/369/ Information-War and War-Politics ft. Jacob Siegel (Patreon)

On the war on disinformation and the war in Gaza. 

Jacob Siegel, senior editor at Tablet, joins us to talk about Hamas's attack on Israel and Israel's assault on Gaza. We also discuss how the US crusade against 'disinformation' has led it to apply counterinsurgency tactics to its own citizens.

Why did Hamas attack when it did? Has it been successful in stopping Israeli-Saudi rapprochement? How much will this change Israeli society? And what does Israel want to achieve in bombing - and soon invading - Gaza? 

Meanwhile, how has domestic politics become war? The state has meshed with corporate power to create an almighty surveillance apparatus. How can we start dismantling it? 

And how do we escape the postmodern hall of mirrors in which high diplomacy and low culture-war merge, in which domestic and international, and peace and war, all blur into each other?

Links:

• On disinformation: A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century, Jacob Siegel, Tablet
• A trap has been set for Israel, Jacob Siegel, Unherd
• End US Aid to Israel, Jacob Siegel & Liel Leibovitz, Tablet
• On data: The Nanny vs. The Nanny State, Jacob Siegel & John Robb, Tablet
• Manifesto Podcast, Jacob Siegel & Phil Klay