Vijay Prashad: Colonialism, Israel-Palestine, Marxism, and European Anti-Semitism | RP#203

Patreon: Vijay Prashad is a historian and journalist. He obtained his PhD in history at the University of Chicago and was most recently the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Vijay is a Marxist, and much of his work and writing has been devoted to critiques of capitalism and colonialism, and this notably includes research on Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East. In this episode, Robinson and Vijay discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict as a problem of anti-semitism and colonialism, and touch on various other dimensions of the issue, such as how the war might end, Noam Chomsky’s contributions to the discussion, and the legitimacy of Palestine. Tricontinental: ⁠⁠ OUTLINE 00:00 Introduction 04:20 Human Rights and the Crisis in Palestine 10:50 Decolonizing Palestine and the Problem of European Antisemitism 19:33 Is Israel a European Colonialist Enterprise? 31:06 Is Palestine a Legitimate Nation?  43:14 On Noam Chomsky and a One-State Solution to Israel-Palestine 53:26 Communism, Israel-Palestine, and Dreams of Utopia 59:46 Is There a Practical Solution to the War in Gaza? Robinson’s Website: ⁠⁠ Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.