On this episode of Start Making Sense, Sally Abed talks about Israel’s biggest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement, and Harold Meyerson reports on GOP states preempting action by Democratic cities.
A convoy of 30 vehicles driven by Israeli activists from the “Standing Together” movement, gather in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon near the border with the Gaza Strip on March 7, 2024, in a show of support for Palestinians.(Jack Guez / AFP)
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Standing Together, Israel’s biggest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement, is organizing against the war and for a Palestinian state. Sally Abed, one of the group’s founders, explains their vision, their strategy, and their recent actions.
Also: Cities everywhere in America are Democratic, and often raising minimum wages and strengthening rent control. But in states where Republicans hold unchecked power, state governments are blocking cities from acting. Harold Meyerson, editor-at-large of The American Prospects. Reports on preemption—and on “pre-preemption.”
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Standing Together, Israel’s biggest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement, is organizing against the war and for a Palestinian state. Sally Abed, one of the group’s founders, explains their vision, their strategy, and their recent actions.
Also on this episode: Cities throughout America are Democratic, often raising minimum wages and strengthening rent control. However, in states where Republicans hold unchecked power, state governments are blocking cities from acting. Harold Meyerson, editor at large of The American Prospect, is on the podcast to report on preemption and “pre-preemption.”
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
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Jon WienerTwitterJon Wiener is a contributing editor of The Nation and co-author (with Mike Davis) of Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties.