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Sep 2023
2h 27m

TOVARISCH! (2)

Norman Finkelstein
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Norman answers questions, then we get into the readings. (See substack for links to these, in one handy pdf.) Douglass, MLK. Is it violence that won the soul's freedom (see Du Bois's critique of the notion in the packet) or is there something else going on? Norman and the class try to figure it out. This is the first of two episodes that will treat this set of readings.


But wait, there's more! COMING SOON: A conversation with Dr. Cornel West.


Readings: https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/updated-reading-list-for-tovarisch


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