Cocktails & Capitalism

In this episode, Leeh begins the story of Palestine. She describes the origins of Zionism and the influence of Theodor Herzl, explaining the settler colonial scheme to establish a Jewish state in the home of the Palestinian people.
You’ll also hear about:

• How the British seized control of Palestine
• The Balfour Declaration
• Beginning of settlement
• Palestinian support for Jewish settlers

Tune in next week to hear Leeh describe the Arab Revolt and the 1948 Nakba.

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Our anticapitalist bartender friend, Jesse Torres, crafted THE FREE PALESTINE to celebrate the Palestinian people, their culture, and their resistance to oppression. The beverage is a non-alcoholic mocktail that can be converted into an alcoholic drink. It centers around the watermelon — a symbol of Palestinian resistance 🍉 Visually, the drink looks like a slice of watermelon, which displays the same colors as the Palestinian flag. It’s made by adding a green ingredient to a glass filled with crushed ice, then gently layering the watermelon juice mixture on top. It’s garnished with raisins to imitate black watermelon seeds. This drink celebrates Palestinian culture, resilience, and resistance in the face of oppression
We wanted the original drink to be made without alcohol, as the majority of Palestinians are Muslim and thus abstain from drinking.The Free Palestine Cocktail
• 100 ml watermelon juice
• 30 ml lime juice
• 15 ml simple syrup (1:1 ratio) to taste
• small pinch of salt
• 25 ml Torani Apple Syrup
OR fresh green juice of choice To make it alcoholic:
• Midori Melon Liqueur (instead of green juice or syrup)
• 25 ml clear spirit of your choice: Mezcal, Tequila, Gin, Vodka, Arak (available in Palestine)Combine all ingredients EXCEPT green ingredient in a mixing tin and shake with cubed ice until drink is properly diluted and chilled. In a Collins glass or your favorite transparent drinking vessel, fill with pebble or crushed ice and then add green ingredient (green apple syrup or juice or Midori). Then fine strain shaken watermelon mixture and GENTLY layer the watermelon on top to create the look of a watermelon’s rind and flesh. Garnish with a small watermelon wedge and top with a few raisins.
Garnish with a small watermelon wedge and raisins
In crafting this cocktail, Jesse used ingredients that are important to Palestinian cuisine such as limes and raisins.
The Midori and spirits aren’t required to enjoy this drink. For a non-alcoholic alternative, try using your favorite “green” fresh-pressed juice combination (like kale, celery, or greens) or Torani green apple syrup.
Tip: using pebble or crushed ice in this drink really helps to create the layered effect.

Cocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support our work with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to strengthen the class consciousness of folks suffering under capitalism around the globe.
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We’re joined by filmmaker, storyteller, and poet Zachary Marlow, who tells us about his personal journey in relation to alcohol consumption. He shares how he was driven to drink to escape the alienating aspects of our capitalist hellscape, relating this addictive drive to society’s destructive addiction to capitalism.

Marlow is one of 3 hosts of the Moneyless Society podcast – a show that aims to envision a world free of the corrupting influence of the profit motive. This project is closely tied to the work of the Moneyless Society nonprofit, which is actively building out a networking and resource hub through which people can use their skills to satisfy the needs of society without the exchange of money.
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Escape from Capitalism Cocktail

Makes two drinks

1 med. Mango, peeled and pitted

75 ml Honey Ginger Syrup

150 ml Cream of Coconut (REAL, Coco Lopez, or freshly made)

100 ml Coconut Water

10 drops Cannabis Tincture (if not using Cannabis-infused Honey Ginger Syrup)

200 g Ice Cubes

50 ml Tart Cherry Juice, for each drink (fresh or bottled)

Add all ingredients except cherry juice to blender, blend on high for 20 seconds. Pour into your two favorite cups and top with the tart cherry juice to float. Add a straw if you like, and garnish with a fresh cherry.

Glassware: Collins-style glass

Garnish: Fresh cherry

ABV: 0%

Honey Ginger Syrup

100ml Ginger, freshly juiced

100ml Honey

75ml Hot Water (~60°C)

Peel fresh ginger root and juice through a centrifugal or masticating juicer. Combine honey and hot water and stir until honey is dissolved. Add ginger juice. Taste to ensure consistency, bottle, and label. Honey Ginger Syrup must be refrigerated and is good for up to two weeks.

If you don’t have a juicer you can make Honey Ginger Syrup using your stove.

250ml Honey

250ml Water

175ml Ginger, peeled and sliced

Peel and slice ginger. Add all ingredients to a pot and bring to a low boil. Reduce heat and gently simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. Fine strain, bottle, and label. Honey Ginger Syrup must be refrigerated and is good for up to two weeks.

Note: You can also add the cannabis to the honey for the Honey Ginger Syrup. For this recipe, add 1g of cannabis to 250ml of honey. Add more

Cocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support our work with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to strengthen the class consciousness of folks suffering under capitalism around the globe.
https://www.patreon.com/cocktailsandcapitalism