In this episode of The Long Path Podcast, we explore the idea often referred to as the “Red-Green Alliance” — the ideological convergence between elements of the radical left and Islamist political movements.Joining us are Hussein Aboubakr Mansour and Izabella Tabarovsky, two thinkers who approach this topic from very different historical perspectives.
Mansour studies the intellectual history of political Islam and how modern revolutionary ideologies shaped Islamist movements. Tabarovsky focuses on the legacy of Soviet anti-Zionist propaganda and how it influenced modern discourse around Israel and antisemitism.Together, we unpack the historical roots of the Red-Green Alliance, including the role of Soviet Union propaganda campaigns against Zionism, the ideological overlap between revolutionary leftist movements and Islamist political thought, and how these ideas continue to shape political discourse today.
We discuss how Soviet anti-Zionism reframed Jewish self-determination, why these ideological frameworks proved so durable, and how the language developed during the Cold War still appears in modern activism and international politics. This conversation explores the intellectual origins of the alliance, why these movements sometimes find common ground, and what understanding this history can reveal about contemporary political debates.
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In this episode we discuss:
• The origins of the “Red-Green Alliance”
• Soviet anti-Zionism and its influence on modern antisemitism
• The ideological roots of Islamist political movements
• How revolutionary left-wing frameworks intersect with Islamist politics
• The Cold War origins of many anti-Israel narratives
• Why these ideological alliances persist today
• What understanding this history can reveal about modern political discourse
Our Guests:
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Researcher and writer specializing in Arab political thought, Islamist ideology, and Middle Eastern intellectual history.
Izabella Tabarovsky
Scholar of Soviet propaganda and modern antisemitism, and senior fellow at the Z3 Institute.
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