Ep 383 - The Complicit Lens with Robin Andersen

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Robin Andersen about the role of corporate media in shaping narratives around the genocide in Gaza.

Join us Tuesday, June 9th, at Macro ‘n Chill, the online gathering where we’ll listen to and discuss this episode. 8pm ET/5pm PT. Register with this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/L40tjKhOSCGCJTR-R-QJvw The title of Robin Andersen’s upcoming book (published next week) is The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of the Genocide in Gaza . You can see why Steve wanted to talk with her. Their conversation looks at how the corporate media helped manufacture consent for Israel’s war on Gaza by erasing historical context. It is tasked with enforcing cultural hegemony à la Gramsci, and defending the interests of the imperial core. Robin goes into examples of how the media has been used to erase Palestinian history and justify war crimes. Terms like "occupation," "apartheid," and "genocide" are scrubbed from discourse to maintain ideological control. It allows the ongoing dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to go unchallenged. As MMTers we understand – and Steve emphasizes – how state resources are mobilized without hesitation for war and geopolitical control, while austerity is imposed at home as a political choice rather than an economic necessity. In this…

People in this episode

Host: Steven D Grumbine

Guest: Robin Andersen

Topics covered

• media coverage
• Gaza
• imperialism
• cultural hegemony
• Palestinian history
• war crimes
• MMT

Keywords

• Gaza
• media
• imperialism
• Palestine
• war crimes
• cultural hegemony
• MMT
• occupation
• apartheid
• genocide

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fordham University

Books & works: The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of the Genocide in Gaza

More episodes of Macro N Cheese

• Ep 382 - Yellow Vests & the Battle for Democracy: Beyond the Ballot Box with Ida Susser · May 30, 2026 · 1h 2m
• Ep 381 - Disinformation Nation with Mickey Huff · May 23, 2026 · 1h 2m
• Ep 380 - Struggle & Resistance: Retelling Vietnam with Luna Nguyen · May 16, 2026 · 1h 14m
• Ep 379 - The Real Cost of War with L. Randall Wray · May 9, 2026 · 55 min
• Ep 378 - Revisiting the Stalin Eras Part 2: Context Not Caricature with Jeremy of Proles Pod · May 2, 2026 · 1h 4m
• Ep 377 - Revisiting the Stalin Eras Part 1: Understanding Democratic Centralism with Jeremy of ProlesPod · April 25, 2026 · 56 min