170/ Facing the German Far Right w/ Musa Okwonga

For episode 170, returning guest Musa Okwonga talks to Elia Ayoub about a piece he wrote, "The Hatred Is Accelerating", on racism and the far right in Germany. This was recorded on 31 August 2024, a day before the fascist AfD party won top place in Thuringia and second in Saxony in the state elections.

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Previous TFTT episodes with Musa Okwonga

• We Need to Talk About Twitter w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani

• Football is Political: #Qatar2022, Russia and What Comes Next w/ Musa Okwonga and Justin Salhani

• Special 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Retrospective w/ Musa Okwonga, Fabien Goa and Justin Salhani

• In the End, It Was All About Love w/ Musa Okwonga

• Being the Good Immigrant in an Ungrateful Country w/ Musa Okwonga

Check out

• 2018 article by Musa: Berliners have shown how to stop the march of the far right

• The Far Right is Not Inevitable with Aurelien Mondon

• The work of Jakob Springfeld and Philipp Ruch. Also: Polylulx and International Women* Space

• First video essay on YouTube by Ayman Makarem: Zionism from the Standpoint of Its Victims and subscribe to our channel

Recommended reads and listens:

• Critical Muslim: German Redemption Theology by Adnan Delalic

• London Review of Books: Memory Failure by Pankaj Mishra

• 972Mag: Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews by Hebh Jamal

• Jewish Currents' "On The Nose Podcast" The Trouble with Germany, part I

• Jewish Currents' "On The Nose Podcast" The Trouble with Germany, part II

• Granta: Once Again, Germany defines who is a Jew, part I by George Prochnik, Eyal Weizman & Emily Dische-Becker

• Granta: Once Again, Germany defines who is a Jew, part II by George Prochnik, Eyal Weizman & Emily Dische-Becker

• IWriteStuff.Blog: The Jewish and Arab Questions, and European Fascism by Elia Ayoub

• The Palestinian Question as a Jewish Question by Raef Zreik

Books by Musa Okwonga (website):
Please support your local bookshops and public libraries by ordering them there whenever possible.

• In The End, It Was All About Love

• One of Them: An Eton College Memoir

• Striking Out: The Debut Novel from Superstar Striker Ian Wright

• Raheem Sterling (Football Legends #1) with Stanley Chow

• Eating Roses for Dinner

• A Cultured Left Foot: The Eleven Elements of Footballing Greatness

Credits:

Host(s): Elia Ayoub | Guest(s): Musa Okwonga | Producers: Aydın Yıldız, Elia Ayoub, Israa Abdel Fattah, Ayman Makarem and Leila Al-Shami | Music: ⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: Hisham Rifai | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub