship with other countries does not involve the denial of sovereignty or the transfer of surplus value, which defines imperialism and colonialism. - The Iranian Revolution was a direct challenge to US imperialism's domination of the region, which is why it is so threatening to the US. - Iran's actions in the region are informed by security imperatives in response to US imperialism, not a logic of domination and extraction. 44:12 *🇮🇷 Iran is not an imperialist power, but a vital force supporting regional resistance* - Iran has been a key part of the axis of resistance against US imperialism in the region, providing support and resources to groups like Hezbollah and Hamas. - Iran's actions are driven by security imperatives in response to US imperialism, not a logic of domination and extraction. 45:34 *🕌 Islamist resistance groups like Hezbollah and Hamas are anti-imperialist forces* - Despite their religious character, these groups challenge the basis of imperialism and the denial of sovereignty to the people in the region. - Being anti-imperialist means contesting the power structures through which imperialism denies sovereignty, which is what these groups have done through building military force capacity. Made with HARPA AI

[@user-hk8ix3nj4s]

Thank you ,this was great!

[@emmanueljones7845]

One of my favorite channels. Always bringing on intelligent speakers, thanks.

[@Bobby0505]

Thank you for your work!!

[@user-xz9zz8rf6u]

Thank you for this great conversation. Understanding the implications of this painful shift in geopolitics makes everything falls into place. Sadly Palestine is the one caught in the thick of it, while it's also the keystone to the shift into a new order. Yes West Asia the key between East and West and with the looming strength of China, you can see US being aggressive in trying to hold on to its status quo. If only the western imperialism isn't so arrogant and supremacist, it's time for everyone to work together for a better world.

[@theresabarzee1463]

Rania! You showed us how it's done! Your stress & torture under Piers' watch allowed the actual reasoning to blast forth w/clarity! Note: Piers has FINALLY said the latest Rafa invasion is a massacre of innocents. You helped him over the hump of complete idiocy! We see you! Now & forever truthful, persistant, not cowed! We love your work so much! Please know this is changing things!

[@danielcary7357]

What if indigenous people of Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, America Samoa, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands asked sovereignty , self autonomy 😮

[@MsDarylM]

They will, when the house of cards begins to fall. Same as the British colonies did.

[@simonjlkoreshoff3426]

Brilliant analysis. Thank you Bikrum and Rania!

[@floridadog7773]

Very eye opening show.. Keep up the good work. ..

[@basmakhan6938]

Great discussion very informative.

[@omsi2337]

Excellent episode! Bring him back with Capasso please

[@gatoquisquilloso]

Great guest, this man really knows what's going on!

[@janetwalk4996]

How come I have not heard Bill before - such a great way of explaining the complexity of the relationship between the USD and oil and finance capital. Brilliant. Thank you for your work.

[@chowdogchowdog2923]

great interview amazing!

[@theamartinez7060]

Great program. T.y.

[@brainwashington1332]

You couldn't have found a more bombastic person to make this complex idea more complicated

[@Vladimirleninputin]

Those who watch and do nothing is guilty

[@eleanordoran4576]

Very informative and intelligent.

[@catherinemorrow6596]

Great analysis - especially war as a profitable resource : Bob Dylan's 'Masters of War'. The bleakest depths of immorality laid bare

[@nomoret.2017]

Where is Hermela Aregawi, the lady with Ethiopian roots? Has she abandoned the "NO MORE" movement?

[@ETENewsAndViews]

She's in hiding. US backed TPLF proxies are after her.

[@kissalude9032]

I suppose so. Because if they have a right to resist, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, American Natives, and whoever have a right to their day in court. I wonder if India could demand reparations from Britain?

[@user-ll2yj3hy4c]

Where is Chris Hedges? I haven't seen him on here in a while.

[@lilianacalkins1799]

🙏🏻🌹🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🌹🙏🏻

[@theMelGibsonator]

When will Gill's book be published?

[@Masatepe1960]

OIL EXPORTING COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST HAVE THE CASH...PLENTY OF CASH.. TO PURCHASE ARMS...GOOD FOR USA IMPERIALISM..THIS EXPLAINS THE CENTRALITY OF COUNTRIES LIKE SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT, QATAR, UAE FOR THE USA IMPERIALISM.

[@amrabdallah368]

These “countries” are imperialist inventions, drawn arbitrarily by Sykes and Picot, with client regimes installed.

[@dannybonnette3277]

Love one another is the key to peace and unity .. hate divides and destroys unity

[@mustafabinsober1248]

Raisi wasn’t the target and neither was the Foreign Minister

[@roddyrod583]

This guy is brilliant.

[@leehumphries7696]

Michael Hudson has been saying this for years - Super Imperialism.

[@musasam7408]

Thank you Rania for giving voice to the Palestinians. I am really happy that the world has finally turned their attention to the Palestinians issues and resistance. All praise to the Almighty Allah; for bringing students together to denounce occupation and genocide. Free Palestinian

[@JWscandi]

according to the murica spokeperson, the criminal has the right to do investigation of its own crime while the murica has the right to say when the other nations can present their case to the ICC. wonderful human rights philosophy by the "creator" of the international laws.

[@bertbaker7067]

@~40:10, What if one country is actively underdeveloping another, but there's no resource or value extraction? Is it still called _colonialism?_ Just wondering.

[@thomasmclean1361]

😊

[@hm-kq2mq]

I hope you feel better soon, after these news.

[@nolitetebastardescarborund9761]

THIS news.

[@hm-kq2mq]

@@nolitetebastardescarborund9761 I actually listened to it as 'these'. As multiple points. I'm not like you.

[@nolitetebastardescarborund9761]

@@hm-kq2mq "News" is always singular. One of the "charms" of the English language.

[@hm-kq2mq]

@@nolitetebastardescarborund9761 You didn't understand what I mean. A guess my 'english' is not good enough to explain it to you. Never mind. I don't care.

[@nolitetebastardescarborund9761]

@@hm-kq2mq Of course I understand what you mean. As an English teacher trying to teach my language to non-English speakers for more than 30 years, I understand very well that news in other languages means one piece of news & so it can be plural. But in English, news is uncountable like water, meat, etc. (with exceptions for specific uses). Even with S, it is singular. Free English lesson for you, which many others have paid for. ;o)

[@Proximus123]

I'm a Pak I support fairness and loathe harshness 🇵🇸🇵🇰🇬🇧

[@JWscandi]

so according to the murica spokeperson, the criminal has the right to do investigation of its own crime while the murica has the right to say when the other nations can present their case to the ICC. wonderful human rights philosophy by the "creator" of the international laws.

[@IOSARBX]

BreakThrough News, You're amazing! Let's be friends and hang out!

[@deaftears]

At 15:56 I wanted to ask to what degree do, for example, the college encampments actually owe a country like Egypt, in supporting Gaza, who have largely abandoned the victims of genocide and been content to watch? Also, isn’t focus of sovereignty in the name of de-liberalization sometimes a distance from people’s movements?

[@StateOfPurgatory]

But you stood strong

[@wynetsang]

Land Back Movement.

[@AuntyKsTarot]

💯

[@janetwalk4996]

Sorry I meant Bikrum (not Bill)

[@FrostRare]

Imagine someone saying “listen, I don’t agree with Israel’s crimes in Gaza, but I still think US imperialism is a force for good in the world.”

[@laryjohnson5736]

Why do you support terrorist? Please explain Black September to everyone so they won't think you are stupid.

[@FrostRare]

@@laryjohnson5736LMFAO good one bro. You an NSA chatbot or what?

[@laryjohnson5736]

@@FrostRare I am not woke trash. I do not support terrorist. Why is Palestine not a country frozenheat?

[@laryjohnson5736]

@@FrostRare Why do you support terrorist?

[@laryjohnson5736]

@@FrostRare So you have no idea what Black September is do you ms terrorist supporter?

[@globalprosperity123]

People like him or Vijay Prashad will never been invited to mainstream Indian media. That says lot about state of anti-imperialist consciousness in India.

[@nzb3290]

Eqrned a subscriber

[@ESuccessMasters]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💕💕💕♥️♥️♥️🌟🌟

[@amasulem]

I think he miminises the ideological a bit in his material analysis. I agree with it but without this dimension being also emphasised it feels incomplete. I mean the identification of U.S. policy with some sense of heroic self-perception and action in a Hollywoodised mentality ie. Western idea of bringing civilisation to land beyond the Appalachian mountains and away from savagery, like Greek civilisation saw others as barbarians, or Rome thought the Greek world itself was in need of themselves, what I see as a conceit of history, telling a story to yourself about why you are necessary to a greater purpose or re-ordering. There is also a sense that being on the side of a Jewish state creates an illusion of theological righteousness in righting the wrongs of the Nazi holocaust which we cannot forget meant at base the removal of the semitic influence on German life and society at heart, not industrial scale destruction. Antisemitism is essentially about such a removal and othering in some place not your territory. Pogroms were conducted in the Pale for this reason.The killings were incidental to the overarching aim of separateness and emigration. Pro-semitism is that area of mental landscape that affirms that Jewishness underlies and should be a part of European and U.S. civil life and political struggle.

[@amrabdallah368]

It’s all just window dressing to try and justify good old fashioned greed.

[@diaryfary1748]

❤️

[@JaaKamSaa_1012]

Excellent analysis from Mr. Bikrum Gill, and politically correct. Israel needs to be a state to dominate the region-that's all there is to it!

[@Ruby-K]

Stopping dependence on oil or any other type of government controlled resources, especially food, water anďenergy is the key to breaking the cycle of imperial dominance. Personally, i believe permculture is the way forwarď as self sufficiency is what willalter the balance. When one does not depend on the state to provide you with that which you need to live, you become free . Changing the $-oil relationship with arabia is what will start an efective change, therefore, if a break from the usa can occur anďthe regime in S. Arabia can look to multilateral structures and agreements wih other nations that wilĺend usa imperialism. There are factors at play too such as change from within, e.g. the civilian and student protests and a shift in perception from inside the imperial core. They are the future an no longer want imperialism as their raison d'etre. It is backward and usa wilĺcontinue to decline if it carries on with such an attitude to its foreign policy. Other nations are rising and that has signifiçantly changed the geo- political and geo-econmic landscape. It provides the foundation for fundamental reorganisation of power and freedom from the imperial west.

[@sarahfern7128]

Yes. War is just about the only US export.

[@anthonyhulse1248]

There used to be Jews throughout North Africa, Arabia and even Asia. What happened to the Jews in these countries?

[@fadyalqaisy]

Holocaust!

[@s.mohammadmirlohi9864]

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[@pirbird14]

Another key aspect of America's support for Israel is the fact that Israel has been using the Occupied Palestinian Territories as a testing ground for suppression of urban resistance and has been exporting the methodologies and technology of suppression for decades. When we say that a fight for Palestinian liberation is a fight for the world, this is what we mean.

[@ronnysmobilephone]

What outside of oil? The geographical location of Israel for America to be a navel super power. Also to control the trade routes between Asia and Africa.

[@estheracosta6510]

Also they've been under Sanction for over 40 yrs by America. I believe Sanctions are illegal or should be so. ❤E

[@RW-ws9dp]

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[@shishkabobby]

Bikrum Gill works in a US University. His middle name suggests that his family belongs to the Brahmin caste. India/s caste system has subjugated 2/3 of the population of India for centuries. This, of course, does not mean that his ideas are incorrect. It does mean that with a moment of self-reflection, he should stop talking about US Imperialism as part of our national character. Is that part of his character? Obviously not. Is he part of a democracy? Yes, we are still a democracy. His actions show that he is trying to change the viewpoint of voters in this country. Toning down the rhetoric could go a long way to making his ideas easier to gain traction in America and in other democracies (since it is in democracies where the citizens can change the direction of a nation by voting.)

[@StateOfPurgatory]

You did great , you were under attack

[@GregoryJones-xk9uq]

Palestinian success represents a failure of settler colonialism. The failure of settler colonialism to maintain control in South Afrika (although the colonizers maintain control of all non-political aspects) has caused fear of a global uprising against Eurocentric colonialism and imperialism. A defeat in occupied Palestine would be a major disruption for the colonial /imperialist forces in North East Afrika (misnomered “the Middle East”, “West Asia” and “Asia Minor”). The spread of a united anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist globally is a powerful force that coincides with the decline of colonial and imperialist influence / control. #FreePalestine #AfrikaRising #CollapseOfEmpire

[@khanofcaledonia6413]

Iran is also in for regional domination against the Arabs and sunnis. What would you call their intervention in Syria?

[@joaodoege3111]

I used to be pro Israel 🇮🇱, but now I'm converted, after watching this enlightened podcast I finally understand.... Nar, I was lying Imperialism, Imperialism... Imperialism.. if this word was forbidden this podcast would be mute