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3 episodes with Eli Valley
3 episodes with Eli Valley
2 episodes with Eli Valley
3 episodes with Eli Valley
2 episodes with Eli Valley
2 episodes with Eli Valley
2 episodes with Eli Valley
To listen to the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaPolitical cartoonist and writer Eli Valley joins us to talk about his new book Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque, another Senate Antisemitism hearings, the future of the Israeli-American fascist alliance, and a bit about AI, Jabotinski, Betar, and Ezra Klein's Abundance agenda.In the fun half we talk about Eli's pre-cartoonist life giving tours in Europe and the movie A Real Pain, and where Eli draws the line with his political imagery.To listen to the full episode support the show at http://patreon.com/theantifadaBuy Museum of Degenerates from O/R Books: https://orbooks.com/catalog/museum-of-degenerates/ Song: Mad Magazine Off-Broadway Musical - Hate Song
We speak with writer and artist Eli Valley about his new book, Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque. “The Angriest Political Cartoonist in America.”—New York Magazine “The kind of political cartoons that get under your skin and stay there.”—PRINT Magazine The show opens with a clip by Todd @agiftfromtodd. We speak about the massive backlash to NYU Langone Hospital refusing to continue its care for its clients who are trans kids, including clips from trans activist Qween Jean, actor Cynthia Nixon and City Council member Tiffany Caban as reported by Shoshana Brown. We close with Baby Can I Come Home To You by Rachel Angel (@rachelangelmusic on IG) EliValley.com @EliValley on IG OR Books Store Show Socials X @BeyondThePaleFM IG @BeyondThePaleFM FB @BeyondThePaleFM Hosts @RafaelShimunov on Twitter @rafaelshimunov.bsky.social on BlueSky @ShoB on Twitter @Rafternoon on IG @shob18 on IG Support the Show Become a BAI Buddy of Beyond The Pale at wbai.allyrafundraising.com Jews For Racial and Economic Justice Find JFREJ events in NY at jfrej.org/events Leave a voicemail question or statement to play on air at (917) 740-8971 or via the Spotify app. You can also listen to our show live, every Friday after Democracy Now at 9AM on WBAI 99.5 FM NY. Thank you to our radio engineer, Michael G Haskins, and our researcher Margo Flug.
Matt and Daniel are joined by artist and satirist Eli Valley to talk over the continuing ceasefire and hostage release, Elon Musk stretchin' that arm out, and the public garment rending of shiksa-passing American Jewish entertainers.Please donate to Muslim Aid USA: mausa.orgGet Eli's latest, Museum of Degenerates: orbooks.com/catalog/museum-of-degenerates/Subscribe to Eli's patreon: patreon.com/elivalleySubscribe to the Patreon https://www.patreon.com/badhasbaraSubscribe/listen to Bad Hasbara wherever you get your podcasts.Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5RDvo87OzNLA78UH82MI55Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-hasbara-the-worlds-most-moral-podcast/id1721813926Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/bad-hasbara/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Eli Valley is a writer and cartoonist whose work has been featured in The Nation, The New Republic, The Village Voice, Jewish Currents, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, and elsewhere. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel, and the forthcoming book, Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque. Co-hosts: Jonathan Friedmann & Joey Angel-Field Producer-engineer: Mike Tomren Eli's websitehttps://www.elivalley.com/ Eli's Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/elivalley Museum of Degenerateshttps://orbooks.com/catalog/museum-of-degenerates/ VICE News segmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U7Kh7ke_XA Amusing Jews Merch Storehttps://www.amusingjews.com/merch#!/ Subscribe to the Amusing Jews podcasthttps://www.spreaker.com/show/amusing-jews Adat Chaverim – Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, Los Angeleshttps://www.humanisticjudaismla.org/ Jewish Museum of the American Westhttps://www.jmaw.org/ Atheists United Studioshttps://www.atheistsunited.org/au-studios
On this edition of Parallax, "America's angriest political cartoonist" Eli Valley joins the show to discuss his upcoming book The Museum of Degenerates: Portraits of the American Grotesque, available for pre-order now from OR Books, and his savage comics/cartoons that offer biting, scathing, acidic critiques of American political life and public figures like Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ben Shapiro, Joshua Shapiro, Abe Foxman, and many others. Although the focus of this episode isn't on Israel/Palestine and what is happening in Gaza or the West Bank specifically, it certainly lingers in the background and informs the discussion given how Eli's own views on the matter. In this conversation we'll discuss the influence of horror comics like EC Comics' Tales from the Crypt & the pulp-noirs of the 20th century on his cartoon style, Jewish authenticity and the influence of Jewish culture and intellectual thought on Valley's work, the Jewish American radical/progressive tradition, Netanyahu's speech to Congress, the rage that informs Eli's cartoons, right-wing American Jewish public figures aligning themselves with antisemites, the ADL, the role of the grotesque aesthetic in Eli's work, Eli's infamous cartoon lampooning Meghan McCain's appropriation of Jewish identity, Joshua Shapiro comparing pro-Palestinian protesters to the KKK, the Jewish American right-wing vs. Jewish American progressives, misconceptions people have about Eli's work, the disingenuousness of claims that Tim Walz was chosen a Kamala Harris' VP pick over Shapiro because of the antisemitism in the Democratic Party, has Eli paid a price for the approach he's taken to political cartoon (and, if so, has that price been worth it), and much, much more! A sampling of Eli Valley's cartoons. These lampoon, in order, Donald Trump, Ben Shapiro, Joshua Shapiro, and Meghan McCain:
Meghan is so excited to interview her first 2024 Presidential Candidate, Governor of North Dakota, Doug Burgum! They discuss the ongoing issues with the RNC and Tuesday night's election results. Then, Sarah Elliott shares her unique perspective as an American living in the UK. Finally, Jason Rantz shares his experiences living with this new surge of antisemitism while living in one of the country's most fringe-left wing cities.
Meghan blends traditional journalism with new media by talking with two trailblazers. First, she talks with iconic political reporter Susan Page about her career that spans seven White House administrations. Then, a rising star in the field, already making a name for himself on TikTok covering politics is Link Lauren. He tells us about his exciting boots on the ground experience covering the 2024 election and how he knew the Pence campaign would flop... a month before they dropped.
Hassan El-Tayyab, with Friends Committee on National Legislation, joins Jordan to discuss Israel's attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp and the increasing evidence of Israel committing war crimes. We also cover the movement for peace in Gaza and why it's critical to keep the pressure up on Congress and the Biden administration to demand a ceasefire. We also explore the dehumanizing language we're seeing from US and Israeli officials and the effect it has. Please take action at CeasefireToday.com | You can follow Hassan here: https://twitter.com/HassanElTayyab | Our most recent premium episode with Eli Valley is available here: https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-221-not-in-our-name-ft-eli-valley This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.insurgentspod.com/subscribe
Meghan is joined by media reporter and fellow cable news veteran, Brian Stelter. They dive deep into old wounds and talk about the times they were worried they might be addicted to being on television. Brian discusses his ousting from CNN and what he sees for the future of the network... and the media landscape in general. He also shares bits from his new book, 'Network of Lies' and it gets Meghan to share a story she's never told publicly.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.insurgentspod.comEli Valley returns to the show to discuss how US politicians and interest groups have weaponized “anti-Zionism,” the Biden administrations comparison of pro-Palestinian protesters with Nazis in Charlottesville, Meghan McCain re-upping Eli's comic about her, John Fetterman's staff removing a voter from an event for asking about a ceasefire and more. You c…
Just slightly too late for any of the winter holidays, we here at Those Good Old-Fashioned Values want to welcome everyone to celebrate the festival of lights with us! We're joined by our friend Andrew Hudson (@intellegint) of Episode One -- as well as a handful of special guests -- to appreciate the most important holiday of the entire Jewish year. Come laugh, come cry, and most importantly... come listen! Special Guests: Sam Wolf (@WolfysWiseWords), Esther Rosenfield (@capybaroness), Josh Ettingermentum (@ettingermentum), and Eli Valley (@elivalley). Support us on Patreon for $5, $7, or $10: www.patreon.com/tgofv. A big shout-out to our $10/month patrons: Firebirb42069, Matthew Smith, Tash Diehart, Celeste, Stephen Tucker, Yung Zoe, April Harley, Sweat, Baylor Thornton, Glinko Drool, Luke Eakin, MakingSomeCrap, Matthew Ferrie, Dane Stephen, Jeremy-Alice Long, Louis Ceresa, Jennifer Knowles, Revidicism, Stubbuhdub, Kyle, Travis, Kilo, Axon, David Gebhardt, and James Lloyd-Jones! Theme and ending songs are by Rose With Teeth aka Angie (@gnostiquette). Support them here: rosewithteeth.bandcamp.com/. Watch Andy's streams at www.twitch.tv/anonkaiju.
If you've been online, and especially on Twitter, then you probably know the name Eli Valley and his brushy drawings that use the grotesque and absurd to make larger points about life, culture, and politics. But it wasn't until the Trump administration that the New York City-based cartoonist was propelled into the public spotlight. Valley was attacked by a wide range of politicians, particularly Republicans, including Meghan McCain, who called the comic he drew of her “one of the most anti-Semitic things I have even seen.” McCain is not Jewish, and Valley is, not to mention that his father is a rabbi.In this conversation, I asked Valley to tell us about how he got his start in comics, how he builds on the long history of satire and graphic humor in the Jewish American tradition, and how he copes with the public spotlight while he struggles to survive as a full-time artist. This podcast is accompanied by scholar Josh Lambert's article, which explores the art historical roots of Valley's art. Lambert writes, “Valley comes naturally by his most pressing and recurrent theme: lies told and violence committed in the name of Jewish safety and security. His cartoon jeremiads can easily enough be fit into a long history of Jewish protest, from the Biblical prophets who excoriated the sinners of Israel to modern novelists who, like the criminally under-appreciated late-19th-century San Francisco writer Emma Wolf, wrote about Jews, as she put it, ‘in the spirit of love — the love that has the courage to point out a fault in its object.'”The music for this episode is “A Mineral Love” by Bibio, courtesy Warp Records.---Subscribe to the Hyperallergic NewslettersBecome a Member
This is a sample of our latest premium episode. You can subscribe here to hear the full episode: Eli Valley joins on this episode to discuss the disparate coverage of the invasion of Ukraine and the occupation of Palestine. We discuss his recent topic that contrasts how the media & purportedly liberal commentators discuss Palestinian resistance with the way those very same people are celebrating Ukrainians learning how to construct molotov cocktails. You can follow Eli on Twitter HERE. And subscribe to his Patreon HERE. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at theinsurgents.substack.com/subscribe
This is just a teaser for today's episode, which is available for Patreon subscribers only! We can't do the show without your support, so help us keep the lights on over here and access tons of bonus content by subscribing on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. While you’re at it, we also love it when you subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts. This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined once again by political cartoonists extraordinaire Eli Valley and our resident artist Matt Lubchansky to talk all things comics, from Matt’s new book and Eli’s ode to Andrew Cuomo to Roqayah’s Panel Pulp project on Twitter and the cultural politics of superheroes. Matt is associate editor of the left-wing comics emporium The Nib as well as the writer and illustrator of the long-running webcomic Please Listen To Me, and you can find their work in VICE, Eater, The Intercept, Mad Magazine, Gothamist, Brooklyn Magazine, and many more. Eli is a writer and artist, he’s the author of Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel and his work has been published in The New Republic, The Daily Beast, The Nation, and The Nib, among other outlets. The gang also checks in on Andrew Yang’s mayoral campaign, Star Wars, the Godzilla-Kong Monsterverse, and aliens. You can follow Eli on twitter @elivalley, pick up Diaspora Boy via OR Books and find more of his work at elivalley.com. Find Matt on Twitter at Lubchansky, find their work on The Nib and you can pick up The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook at your local comic shop or direct from Silver Sprocket.
Noticing a conspicuous dearth of them in the market, we here at Discontents have decided to start a podcast. The idea is to have a rotating cast of the fifteen of us take turns once a month to discuss what's happening in the news, or to highlight any projects one of us might have coming up. To kick things off today we've got a discussion about my new book Lockdown in Hell World, out early 2021 from OR Books. (This is Luke btw). It's the follow up to my book from last year Welcome to Hell World: Dispatches from the American Dystopia, which happens to be on sale right now alongside other OR books from Slavoj Žižek, Eli Valley, Nathan J Robinson, Mike Davis, Norman Finkelstein and others. Joining me to talk Hell World, moving to the suburbs, the aftermath of the election, relations with Iran, the way the media covers the police and military, and the ongoing debate about Covid are Rob Rousseau of The Insurgents, Derek Davison of Foreign Exchanges and Patrick Wyman of Perspectives: Past, Present, and Future.For more from those three and other Discontents contributors Felipe De La Hoz (BORDER/LINES), Kim Kelly (Be the Spark), Shane Ferro (Cruel and Unusual), Eoin Higgins (The Flashpoint), Connor Wroe Southard (A Lonely Impulse of Delight) and others on the funniest, saddest, and more despicable moments of the Trump administration check out this recent edition of Welcome to Hell World. “Living through four years of Trump as president while being way too online was like having one's brain marinated in a really disgusting stew of outrage and hopelessness, just chunks of the shit floating in a greasy, congealing mass of despair,” Wyman writes. “What made it all worse was the knowledge that no matter how stupid today was, tomorrow would inevitably bring something dumber.” Thanks to Aaron Perrino for the music for the podcast. Find more of his work here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit discontents.substack.com
1:00 - What is Political Cartooning? 3:11 - Evolution of Political Cartooning to “hackwork.” Political art gets point across better than the editorial format. Paul Conrad & Israel8:00 Marie Antoinette Cartoons from the French RevolutionCheck out the Gallery of Libelles against Marie Antoinette9:36 - Tijuana Bible - 10:00 - What do Simon Bolivar, Gandhi and Sarah Palin have in common? Porn 21:00 - Eli’s Drama with Megan McCain23:00 - What is Diaspora Boy? - Eli mentions the controversies regarding the Diaspora Boy. AB Yehoshua’s views on Diaspora JewsBenjamin Netanyahu’s flirts with Alt-right25:00 - New Yorker Cartoons - Jason explains his role in the New Yorker.36:00 - Jerry SeinfeldIDF Soldier Cosplay38:00 - Hamilton - Jason’s Live Drawing40:10: Hunger and Revolt DrawingsUpton Sinclair’s Donkey Handshake Meme45:17 Original Racist Thanks Giving CartoonEdited Cartoon51:00 - Ben Garrison CartoonsStefan Molyneux is a cultEli Valley’s Book: Diaspora BoyJason Katzenstein’s twitterJason’s new book Get full access to Historic.ly at historicly.substack.com/subscribe
This week political cartoonist and artist Eli Valley joins us to discuss the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the absolute heater of a Barack Obama portrait he unleashed on twitter last week, and the liberal response to both. Also, Ray J Politics' distinct posting style makes its way back onto the show with an invigorating, confusing screed about a possible Trump-approved Covid vaccine Support Eli Valley's work at https://www.patreon.com/elivalley Support the show for $3.11/month at http://patreon.com/miniondeathcult and get a bonus episode every week, access to all previous bonus episodes, and audio versions of our youtube livestreams Music: White Lung - Atlanta
Eli Valley is a political satirist with a growing reputation as one of today's most biting critics of a broken American political system. He's also the author and illustrator of the anthology Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel. His work offers a unique way to convey righteous indignation. A Jewish illustrator, Valley's work is also deeply informed by Jewish traditions of social justice and care for the vulnerable. I'll be talking to him about his upbringing, the connection from his work to his faith, as well as the usefulness of anger.
Is it just me, or is the opposition to Bernie Sanders getting a little antisemitic in here? Check out this panel discussion featuring Katie Halper (Katie Halper Show, Useful Idiots podcast, @kthalps), Eli Valley (Illustrator, Author of Diaspora Boy, @elivalley), and MY RABBI Brant Rosen (Tzedek Chicago, JVP, Author Wrestling in the Daylight, @rabbibrant).
Comic Illustrator in chief of the dirt bag left Eli Valley joins me and Anders to talk about The Solidarity March Against Anti-Semitism as well as all of the bullshit that gets rained down upon him amidst our discourse. We also talk a little art theory and hoo boy to we get technical. Listen up to Eli you damn aspiring graphic designers. FOLLOW ELI VALLY AT @EliValley and support his work at https://www.patreon.com/elivalley WE ARE @PodDamnAmerica @feraljokes @andersleehere @ptakjokes SIGN UP FOR OUR PATREON AND SUPPORT US AT Patreon.com/PodDamnAmerica
Political cartoonist and contrarian Eli Valley is hauled into Court for claiming that even in our batshit 21st Century world, satire is not obsolete. Judge Gladstone presiding. Also, Mike and Wayne interview to be National Security Supervisor
Matt and Katie recap the news of the week, update on the field of presidential candidates (17:16), Matt's article on Trump's reelection campaign (24:26), Cartoonist Eli Valley joins the show to talk Bret Stephens' bedbug controversy and more (33:15)
Eli Valley is a comic artist and writer with an intense, visceral aesthetic that perfectly captures the rotten politics of our age. His acclaimed anthology Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel features a broad sample of his work over the past ten years. In this conversation we talk about his influences, both politically and artistically, and explore the historic and current role of counterculture in building left solidarity against fascism.
Eli Valley joins Eat The Rich to describe his arrest during the ICE protest at the NYC Amazon Store this week. We talk burgeoning US fascism, how companies that profit from it, and how Anthony Scaramucci made a failed musical about the Trump family.
Eli Valley joins Eat The Rich to describe his arrest during the ICE protest at the NYC Amazon Store this week. We talk burgeoning US fascism, how companies that profit from it, and how Anthony Scaramucci made a failed musical about the Trump family.
In March, a comic by Eli Valley landed him on the radar of Meghan McCain. There was nothing extraordinaire about the piece from a cartoonist who has long wading into the divisive world of U.S.-Israeli relations, but the commentary about the American right’s relationship with the country caused The View cohost to lash out on Twitter. That, in term, put a relatively unknown cartoonist in the national spotlight. But in spite of the conversations it provoked, Valley explains that publicity doesn’t always equate to income. He’s quick to plug his recently opened Patreon account in hopes of making a living at his art. Valley’s work is part commentary, part personal catharsis, exorcising the demons of the most politically charged era of most of our lifetimes. In deals in politics and identity through a lens of grotesqueries inspired by humor cartoonists like Basil Wolverton. It doesn’t avert its gauze from the subject matter — a fact that makes for better work, but not always financial gain.
In the first Proles of the Minyan interview episode, Shelby Shoup joins the Minyan to discuss Zionist cultural replication and the potential for leftist organizing among Reform Jewish youth. Shelby is the former Social Action Vice President (SAVP) of the North American Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY), the youth organization within the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), and she is the current president of the Florida State University (FSU) chapter of Students for Justice with Palestine (SJP). There are a lot of acronyms in this one. She gives us the inside scoop on throwing diary products at reactionaries, the "progressive except for Palestine" hypocrisy within the URJ, and the mechanisms by which NFTY, and their summer camp system in particular, serves to prop up Zionist hegemony over Jewish youth in the United States and Canada. She also shares her journey out from under that hegemony and towards anti-Zionism, anti-racism, and anti-imperialism organizing with SJP and Tallahassee Dream Defenders. The Minyan also debuts two new segments, shouts out Eli Valley and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP, as if there weren't enough acronyms), and declares undying love and support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP... last one, promise). You can find us on twitter @ProlesMinyan or get in touch by email at: prolesminyan@gmail.com You can find Shelby on instagram @s.helbo and further links for her organizations and our shoutouts below: Students for Justice In Palestine: on twitter @NationalSJP & on Facebook @sjpal. Their FSU branch, on which Shelby serves as president, is on twitter @FSU4Palestine and on facebook @FSUSJP Dream Defenders: on twitter and facebook @DreamDefenders, and the Tallahassee branch that Shelby works with on facebook @TallahasseeDreamDefenders. Jewish Voice For Peace: on twitter @jvplive and on facebook @JewishVoiceForPeace. Their partners, the Jews of Color Sefardi-Mizrahi Caucus: on twitter and facebook @jocsm4pal Eli Valley: on twitter @elivalley Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: Suggested reading includes all of their historical documents and current statements, up in Arabic, Italian, French, and Polish, as well as English, on their site.
Political cartoonist Eli Valley returns to the show to talk to me about Trump's increasingly apparent fascism, the targeting of Ilhan Omar, the ways in which the political/media establishment has failed to confront the crisis of the Trump presidency, and how the modern far right uses Jewish trauma to advance their toxic & oppressive agenda. Support the show on Patreon: www.patreon.com/49thParahell
Renowned political cartoonist Eli Valley (Twitter: @elivalley) joins us this week to talk about his work, accusations of antisemitism, and the limits of the Big Tech approach to curbing hate speech. Also: Sarah Sanders is out of the White House, and socialism is in with video game creators.
After accusations that he mischaracterized the Mueller investigation’s findings, Attorney General William Barr blames the media for muddling the story. This week, On the Media dissects Barr’s deflections. And, how a Jewish satirist uses grotesque caricatures to cut to the heart of the discourse on antisemitism and why effectively combating hate requires building coalitions. Plus, how ABC's The View became one of the biggest political stages on television. 1. Dahlia Lithwick [@Dahlialithwick], host of the Amicus podcast and writer at Slate, on Barr's mischaracterization of the Mueller report. 2. Leo Ferguson [@LeoFergusonnyc], organizer with Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, on the ways to understand and combat antisemitism. 3. Eli Valley [@elivalley], comic artist and satirist, on feeling gaslit by the antisemitism debate. 4. Ramin Setoodah [@RaminSetoodeh], author of Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View and the New York bureau chief for Variety, on The View's surprising role in American politics.
Helloooooooo podcast babies, it's your podcast daddies back AGAIN. That's right, you have two podcast daddies now, DO NOT cry and whine and ask "where are my real parents Mike and Chris boo hoo hoo hoo" because guess the fuck what cheesebrain: I don't know and more the fuck importantly I do NOT care. Anyway, in this very timely and topically relevant episode that we didn't take forever to edit (fuck you, Chris) we talk about Meghan McCain's crocodile tears on The View (our sister show). We then talk to Eli Valley, who did an incredibly good comic about her, and also does incredibly good comics in general. Please buy his stuff, he was super cool to us and we hope we'll talk to him again soon after he hurts the fee-fees of another shitty diaper failchild we all hate. Finally we close the Alex Jones vs. Joe Rogan saga with Alex's predictable appearance on Joe's show (after he said he'd string Rogan up like a Christmas hog................. politically). Talk to Eli Valley and tell him: hey buddy, sweet friggin' work - @elivalley, and visit his site http://www.elivalley.com
We are joined by cartoonist, writer and all-around provocateur @elivalley to talk about his work, including recent online run-ins with fellow Jewish luminaries Ben Shapiro, Meghan McCain and Chelsea Clinton. Eli discusses the ways in which his art lampoons the fraught and contentious relationship between Israeli/Christian Zionists and the largely liberal/leftist Jewish diaspora. Lots of good talk in here about xenophobic right-wing forces abroad allying with Likudniks and Kahanists in Israel, the war over Jewish identity, and the contradictions that lie at the heart of the Zionist project. We also address the Christchurch massacre and how the Shapiros of the world are going to deal with a certain presidential candidate from Vermont. Please listen until the end as we remember Raghav Mehta, a comrade and compatriot who tragically passed away last week. Transition Music: Shalom Hanoch - Moshiach Lo Ba Outro Music: Mystic Inane - Eggs Onna Plate
Eli Valley stops by to talk Ilhan Omar, Meghan McCain, Chelsea Clinton, and the latest act of fascist mass murder in Christchurch, NZ. Also Virgil solves the Israel-Palestine conflict. https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurch-shooting-victims-fund
This week, Roqayah and Kumars are joined by Eli Valley. Eli is a writer and artist his work has been published in The New Republic, The Daily Beast, The Nation, among other outlets. We discuss Eli's latest book “Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel”, a scathing work of satire designed as an act of rebellion to galvanize the Jewish left, center the diaspora experience and reject Zionist self-hatred. Eli explains his artistic aesthetic, oftentimes referred to as “grotesque”, the anger it elicits from his critics, and some of the trouble it has gotten him into. We talk about the bad faith outrage surrounding Ilhan Omar and how Eli found himself in a back and forth with an extremely outraged Meghan McCain, who had described a caricature satirizing her tokenization of Jewish suffering as “one of the most anti-Semitic things” she had ever seen. Eli also explores how Jewish identity is being exploited by the far right at the immediate expense of millions of Palestinians living and dying as refugees, under occupation, or under apartheid.You can follow Eli on twitter @elivalley, and explore more of his work at elivalley.com. If you want to support the show and receive access to tons of bonus content, subscribe on our Patreon for as little as $5 a month. Also, don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the show on iTunes. We can't do this show without your support!!!
This week I go over the recent developments in the Mueller investigation and explain why I still find it unlikely that we'll ever see Donald Trump or any other wealthy politically connected elite in america actually face any consequences for their criminal behavior. Then author and cartoonist Eli Valley joins the show to talk about George H.W. Bush, Marc Lamont Hill, Laura Loomer, antisemitism, Israel and much more.
We've made it to episode 2! And boy do we have a good one. We are eternally grateful to Matt Christman (@cushbomb) from Chapo Trap House who humbled himself to talk with us about the new book The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts and Reason. The book was co-written with other Chapo members Felix, Will, Virgil, and Brendan and has art from Eli Valley and John White. Chapo will be live in Boston on Friday September 14 at the Wilbur and then going to Hamden, CT and Pawtucket, RI. Go check them out and buy the book. Warning* Something went TERRIBLY wrong with the audio at the beginning. I could do little to fix it and I'm deeply sorry. Feel free to skip ahead to the interview at the 20 minute mark. I promise to become a better person and better podcaster.
Myq hangs out with Sarah Chandler and Eli Valley on the KATG Network.
Myq hangs out with Sarah Chandler and Eli Valley on the KATG Network.
Bonus: why Norm Finkelstein thinks BDS is a cult. https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-norm-thinks-15090184 We talk to Norm FInkelstein, controversial scholar, author, activist and the son of survivors of the Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps. He busts myths about and repeated by Israel and reminisces on the dishonesty of Alan Dershowitz. He also wonders if Richard Goldstone was blackmailed into retracting his report on Gaza. If you want to support WBAI and get Norm's book as well as Eli Valley's amazing book of political cartoons and Kareem Estefan's book "Assuming Boycott," about BDS.
We spoke with Eli Valley about his new book, Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel. We talked about why he left the Forward, what happens when you publicly criticize institutional Jewish leaders, and the fraught relationship between satire and activism.
Bonus with Adam Johnson is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/14836515 We speak to art critic and writer Kareem Estefan, co-editor of "Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production," about Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS), the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the lessons of the South African boycott. Then we bring you a live reading from Eli Valley, who was our guest last week, of his book "Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel," recorded at the McNally Jackson bookstore in NYC.
Extended interview with Eli https://www.patreon.com/posts/14767156 Don't forget to come to our next life taping: https://www.facebook.com/events/121219481913548/ We talk to Eli Valley, artistic genius, about his book "Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel." Endorsements include the following criticisms by right wing rapid zionists: “Your work is disgusting. And also stupid.” — Marty Peretz. “Grotesque. … Wretched.” — Bret Stephens. “Offensive and obnoxious and crosses the line. ... Bigoted, unfunny.” — Abe Foxman. “Ferociously repugnant.” — Commentary
On today's episode I talk to cartoonist Eli Valley. Eli's work has been featured in The Nation, The New Republic, The Village Voice, The Nib, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Gawker among other places, and from 2011 to 2013, he was the Artist in Residence at The Forward, a progressive Jewish newspaper based in New York. His critically-acclaimed anthology Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel is available now from OR Books. This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on iTunes, follow me on Twitter.
Artist and writer Eli Valley joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about his newly-released book Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel. Valley brings the insight and passion that is well-known to readers of his comics to the episode, as we discuss the politics of American Jewish life, Israel, and more, all through the lens of his provocative comics. If you're enjoying Judaism Unbound, please help us keep things going with a one-time or monthly tax-deductible donation. Support Judaism Unbound by clicking here. To access full shownotes for this episode, click here!
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