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In this episode we welcome Barrister Frank Magennis to the show!

Franck Magennis is a barrister with Garden Court Chambers and a member of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers. His work focuses on challenging rights breaches by the British and other states, employers and landlords. He has expertise in legal claims connected to Palestinian emancipation from Israeli occupation.

We are going to talk to him about his description of zionism as being in "terminal crisis":    • Despite European repression, Zionism is co...   as well as arguing against zionists in court. We'll also discuss various aspects of the legal struggle around the repression of Palestinian people and Pro-Palestine activists. And efforts to hold people accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Some of Franck’s theoretical reference points:

Freire, Paulo, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Ganz, Marshall, Why David Sometimes Wins (on ‘strategy’)
MacNair, Mike, Revolutionary Strategy
Newton, Huey P., Revolutionary Suicide
Miliband, Ralph, The State in Capitalist Society
Gramsci, Antonio, Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Luxemburg, Rosa, Reform or Revolution
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, Imperialism, also a letter he sent to comrades facing trial in Moscow on how to deal with lawyers.
Marx, Karl, Capital Volume 1 (specifically the view of the state and legislation that emerges from e.g. chapter 10)
Vergès, Jacques, De La Strategie Judiciare (on the FLN’s legal strategy in Algeria)
Mieville, China, Between Equal Rights (applying Pashukanis to international law)
Pashukanis, E. B., Law & Marxism
Konx, Rob, Strategy and Tactics (a must for all aspiring ‘lawyers’ in Franck's opinion)
Smith, John, Imperialism in the 21st Century
Erekat, Noura, Justice for Some
Lentin, Alana, Why Race Still Matters + The New Racial Regime
Schmidt, Jeff, Disciplined Minds (on the nature and function of ‘professionals’).

00:02:45 - Franck Magennis introduces himself
00:12:44 - Is zionism in a terminal crisis?
00:32:05 - What does it mean to be an anti-imperialist and Communist lawyer?
00:45:53 - Seeking to Hold Israel's War Criminals Accountable