Nasser

Summary

Dominique Pagani mentions Nasser mainly in connection with the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. He presents the canal as Egypt's only resource and the nationalisation as a gesture that gives the country back its pride1. He often comes back to the fact that the Western press then called him "the new Hitler". He sees this as an example of the demonisation of any opposition2. He also notes that Nasser had first been well received, as a non-communist nationalist3. He recalls that after being rebuffed by the West, Nasser had the Aswan Dam built by the Soviets, and that its lake drowns the site of Abu Simbel4. Several times he cites a video in which Nasser mocks the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, who wanted to veil Egyptian women5, notably in a session on "Islamo-leftism"6. Elsewhere he places Nasser's Egypt among the targets of Atlanticist policy and speaks of a regime of young colonels.

1. 1Argent, travail, liberté3 Aug 2019 · 16:15
2. 2L'île du Peuple : le débat23 Jun 2015 · 8:21
3. 3#5.2 L’Odyssée du philosophe : La pensée révolutionnaire21 Nov 2018 · 35:24
4. 4#16 • Retour aux logiques du sujet30 Jul 2020 · 46:36
5. 5#3 Bien-et Mé-faits de l'amnésie...6 Nov 2020 · 1:01:00
6. 6Ni gauche ni droite ? Islamo gauchisme ?17 Oct 2023 · 48:52

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