What Frantz Fanon Can Teach Us About Gaza

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  • @yellowporsche8172
    @yellowporsche8172 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +318

    The brutality of the colonial violence inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli oppressor is politically entrenched in the west not just by Zionist lobbies but also by the entitled understandings of settler colonialsim. As a Canadian, I shamefully came to understood colonial violence of dispossession, ethnic cleansing, and cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island through my Palestinian lens. I came to understand that as a white person denouncing and rejecting colonization, racism, and white supremacy does not change that I am still a beneficiary of these structures and therefore part of the oppressor class. My colleagues and friends in Gaza are struggling to survive a grotesque dystopian nightmare that is politically advanced by my government and financed by Canadians and other westerners. The same language imperialism used against Indigenous peoples is being used against Palestinians to silence their suffering and advocate the oppressors crimes. The Palestinians I know are refusing to submit. They are being killed and detained. They are facing horrendous abuses and threats of abuses while struggling to find food to eat. The issue is to starve them to make them revolutionize against Hamas. I believe they will not becuase the oppressor has shown for 70 plus years that their words are immaterial and they will never coexist with Palestinians.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful thoughts and feelings.

    • @yellowporsche8172
      @yellowporsche8172 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      @@masoodraja It is listening and reading knowledge from scholars like you that informs my pedagogies and ways of being. So thank you from my heart.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      @@yellowporsche8172 You are most welcome and thank you for your encouragement!!

    • @patriciakhan3998
      @patriciakhan3998 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Even as a brown Canadian, I struggled with belonging to a privileged new immigrant class that has more opportunities and does not carry that burden of debauched colonialism the indigenous peoples endure..

    • @michellenorris8471
      @michellenorris8471 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Thank you, well said.

  • @BlackKitten99989
    @BlackKitten99989 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    As an Algerian I can't express enough the impact that that man had in my country, he said what no one else dared to say at that time. May he rest in peace ❤️

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!!

    • @almazhaile77
      @almazhaile77 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Unfortunately, today most Algerians do not even know how F. Fanon is!

  • @pratyushpadhee636
    @pratyushpadhee636 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +146

    Dear Dr. mashood, It's a mental treat to find a Fanonian reading of the current conflict of Gaza.such a great insight.Thanks

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      You are so welcome. Thank you so much for your support!!!

    • @judy9420
      @judy9420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I couldn't agree more!!!

  • @FaycalOuazine
    @FaycalOuazine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +109

    In international law, nowhere does one find that the occupying force has the “right” to defend itself. Instead, it is explicitly written that an occupied nation has the right to fight by any means necessary for its freedom.
    United Nations Resolution 2621 XXV of December 12, 1970 affirms : “the inherent right of colonial peoples to fight by all necessary means against colonial powers which repress their aspiration for freedom and independence”.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thank you

    • @Thiscannotbetruebutitis
      @Thiscannotbetruebutitis 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Just citing this UN resolution is considered a so called „pro Hamas“ support and a „denial of the right to exist“ for Israel. While using this pseudo-logic the West is increasing the resistance making repression at home and the sending of weapons to Israel an insane spiral of violence and counter-violence. This is why the voice of reason that aim for peace have to prevail. Otherwise, this conflict will only become larger and larger.

    • @historiaeresistencia832
      @historiaeresistencia832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Israeli authorities allegedly say they are not occupying powers. And contradictorily they say palestinians are not a people and don' t exist.And some zionists say Gaza is part of Egypt and that Israel doesn' t even controll its borders.They argue that Hamas is the government of Gaza do Israel does not occupy.That Golan Heights are theirs and the whole territories from hebrew times, 3 thousand years ago. I do not agree with this crap but that is thrir excuse.

    • @Natufia1
      @Natufia1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, That is indeed corrdct, but the United Nations Security Council members, ex-Colonial powers, have the veto and use it against Gaza, actively supporting Israel, in its illegal colonial ptoject.

    • @Lalallalu
      @Lalallalu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      FaycalOuazine
      100 percent right !

  • @FaycalOuazine
    @FaycalOuazine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +110

    "Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception." ~ CHRIS HEDGES
    “Israel is a settler colonial project that is nearing its end, as colonial projects reach their final phase become more brutal and ruthless.” ~ Ilan Pape The Jewish Professor
    “We are witnessing the end of Zionism, which is the most dangerous stage because it fights for survival, very cruel and violent. It is the darest stage in the history of Palestine. But it’s the pre-dawn darkness!” ~ Ilan Pape The Jewish Professor

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thank you for sharing.

    • @wintahabtom9894
      @wintahabtom9894 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      👍❤️

    • @marcelleratafia2360
      @marcelleratafia2360 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      yes, see the german occupation of poland, the apartheid regime in south africa or the "islamic state" in parts of syria or ieaq

    • @mahendrarambally5330
      @mahendrarambally5330 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​Well said

  • @DennisNelson-ee2il
    @DennisNelson-ee2il 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I discovered and read Franz Fanon in the early 90s,which has had a lasting impact on me,along with Aime Cesaire,whom I discovered through Andre Breton.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. That’s when I also became familiar with his work and it has had a powerful impact on my praxis.

  • @FaycalOuazine
    @FaycalOuazine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +72

    “The people of South Africa will never forget the support of the state of Israel to the apartheid regime.” ~ Nelson Mandela on being released in 1990
    In 1977, the United Nations passed a mandatory arms embargo against South Africa. Israel has repeatedly violated this mandate, equipping the white minority government with a number of weapons, including missiles, several kinds of aircraft, long-range missile boats and other lethal equipment. Israelis have also trained South African troops and provided advisers to the apartheid state in its military attacks against Angola.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you

    • @wintahabtom9894
      @wintahabtom9894 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      👍❤️

    • @mirupacha
      @mirupacha 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We (my Child & i) will also NEVER FORGET what this Zionist State Governments are inflicting & imposing upon the Palestinian People 🇵🇸✊🏾🤎.

    • @ingridhildebrandt8053
      @ingridhildebrandt8053 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      South Africa, they know what apartheid means, they have suffered it.

    • @medeplicity
      @medeplicity 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Here as well...UN General Assembly resolution 37/43, passed on December 3, 1982, states that occupied people have the right to resist occupying forces by any lawful means, including armed struggle. The resolution also affirms the legitimacy of the struggle for independence, territorial integrity, national unity, and liberation from foreign domination and foreign occupation.

  • @SFJazzer
    @SFJazzer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    People in Gaza aren’t imagining across the border “the beautiful places of the state of Israel”, but rather deep in the Palestinian consciousness (specifically that of refugees) is knowing the original beauty of their ancestral homeland Palestine. 11:46

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you. That was said within the context of Fanon’s discussion of the impact of colonial divide on the psyche. I suggest reading his chapter “Concerning Violence.” The original Palestinian lands and imagination associated with it of course has a deep impact, but let us not make it either this of that question. Both the past and current material conditions have an impact

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you, Dr. Masood Raja.
    What a scholar you are.
    I am part Cherokee Indian, Irish, Spanish and from Alabama. I have studied and read many books from my Papa's library of first edition books. I desire to always learn more.
    🙏🌍❤️🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are most welcome

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@masoodraja
      Free Palestine 🇵🇸

  • @pranaa333
    @pranaa333 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Thank you dr Masood for this thoughtful explanation which makes it clear to everyone that oppression is always leading to resistance which finally leads to freedom! And so will undoubtedly be with Palestine!!!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome and thank you for sharing your thoughts.

    • @pranaa333
      @pranaa333 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@masoodraja❤

    • @aidarmay341
      @aidarmay341 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤞🤞🕊🇵🇸🕊🇵🇸🕊

  • @toriverdin3692
    @toriverdin3692 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you so much for your these lessons about the writings of Fanon´s research, and his personal resistance experiences at the FLN: They help us understand better the nature of the oppressed Palestinians and their reaction to fight for their right to be. I appreciate very much the clear way you teach these lessons! Ah! Yes: We are hoping, the Western Colonizing forces will finally learn that their destructive ways will never yield anything but the obliteration of all the world.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much!!

  • @daoistdansah54
    @daoistdansah54 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    Powerful analysis...what a gem to wake up to this in my YT feed❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @peacetheworld...........7105
    @peacetheworld...........7105 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Fanon"Each generation must discover its mission ".......his books are beauty of Art......
    "The Wretched or the Earth "........so good.... My hero bro...
    Thanks Dr.......

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome!!

  • @annlouise526
    @annlouise526 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Thank you. I appreciate this brief lesson about Fanon. Of course, no amount of repression will extinguish the yearning of Palestinians, Haitians, Africans, and all people to reclaim their full humanity.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Thank you. Yes, I am in solidarity with all the oppressed people of the world.

    • @selmae.890
      @selmae.890 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Haiti suffering for too long 😢

    • @aidarmay341
      @aidarmay341 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too !

  • @FaycalOuazine
    @FaycalOuazine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +242

    “The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.”
    ~ Norman Finkelstein

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thanks for sharing.

    • @ingridhildebrandt8053
      @ingridhildebrandt8053 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sehr guter Gedanke!!! Nurit Pelet-Elhanan (?) hat das sehr gut beschrieben.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @ingridhildebrandt8053 Could you translate it please. Thanks.

    • @ingridhildebrandt8053
      @ingridhildebrandt8053 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@masoodraja I am sorry, I wish I could. I don't know how to use the translationprogramm. Can anyone who reads this, help to use the translationprogramm for the the speach? Willi Klein perhaps?

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ingridhildebrandt8053 Okay. No problem

  • @MlungisiCiti
    @MlungisiCiti 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brilliant & sober juxtaposition, analysis of past & current unfolding geo-politics,done with sensitivity.from South Africa 🇿🇦❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much and welcome.

    • @aidarmay341
      @aidarmay341 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re right !

  • @marytouafek6
    @marytouafek6 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    Palestinians have always look up to the Algerian war of liberation as an example to liberate themselves from the coloniser. Free Palestine.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts

    • @rederatv
      @rederatv 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Algeria also funded pro- independence movements in Africa.

  • @DameObserver108
    @DameObserver108 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

    I am delighted that I discovered you "by accident" today.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you and welcome. Glad you did!

    • @DameObserver108
      @DameObserver108 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@masoodraja TY. Looking forward to the exploration!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hope you like what I have to offer. Welcome, again.

    • @NM-it2vo
      @NM-it2vo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same!

    • @Lalallalu
      @Lalallalu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same here 👏🔥

  • @lauracastor3713
    @lauracastor3713 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Well said, thank you for expressing these connections so clearly. Precisely what I have been thinking (having grown up in the U.S. and lived in Norway for almost 30 years). Here in Norway, many don't realize how this government, too, is complicit and how we, too, benefit from continued settler colonial violence.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @johnwashington9292
    @johnwashington9292 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I'm glad I clicked on this link! This psychological explanation adds to my understanding of this Israeli depravity. I'll have to rewind this one to ingest it all.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much and welcome!!

    • @okterlox0
      @okterlox0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’ll probably listen to it multiple times. If you listen to others in this playlist you will want to come back to this one again and again. It makes more sense every time I relisten to it after listening and relistening to others in the playlist.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@okterlox0 Thank you.

  • @ingridhildebrandt8053
    @ingridhildebrandt8053 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Thank you very much for the comparison of Fanons analysis with the analysis and understanding of Gaza; this might help to come away from a sight that sees Hamas as terrorists.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Let us hope we can see a path to peace!

    • @a1halber
      @a1halber 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When 8 lived in South Africa, that's, that's wh what our government always called all anti-Apartheid activists including Nelson Mandela and dear Steve Biko

  • @Sisiphus776
    @Sisiphus776 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I've treated myself to Fanon's classic The Wretched of the Earth - A marvellous Preface by JPS too. Thank you Dr Mashood for reminding us of this great man

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so welcome

  • @NM-it2vo
    @NM-it2vo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I’m an American who studied abroad at Oxford University and I remember reading Franz Fanon in my studies. So delighted to stumble upon this today - really insightful. Thank you! New subscriber!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much and welcome!!

  • @akken2112
    @akken2112 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    "Two centuries ago, a former European colony decided to catch up with Europe. It succeeded so well that the United States of America became a monster, in which the taints, the sickness, and the inhumanity of Europe have grown to appalling dimensions." ~ Frantz Fanon

  • @nadialaribi
    @nadialaribi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As an Algerian, i can only thank you for reminding the world of the struggle of my people for independence and for rightly connecting it to the struggle of the Palestinian people against the Israeli occupation. Indeed, what is currently happening in Gaza and Rafah will not destroy the spirit of the Palestinian people and their will to get their country back, hence their Humanity and their dignity. Frantz Fanon rests in peace, he was on the right side of history. I visited Martinique and understood his work better then. So much work left to do in the French West Indies too. I found your channel by chance today and feel wealthier because of it. Thank you Sir!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @okterlox0
    @okterlox0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you VERY much! This is VERY easy to understand -the way you put it! I am ever so grateful snd I will share all of these in your playlist. We all need to see and respect the common humanity in EVERY person or group of people. God made EVERY one and EVERY thing.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome and thank you too for your support.

  • @PaulWolinsky
    @PaulWolinsky 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's interesting you bring up Fanon and anti-colonial struggles.
    Right now, Africans are being recruited to work in the helping professions (psychology, psychotherapy, social work, psychiatry). Dr. Alvin Poussaint may be the best-known Black psychiatrist. Poussaint was well-known and active in connection with the Cosby show. And there have been plenty of blacks who have been mental health technicians or associates.
    The situation with Africans, necessary labor (lower to middle-clsss) for America as Africans are assimilated into a world-system of increasing embourgoisesisment is mildly different. While Fanon took a 'radical' theoretic approach, these newer waves of African psych professionals are only a part of the further attempt to colonize minds and lives in the global carceral state.
    This sort of development would have interested people like Philip Rieff. It goes on completely under the radar.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

  • @yellowporsche8172
    @yellowporsche8172 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Thank you Professor Masood. I turned to your channel during my cultural studies masters studies because you put the theories and theorists in conversation.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are very welcome. And thank you for your continued support!

  • @ihtisham6241
    @ihtisham6241 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    A most-needed academic explanation. (I am indebted!)

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are most welcome.

  • @southpaw786
    @southpaw786 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you Dr Masood for this insightful, humane presentation, especially the Gaza and Palestine contextualisation.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are most welcome.

  • @hyndm
    @hyndm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THANK YOU for this -- so clearly spelled out, connecting the veins of the past and present. You've given us a new Fanonian reading and language to talk about the horrors inflicted on Gaza

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @jannatufirdous9479
    @jannatufirdous9479 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Black Skin White Mask is a fundamental book to understand who you are under the skin you wear.... Another historian is Ibn Khaldun who wrote the Muqadimah a book that tells you about people, their environment and the impact.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Yes, I have read both of them. I have a brief video on Ibn Khaldun just within the context of nationalism: Nationalism: (1) Ibn Khaldun "Asabiyyah”
      th-cam.com/video/ewnrvojarJc/w-d-xo.html

    • @jannatufirdous9479
      @jannatufirdous9479 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@masoodraja it's a pleasure to meet someone who sees the reality and delusion for what it is. Submission to The One, Creator of the first and the last is what is imminent for this life. Pls upload vid on ibn Khaldun.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Please check above. I posted the link, but here it is again: Nationalism: (1) Ibn Khaldun "Asabiyyah”
      th-cam.com/video/ewnrvojarJc/w-d-xo.html

  • @zendean5207
    @zendean5207 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    So brilliant. Thank uou for introducing me to Fanon. I can't believe I don't remember ever hearing about him. I have been a fan of Freire for a long time.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome. You will like him; his work matches well with Freire.

  • @johnkerr4699
    @johnkerr4699 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is fascinating to discover this video because several days ago I referenced Fanon in a discussion I was having with a high school poli sci class regarding the invasion and decimation of Gaza. Fanon had so much to teach us and will remain relevant for years to come. Thanks for sharing your insights.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @7Bullseyes
    @7Bullseyes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a excellent and timely analysis of Hon. Dr. Franz Fanon. I'm definitely sharing this. Thank You Dr. Masood

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are very welcome

  • @munsif-rd7dd
    @munsif-rd7dd 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Glad to see Fanon being brought into the narrative, essential reading no diubt.
    Jazaks Doc!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @JohnGeary-e9e
    @JohnGeary-e9e 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Dr Masood for introducing me to Franz Fanon I had heard his name but knew nothing about him. So now more to read thank you sir bless.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are most welcome.

  • @Dharvanshi
    @Dharvanshi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Dr Masood Raja for your insightful analytical Fanonian introspection of the Gaza and the Palestinian issues. I look forward to seeing more on the subject from you.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @mariacoronel2547
    @mariacoronel2547 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    21:58 Thank you for this insightful analysis of Frantz Fenon way of thinking.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @Lalallalu
    @Lalallalu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Absolutely BEAUTIFUL presentation. Brief, eloquent, incisive, informative and finally well balanced.
    Thank you for it!!
    🕊️☮️

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are most welcome.

  • @celeste5607
    @celeste5607 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you for introducing me to Frantz Fanon. I will be looking into this man to better understand how to analyse people's actions and reactions in the situations they find themselves in.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. I highly recommend Fanon

  • @carolisme1
    @carolisme1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Explains so many situations.thank you. Will share.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so welcome

  • @mootytootyfrooty
    @mootytootyfrooty 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Loved it, been asking for more cross examinations of other apartheid conflicts, this is gold

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much.

    • @mootytootyfrooty
      @mootytootyfrooty 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@masoodraja I think this overall idea about one of the tools of colonization being to prevent the full maturation of people is very interesting indeed, it makes sense as a tool in entrenching consumerist systems too based on what I'm seeing in like the addiction space.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mootytootyfrooty Thank you. Yes, I didn’t want to go to too much detail in the video but Fanon does explain that the trauma of colonial oppression also forces people do do self harm and to become more violent even towards their own people. Maybe, I will record another video but I do explain this in my other videos on Fanon.

  • @nabilasaib7804
    @nabilasaib7804 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Bravo pour votre synthèse

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @michaelfoley3777
    @michaelfoley3777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brilliant!Thank you for this brilliant perspective South regards to Gaza!
    Frantz Fanon is truly a must read!
    Sincerely Michael Foley 🤔

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much.

  • @FaycalOuazine
    @FaycalOuazine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    « If I were a Palestinian living under Israeli occupation, I would fight Israel to achieve freedom »
    ~ Amy Ayalon, former head of the israeli General Security Service (Shin Bet)

    « Israel will not emerge with a picture of victory from this war, even if it manages to assassinate Yahya Sinwar, Whoever believes that the Palestinians will surrender does not know the Palestinians, nor Hamas, or the Islamic movements of this century. »
    ~ Amy Ayalon, former head of the israelli General Security Service (Shin Bet)

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice quote.

  • @patriciakhan3998
    @patriciakhan3998 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Insightful. I a seminar on anon to my grad student classmates, I wish I had included more of the psychological impact as outlined by Fanon.
    Thanks for sharing your own insights Dr. Raja.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. You are welcome.

  • @rodluther982
    @rodluther982 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    But Dr Raja, Hamas was elected by the people. It is indeed a political party. The Qassam Brigade is its military wing. Also the Palestinians know it’s their land. They are not just thinking it’s their land. Perhaps you should do another video on the Balfour Declaration of 1917.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Thank you. I am aware of that. But I do not believe a fair election is possible in occupied conditions. And even if people “did” elect Hamas and are sympathetic to it, that should still not make the people a target for collective punishment. My point in this video simply is that policies of oppression do not produce obedience but rather increase resistance. Thank you for your thoughts. I will plan a video on that colonial document soon:)

    • @vmatin1
      @vmatin1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@masoodrajaThanks Doctor Raja, you’re right. Under occupation how could anything ever be what we refer to as normal?

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you.

    • @Nessa2Bea
      @Nessa2Bea 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Please also remember that the Israeli occupation boasted that they propped up Hamas with funding and weapons in order to put a wedge between the secular Palestinian government and the Palestinian people.

    • @luluspeers3110
      @luluspeers3110 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​@@masoodraja last election was held in Gaza in 2006 and overseen by forgien interests, how is this even valid for what's happening in Gaza today? ?

  • @WilliamCarterII
    @WilliamCarterII 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Such a good lecture. Def going to revisit Fanon after school is out for the summer. I try to read Wretched of the Earth and Black Skin White Mask twice each per year

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Yes, I hope to reread Fanon this summer as well.

  • @IddWashokera
    @IddWashokera 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wow! What a brilliant analysis. You have earned a new subscriber.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much and welcome!!

  • @hawkarae
    @hawkarae 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for shining your compassionate light on prescient issues and timeless wisdom.❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are so welcome

  • @FaycalOuazine
    @FaycalOuazine 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    "ISRAEL ALONE" ~ Short title for an editorial in The Economist magazine, 03/23/2024
    “There is still a narrow path out of the hell of Gaza. But at a moment of military might, Israel looks deeply vulnerable,
    All the pillars of Israeli security - deterrence, rapid warning and decisive victory - have collapsed in the current war, and whatever the outcome, the clear scenario is that Israel has entered the Gaza quagmire.”
    ~ Excerpt from the main article of The Economist, 03/23/2024

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing.

  • @TellingStewart
    @TellingStewart 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    🌱 ThankYou for Sharing 🙏🌼🍃

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are welcome.

  • @christinetruelsen321
    @christinetruelsen321 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for a revealing and interesting explanation of Fanon's views!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure!

  • @lulusp1023
    @lulusp1023 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Excellent analysis. I will purchase his bookd. Freedom for Palestine now Stop genocide now Long live Aaron Bushnell ❤.
    I subscribed to your channel..Excellent video

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much and welcome!!

  • @buddypalomo
    @buddypalomo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for the beautiful message and peace and love felt throughout your presentation: )

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome!

  • @ruthokelley5833
    @ruthokelley5833 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dr Masood, thank you so much for your understanding and information. The more we know, the better we might be of help!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My pleasure

  • @azor_ahai009
    @azor_ahai009 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thanks a lot Dr. Sahb 🙌 & you look astonishing.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!

  • @Appealsman
    @Appealsman 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How does this apply to neocolonialism, the situation where the colonizers have successfully imposed a power structure, institutions, infrastructure and laws, basically the invisible structure of colonialism, and handed the visible governance off to a buffer class within the native population, so that the colonial power structure now has a black or brown face?

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. You can explore the channel. I have quite a few videos that explore the comprador class and the struggles of the post colonies. Please take a look at the Postcolonial Concepts playlist.

  • @mohmoudfarah1897
    @mohmoudfarah1897 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Enlightening; thank you! Salute from Mogadishu. 🎩

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you too!

    • @cesarzelaya5511
      @cesarzelaya5511 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      From a Sandinista, Nicaragua...revolutionary greetings to you and your people.

  • @Maybeeeeeeee234
    @Maybeeeeeeee234 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    as a Palestinian i would like to thank you for this mental- treat beautiful thoughts. that means a lot!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are welcome!!

  • @MehmetUzman
    @MehmetUzman 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    thank you, Dr. Masood, for this insightful talk

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @carolisme1
    @carolisme1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful clarity. Things now must be turned upside down a radical change. We must help but it will be brutal. Thank God there is an after life for the spirit.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @nash984954
    @nash984954 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, Dr Raja

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @alanyoung448
    @alanyoung448 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    thoughtful and sympathetic .Careful analysis

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much.

  • @algavone
    @algavone 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent exegesis on Fanon, thank you sir! Has a very mid 20th century flavor to it, with the heavy emphasis on psychoanalysis. Whether you agree or not, it's an important theory to understand and have in our toolkit.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Yes, we don’t have to agree with everything Fanon says but it’s good to know his work.

  • @Aladin-r8t
    @Aladin-r8t 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    He worked with my mother at the Blida Hospital (Psychiatry department).

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh Wow: What a wonderful thing to share!!! Thank you!

    • @Aladin-r8t
      @Aladin-r8t 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @masoodraja She worked with him for many years on many psychiatrical studies on the Algerian army (ALN) during the war.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool. Thank you for sharing.

  • @MaryLou5239
    @MaryLou5239 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you! I will read Fanons Books after this comment. It's very interesting to see it from the psychological side.
    From Germany
    I subscribe your channel and will look at your former videos.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much and welcome!

  • @Jomarina11
    @Jomarina11 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These are excellent and universal insights into the psychological dynamics of oppression.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Yes, certainly.

  • @enkaiscott
    @enkaiscott 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    To attain full humanity Palestinians must be free, the colonized must expel the colonizer. A process of colonization entails increased oppression. As oppression of the native intensifies, so does the urge for freedom, in a direct, one-to-one relationship. Brilliant. It is amazing how we can use these patchwork experiences and theories to achieve some semblance of a coherent analysis such as Fanon did. Freedom fighters in my youth used to speak about this man, and I remember seeing this book on a shelf at UWI. Great content. Thanks.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

    • @enkaiscott
      @enkaiscott 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@seekthetruthandthetruthwil2388 5000 years Gaza has never been part of Israel.

  • @protoAruelius
    @protoAruelius 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Exacxtly... I have used his framework to examine the atrocities in Palestine.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great. It works well in understanding the situation.

  • @nazarmawj338
    @nazarmawj338 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    ❤❤❤
    I was Yong boy reading and loving France Fanoon

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great. Welcome.

  • @sharmeenmurshid8016
    @sharmeenmurshid8016 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I too am very happy to have discovered you.

  • @learntolead7312
    @learntolead7312 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Indeed a brilliant analysis ❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you

  • @proudcitizen4883
    @proudcitizen4883 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fanon Sees it all coming!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Yes he is pretty prescient

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you, Dr. Masood Raja.
    🙏❤️🌎🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Most welcome!

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@masoodraja
      Frantz Omar Fanon's books are amazing, and you added a wonderful explanation of his ideas of what American Imperialism and colonization mean..

  • @blacksource5044
    @blacksource5044 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Woo! Bless your gift of breaking things down ❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @JillT123
    @JillT123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this enlightening discussion.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are most welcome.

  • @richardlozier5824
    @richardlozier5824 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I just "met" you for the first time -- l liked and subscribed -- I share your perspectives.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you and welcome.

  • @Hulloder
    @Hulloder 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a fantasic explanation and analysis. Thank you.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're very welcome!

    • @Hulloder
      @Hulloder 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      How do I keep from feeling hopeless about this struggle? Is there anything to actually be done?

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Hulloder Thank you. We all just do the best we can. A lot of people don’t even care, so you are already doing something by caring. I would say reach out in your community and join a likeminded group. Stay strong!!

  • @moreytabatabai3863
    @moreytabatabai3863 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, this was my first experience with your messages/ channel. In closing you mentioned if policy makers in the US would read Fanon’s work…., I am afraid that the policy they follow has not changed since WW2, dominate and dictate. May be in the future we can see tolerance and only if the rest of the world resists just enough for the change to happen.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you and welcome. Let’s keep working toward change.

  • @bennourine1545
    @bennourine1545 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    3 cases in history : Algeria, South Africa and Palestine

  • @d.b.cooper4352
    @d.b.cooper4352 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video keep up the great work!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much.

  • @hawkarae
    @hawkarae 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Peace and Love. Indeed. ❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @misslabellekitty1298
    @misslabellekitty1298 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hello.
    Thanks for this video.
    Do you believe this same analysis of Fanon can be applied to New Caledonia and its recent attempt at autonomy/independence?
    Thanks!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. I think it could be applied to any colonial situation. But I would recommend reading Fanon carefully to see how his work can be useful.

    • @misslabellekitty1298
      @misslabellekitty1298 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! ​@@masoodraja

  • @atheneaberdeen9926
    @atheneaberdeen9926 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for this perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that is being played out in Gaza. Is it that the scale and intensity of the colonizer's strategies against the colonized Palestinians is not only far greater than that used in Algeria by the French, but also that used by the English in Africa in the 18th &19th century? And since that is the case, Fanon's thesis of a complete overturning of the political order must be the only way for the Palestinians to regain their humanity? I fear that such a scenario would lead to the end of the world, given the machinations of the big players on the geopolitical stage. Maybe that would be a good thing for all of humanity to start afresh.

  • @mariaa6918
    @mariaa6918 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Justice, peace and freedom for all Palestinians. ❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. Yes!!

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🙏❤️🌍🌿🕊🎵🎶🎵

  • @RibhiaAli-bh8fl
    @RibhiaAli-bh8fl 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great analysis! They will never defeat the resistance of the oppressed Palestinians! Thank you Dr. Masood!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure

  • @abdinuribrahim8894
    @abdinuribrahim8894 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Dr. I really got much more knowledge from you channel

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @basheeraebrahim6500
    @basheeraebrahim6500 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Gaza fits into the Fanon framework.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Yes, it does.

  • @khamsaqasim3911
    @khamsaqasim3911 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    How insightful

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you

  • @marcseghatol6583
    @marcseghatol6583 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great analysis , thanks .

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @Freeyourmindblog
    @Freeyourmindblog 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Brilliant video

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

  • @richardprofumo5562
    @richardprofumo5562 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great show!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you

  • @EmayNgayda-in9gx
    @EmayNgayda-in9gx 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What Fanon say is simply the Law of cause and effect or saying goes "what goes around comes around"

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Yes it sort of is.

  • @luztissaoui3032
    @luztissaoui3032 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your videos very informative.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you

  • @doomsdayzalinsky7910
    @doomsdayzalinsky7910 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for that ellucidating discussion. ❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are welcome.

  • @alicehamers7996
    @alicehamers7996 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A different insight into this tragedy. Thank you.

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome.

  • @lindarichardson4986
    @lindarichardson4986 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thamk you for your insights!

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are welcome!

  • @davidreid1805
    @davidreid1805 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very good video thanks, it is a fantastic analogy of what’s going on in Gaza, but the world in general as the west declines we will see a lot more countries wanting to be free, the BRICS is a peaceful approach to post colonial rule.❤

    • @masoodraja
      @masoodraja  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts.