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imperialist: israelis shoot at palestinians
not imperialist: Parts Unknown episode "Jerusalem" generates revenue for at least 5 u.s. TV companies, is shown primarily to a white u.s audience, & is celebrated for "[showing] real people from both sides, Palestinians and Israelis"
not imperialist: Parts Unknown episode "Jerusalem" generates revenue for at least 5 u.s. TV companies, is shown primarily to a white u.s audience, & is celebrated for "[showing] real people from both sides, Palestinians and Israelis"
not imperialist: josh homme recorded the theme song for Parts Unknown. his band eagles of death metal played shows in tel aviv in 2015 & 2016 (both dates *after* "Jerusalem" first aired, *before* anthony bourdain died). attached is how his bandmate jesse hughes feels about israel
not imperialist: over 100 employees at an anthony bourdain-branded restaurant sue for wage theft & he publicly vouches for management https://ny.eater.com/2012/9/24/6542815/les-halles-slapped-with-lawsuit-over-illegal-tip-pool
DEFINITELY not imperialist: he was a millionaire business owner…
not imperialist: https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/58529469064941568
Oh the Venezuela tweets are something lol let's put them all here. https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/58535820168151040
The "anti-imperialism" of refusing to go somewhere you don't have insurance lmfaoooo https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/992923477966385152
Surely a white capitalist u.s. mainstream cable television host's support for "freedom of the press" combined with a dislike for Hugo Chávez is totally benign in the context of global systems of domination https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/58535600944455680
Wow it's almost like "is this country safe for imperialism?" is a distinct question from "is this country safe for its oppressed people?" https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/992923944876298241
"bad governance, greed or corruption"…devastatingly sharp analysis there https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/992926681684885504
anyone else noticing a pattern here? https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/992930179243687941
Okay, this is epic: https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/529062907418796032
Anthony Bourdain on the u.s. joining up with NATO to invade Libya: "I'm really glad we helped out in Libya. That was a cool thing for us to do." https://twitter.com/68tilinfinity/status/1286642181856468996
Here's a thread on his nicaragua show https://twitter.com/DonnyDiggins/status/1286127819781738498
Asking that cracker to mention sanctions would be just too much apparently. Think about his business!! https://twitter.com/AdultKillua/status/1284986424584892416
The nuanced critique of an anti-imperialist icon https://twitter.com/MarxistTwink/status/1276062662045155328
Did CNN force Anthony Bourdain to tone down the ~radical politics~ of his show? Let's hear it from the man himself: https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/993057820441391104
"a British police officer is fighting for his life" 
https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/974453994629271559
https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/974453994629271559
this one's just funny https://twitter.com/Bourdain/status/141205168137043968
It would be very interesting to know just what hillary clinton did to earn enough of bourdain's respect to receive a comradely criticism for defending harvey weinstein
Finishing the thread with this long but very thorough article on his unique niche in imperialist propagandizing http://archive.vn/DyS1w
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