While Douglas Lain and MK Hobson were in Paris shooting footage for the next "We Live in a Society" video they stopped by the Eiffel Tower in order to bicker. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW9r8DpGw_0

Political scientist Norman Finkelstein has been an active critique of how the Holocaust is used to protect the abuses of the state of Israel. His work and advocacy have made him perhaps one of the most canceled intellectuals in recent American history. Finklestein in fact is currently writing a book on the cancel culture phenomenon. We will ask Finkelstein about how criticism of Israel gets one canceled in America and how the nature of ruling class discourse helps facilitate that About Mr. Finkelstein (from http://normanfinkelstein.com/) Norman G Finkelstein received his Ph.D. from the Princeton University Politics Department in 1988. He is the author of ten books that have been translated into 50 foreign editions, including THE HOLOCAUST INDUSTRY: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering and, most recently, GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom. GAZA: An inquest into its martyrdom (University of California: 2018); Method and Madness: the hidden story of Israel’s assaults on Gaza (OR Books: 2014); Old Wine, Broken Bottle: Ari Shavit’s Promised Land (OR Books: 2014); Knowing Too Much: Why the American Jewish romance with Israel is coming to an end (OR Books: 2012); What Gandhi Says, About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage (OR BOOKS: 2012); “This Time We Went Too Far”: Truth and consequences of the Gaza invasion(OR Books, 2010; expanded paperback version, 2011); Beyond Chutzpah: On the misuse of anti-Semitism and the abuse of history (University of California Press, 2005; expanded paperback edition, 2008); The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the exploitation of Jewish suffering (Verso, 2000; expanded paperback edition, 2003); Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict (Verso, 1995; expanded paperback edition, 2003); A Nation on Trial: The Goldhagen thesis and historical truth (with Ruth Bettina Birn) (Henry Holt, 1998); The Rise and Fall of Palestine: A personal account of the intifada years (University of Minnesota, 1996). Finkelstein has also published several pamphlets, most recently, Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone renews Israel’s license to kill (OR Books, 2011). Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and every one of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron-only programming, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebvodCx-_VA

Back in 2020 Stephen Janicki and Douglas Lain made a bet. If Biden was inaugurated as the next President of the United States Douglas Lain would win. If Trump somehow remained in office despite the election results reported in the MSM Stephen Janicki would win. Whoever lost the bet would have to issue of a public apology on this channel and admit that they'd been deluded, trapped in an ideological bubble, and out of touch with reality. In this video, Stephen Janicki apologizes for being deluded, and then tries to argue, once again, that the election was rigged. Pedantic hilarity ensues. Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks​​​ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks​​​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/​​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books​​​ Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zero Books aims to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOoItevfmC4

This video considers the OK Boomer meme through excerpts from Mark Fisher's "Ghosts of My Life" and Harvey J Kaye's "Take Hold of Our History: Make America Radical Again." It includes an interview with an actual boomer as well as Gen X nostalgia for the 90s. Relevant Books Take Hold of Our History:Make America Radical Again by Harvey Kaye https://www.amazon.com/Take-Hold-Our-History-America/dp/1789043557 Ghosts of My Life by Mark Fisher https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-My-Life-Depression-Hauntology/dp/1780992262 Music from Jane Hope https://janehope.bandcamp.com/album/japanese-tracks And Macintosh Plus’s 420 as covered by the Guests Video clips come from Storyblocks and the Prelinger Archive Support Zero Books on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zerobooks Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SubZeroBooks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZeroBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zer0books Zero Books Manifesto: The modern world is at an impasse. Disasters scroll across our smartphone screens and we’re invited to like, follow or upvote, but critical thinking is harder and harder to find. Rather than connecting us in common struggle and debate, the internet has sped up and deepened a long-standing process of alienation and atomization. Zer0 Books wants to work against this trend. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusviIy7m4o