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Judith Butler: What is the value of Palestinian lives?
The 2014 Edward Said Memorial Lecture with Dr. Judith Butler 13 October 2014The Palestine CenterWashington, DC Yousef Munayyer: Moving to today’s program. We are very happy to host, on an annual basis, a memorial lecture commemorating the contributions and life of Professor … Continue reading
Edward Said: Truth and Reconciliation
In all my works, I remained fundamentally critical of a gloating and uncritical nationalism. … My view of Palestine … remains the same today: I expressed all sorts of reservations about the insouciant nativism, and militant militarism of the nationalist … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky: The Israel/Palestine Conflict
Interviews with Noam Chomsky on the Israel/Palestine Conflict …
Ilan Pappe: Zionism as Settler Colonialism
Ilan Pappé is one of the most courageous and eloquent Israeli historians of what has come to be known, in the country, as the New Historians and his book, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, of 2006, remains a central work … Continue reading
Israel Can’t Imprison Two Million Gazans Without Paying a Cruel Price
From the Verso Books Blog … Under Israeli blockade since 2007, Gaza is the world’s largest open air prison. While major Western media outlets are painting Israel as the victim of a surprise attack, Israeli journalist Gideon Levy argues that Israel’s ruthless … Continue reading
Benjamin Steinhardt Case: Decolonizing Jewishness
“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”–Aboriginal activist saying, attributed to Lilla Watson Seven decades on, … Continue reading
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Uri Gordon: Anarchism in Israel and Palestine
Anarchism has been a political undercurrent in Israel and Palestine for a century, appearing in three disconnected waves: the libertarian socialism of the early Kibbutz communes, the publishing and cultural activities of Yiddish-speaking immigrants, and contemporary Israeli anarchism. In Palestinian … Continue reading
Anarchist voices on Palestine-Israel: Albert Meltzer
Anarchist tactic for Palestine The Arab revolution is centred on Palestine. The re-awakening of the Arab nation and the consequent nationalist revolution has brought the masses of Palestine in conflict with British Imperialism. Every movement against British Imperialism must be … Continue reading
Anarchist voices on Palestine-Israel: Emma Goldman
To the Editor,“Spain and the World”. Dear Comrade, I was interested in the article, ‘Palestine and Socialist Policy’, by our good friend Reginald Reynolds in ‘Spain and the World’ of July 29th. There is much in it with which I … Continue reading
Israel and the violent illusion of sovereignty
From settler-colonialism to ethnic cleansing, apartheid and genocide … “It is no exaggeration to say that the Intifada questions the future of Judaism with force and obstinacy. The tragedy of the Holocaust is well documented and indelibly etched into our … Continue reading →