Dr. Finkelstein is my favorite scholar along with Dr. Chomsky both men are utterly beyond brillient in their memories in raw data and arguementation. I have not seen many scholars as good as them say for Dr. Cornell West and others.
Jeremy Reagan Chris Hedges is another. It reminds me of some of the Native Elders. Questions of right and wrong are sometimes so hard to answer and he seems to be able to cut through the chaos so easily.
This is such an amazing interview, Paul and Norman, I salute you two. Happy new year dear gentlemen! It's 4 am in the morning in 2015, I'm completely drunk and I'm watching this... ???
"It took me a long time to develop my own intellectual identity," says Mr. Finklestein. Yeah . . . I am still struggling to develop my own intellectual identity at the age of 69. Of the many identities one acquires through life, this is not one of the easiest.
During interwar period avant-garde Communist ideology was very popular among intellectualizing Warsaw Jews. They saw it as a chance to move up in social hierarchy and it was as prevalent as Zionism. Apparently his Mom admired and preached all the "virtues" of soviets so saying that she defended soviets because they liberated Majdanek is not really credible. I recommend reading "Love and Exile" by Singer for anyone interested in polish jews in 20s and 30s. I would love to ask Norman what was her political views before the war when she was already grown up and clearly had some.
db501 This question has some resonance with me because from my study years ago of Poland their land was annexed by the Russians before WW 2 and the Polish were not happy with it.?
9:21 - anyone see a man wearing a yarmulke? See Theodor Herzl's picture way up high? His picture used to be on walls of houses & apartments in Palestine too. It's even higher than the symbolization of the kabbalah's two separate but intertwined triangle-shaped pieces.
I’m a little confused? His parents were in the Warsaw uprising, which was launched under the pretense the Red Army was coming. The Red Army halted purposely its offensive outside of Warsaw to allow the Nazis to crush the resistance, so when they took over Warsaw and instituted communism all Polish resistance would be gone. If the Soviets didn’t purposely halt, his parents likely would have been liberated earlier, but they were eternally grateful to the Reds and Stalin regardless???
2 points: (1) Why didn't his parents immigrate to the Soviet Union instead of to the US, if they were admirers of the former? (2) By the time Norman became a Maoist, hadn't he learned already about the millions upon millions of deaths that Stalin had perpetrated and wouldn't that be a red flag (no pun) against putting all his eggs in the Maoist basket?
I will never get bored of hearing Norman speak.
Dr. Finkelstein is my favorite scholar along with Dr. Chomsky both men are utterly beyond brillient in their memories in raw data and arguementation. I have not seen many scholars as good as them say for Dr. Cornell West and others.
Jeremy Reagan Chris Hedges is another.
It reminds me of some of the Native Elders. Questions of right and wrong are sometimes so hard to answer and he seems to be able to cut through the chaos so easily.
Love hearing Norman discuss his childhood and parents. Such a fascinating man!
This is such an amazing interview,
Paul and Norman, I salute you two.
Happy new year dear gentlemen! It's 4 am in the morning in 2015, I'm completely drunk and I'm watching this... ???
Happy new year!!! 🎊🎊🎉🎉🎇🎇 It's 3pm, in 2023, 4 days away from the new year...
"It took me a long time to develop my own intellectual identity," says Mr. Finklestein. Yeah . . . I am still struggling to develop my own intellectual identity at the age of 69. Of the many identities one acquires through life, this is not one of the easiest.
Your honesty is refreshing.
I second tristan
hey nice to see you here!
Excellent interview. Thank you
It's a great experience learning about Norman's background and thinking. Look forward to the rest...
Good to see him unwind and and tell his story...
Love, best wishes and respect for Norman Finkelstein.
Damn, wish I could have met his parents, they seem so fascinating and intelligent. Not to mention good people
Great interview. Very insightful
this is turning out to be a really great interview!
Wow unreal and amazing as per usual
Love this man. God bless
I love this man
Great interview. You have to hand it to Paul Jay. And Finkelstein is the man.
l love Norman. and his mother.
If his parents loved Stalin so much, why didn’t they move to USSR after the war??
You really thought that was worth posting? That's sad.
@@promark5317 What is wrong with asking this question?? I’m not arguing about anything. Just asking. Trying to understand. That’s all.
His parents are as honorable as Norman himself ❤️
I like how my comment disappeared.
Down the UA-cam Memory Hole!
Where’s part 1 ??
Where are part 4 and 5?
excellent
During interwar period avant-garde Communist ideology was very popular among intellectualizing Warsaw Jews. They saw it as a chance to move up in social hierarchy and it was as prevalent as Zionism. Apparently his Mom admired and preached all the "virtues" of soviets so saying that she defended soviets because they liberated Majdanek is not really credible. I recommend reading "Love and Exile" by Singer for anyone interested in polish jews in 20s and 30s. I would love to ask Norman what was her political views before the war when she was already grown up and clearly had some.
db501
This question has some resonance with me because from my study years ago of Poland their land was annexed by the Russians before WW 2 and the Polish were not happy with it.?
wheres 1/4
9:21 - anyone see a man wearing a yarmulke? See Theodor Herzl's picture way up high? His picture used to be on walls of houses & apartments in Palestine too. It's even higher than the symbolization of the kabbalah's two separate but intertwined triangle-shaped pieces.
Betrayal is indeed the worst sin of all.
I’m a little confused? His parents were in the Warsaw uprising, which was launched under the pretense the Red Army was coming. The Red Army halted purposely its offensive outside of Warsaw to allow the Nazis to crush the resistance, so when they took over Warsaw and instituted communism all Polish resistance would be gone. If the Soviets didn’t purposely halt, his parents likely would have been liberated earlier, but they were eternally grateful to the Reds and Stalin regardless???
He talks about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943. And you talk about the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.
Where is part 1 of this??? seriously, this is confusing
You're right, of course
I found it. 🤷♀️
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2 points: (1) Why didn't his parents immigrate to the Soviet Union instead of to the US, if they were admirers of the former? (2) By the time Norman became a Maoist, hadn't he learned already about the millions upon millions of deaths that Stalin had perpetrated and wouldn't that be a red flag (no pun) against putting all his eggs in the Maoist basket?
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Why does Finkelstein call the holocaust "the war"? Apparently holocaust survivors do that sometimes, but why?
WW2…World War 2…
The nazi holocaust could have only happened during the war. They are interlinked.
These are great 8nterviews but i cant find the right order for them!!