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Summary: Rundown<br> This episode explores (and critiques) the infiltration of white nationalist, racist rhetoric into the vegan movement, as well as the growing trend for the alt-right to consider veganism as foundational to their ideology. We start by outlining some of the ways in which white nationalism has been seeping into the online vegan community. We follow that with a discussion of how vegetarianism has been intertwined with Nazi ideology historically, which continues to the present day. Next we provide an analysis of how fascism is capitalism in decay, and how it’s a lack of understanding of political economy that allows people to be swayed by racist populist rhetoric. And finally we wrap it up with a condemnation of anti-semitism in leftist spheres as well, explaining why certain anti-capitalist groups are falling prey to the ‘Jew-as-greedy-banker’ conspiracy theory. As vegans and(/or) leftists looking to build allyship and grow our movements, we must wholeheartedly denounce fascism, white nationalism, and racism in all forms.<br> Sources and Links<br> <br> * Bite Size Vegan’s video ‘Was Hitler A Vegetarian?’: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsQuUL2jd4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhsQuUL2jd4</a><br> * VICE’s ‘Why so many white supremacists are into veganism?’: <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evb4zw/why-so-many-white-supremacists-are-into-veganism">https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evb4zw/why-so-many-white-supremacists-are-into-veganism</a><br> * Marine’s video with Laura Schleifer on Israel and Palestine: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhcgrtlKwQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAhcgrtlKwQ</a><br> * YouTube video by Yaron Brook (a right-wing Jewish man who believes anti-capitalism is inherently anti-semitic): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXUJHWlo1A&t=2799s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFXUJHWlo1A&t=2799s</a><br> * Anti-semitism in Art: <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernard-starr/five-stages-of-anti-semit_b_6707728.html">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/bernard-starr/five-stages-of-anti-semit_b_6707728.html</a><br> * Further reading (books): Anti-semitism: A Historical Encyclopedia of Prejudice and Persecution, and Saracens, Demons, and Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art<br> * ARZone Total Liberation Interview 8- Svetlana Chibireva and Laura Schlieffer on Holocaust memes: <a href="http://www.arzonepodcasts.com/2017/12/arzone-total-liberation-interview-8.html">http://www.arzonepodcasts.com/2017/12/arzone-total-liberation-interview-8.html</a><br> <br> Support<br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/veganvanguard"></a><br> <br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br>
