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Why Woke 2.0 is taking on Trump and establishment politics | Nesrine Malik | Radical Thinking podcast

Watch more episodes of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty here Aditya’s suggested reading list for Nesrine Malik: In this podcast, Nesrine and I talk about how Gaza has reshaped politics in Britain and America.

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Key points
  • We also discuss “identity politics” (a term only ever used against ethnic minorities).
  • I quote from this column by her from November 2023 and also cite this prescient piece on Gaza and Labour, from October 2023.
  • Today’s political conversation is dominated by one topic above all: race.

On the latest episode of Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty, Nesrine talks about where never-ending culture wars in the west and real wars in the Middle East have left people of colour.

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