It has been difficult to find words over these past two months, aside from stating the obvious: a genocide is taking place, perpetrated by Israel, with the support of Western states like the UK, the US, Germany, and many more.
The demands are simple: an end to the genocide, an end to the occupation, and a pure, simple demand – a free Palestine, from the river, to the sea. We join the millions around the world fighting to make this happen. And we believe that we will win.
There is no going back to the way things were. The resistance to Israeli genocide, Israeli apartheid, Israeli occupation, and the realities of settler-colonialism has transformed the world. How we act in this moment, the actions we take, how we use our voice, our positions, our power; how we organise, answering and amplifying the calls from Palestinians in this monumental shift is definitive of who we are.
We have not been running reading groups or other projects – largely as all of our members have been busy doing other organising work, recognising our priorities in this moment.
We are going to compile some of the resources, articles, and conversations on the genocide being carried out by Israel against Palestinians that we have found helpful. Much of the work of resource-gathering has been done by excellent organisations, some collections we will include here.
The objectives of political education have never been clearer: to inform the actions we take. It is not enough to be informed, now is the time to act. To quote Refaat Alareer, the much-loved poet, academic, and activist martyred last week:
“Reader, as you peruse these chapters, what can or will you do, knowing that what you do can save lives and can change the course of history? Reader, will you make this matter?”
Please feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments, and we will continue adding to this list.
Collections
- A Reading List from the Palestinian Youth Movement
- From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, edited by Sai Englert, Michal Schatz, and Rosie Warren, with contributions from Noura Erakat, Mohammed El-Kurd, Tareq Baconi, Ghassan Najjar, Khalil Abu Yahia, Riya Al’Sanah, and many more, published by Verso and Haymarket
- Third World Approaches to International Law: Writings on Palestine 2019-2023, by TWAILR
- Decolonize Palestine
- Nakba Curriculum from Project 48
- Palestinian Liberation Ecologies Resources
Articles
- ‘No Human Being Can Exist’, Saree Makdisi in N+1
- ‘Why I believe the BDS movement has never been more important than now’, Omar Barghouti in the Guardian
- ‘Israel is Losing This War’, in The Nation
- ‘The Right to Speak for Ourselves’, Mohammed El-Kurd in the Nation
- ‘An Inevitable Rupture: Al-Aqsa Flood and the End of Partition’, Tareq Baconi in Al-Shabaka
Long-form Free Resources
- Free e-books from Haymarket Books, including Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire edited by Jehad Abusalim, Jennifer Bing, and Mike Merryman-Lotze; Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, edited by Sumaya Awad and brian bean; and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights, by Omar Barghouti
- Free e-books from Verso Books, including Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappé, and Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life Under Occupation, edited by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek
- Free e-books and other resources compiled by Publishers for Palestine. Note that some of these are no longer available for free, but it is full of good recommendations anyway
Podcasts, Panels, and Talks
- Podcast episode: ‘Hamas w/ Tareq Baconi’, The Dig Radio
- Podcast episode: ‘Fred Moten on Palestine and the Nation-State of Israel’, Millennials are Killing Capitalism
- Podcast episode: ‘“Operation Al Aqsa Flood’ Was an Act of Decolonization” with Decolonize Palestine’, Millennials are Killing Capitalism
- Podcast episode: Psychoanalysis, Colonialism & Resistance in Palestine, 29th October with Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi
- Podcast episode: Let’s Talk Hamas – Who are they? (Part One)
- Podcast episode: Let’s Talk Hamas – What’s Happening Now? (Part Two)
- Online discussion: ‘Solidarity Under Siege: Palestine and the Criminalization of Protest’, with Majed Abusalama, Ibrahim Husseini, Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean, Haymarket Live
- ‘But We Must Speak: On Palestine & The Mandates of Conscience’ Palestine Festival of Literature event in New York City, 1st November, with Rashid Khalidi, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Michelle Alexander, Mohammed El-Kurd, Natalie Diaz, Noura Erakat, Rev Dr Raschaad Hoggard, and Rabbis Brant Rosen and Alissa Wise
- ‘How Empires End’, Palestine Festival of Literature event in London, 13th December, with Ahmed Alnaouq, Raymond Antrobus, Omar Barghouti, Paapa Essiedu, Morgan Bassichis, Yara Eid, Mohammed el-Kurd, Sabrina Mahfouz, Max Porter and Kamila Shamsie with music from Soweto Kinch
Solidarity and Joint Struggle
Black Liberation
- Solidarity with Palestine – a radical Black Feminist Mandate: A Reading List
- Instagram post and video of The Dream Defenders
- Instagram post – linking Black and Palestinian freedom struggle
- Article: Why race and colonialism matter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Abolition
- As Abolitionists we must act in solidarity with Palestine
- Podcast: The International Solidarity Movement podcast episode six: Prisoner Solidarity in Palestine
No Borders
- Abolish Borders, Free Palestine – Abolish Frontex Solidarity Statement
Disability Justice
- Instagram post: Protesting from Bed: Practical Tips for Disabled Protesters
Queer Solidarity
- Instagram post: International Queer Solidarity with Palestine
- Instagram post: Queer Palestinian liberation
Environmental, Land, Food and Farming Justice
- No Climate Justice without Palestinian Freedom
- Climate Justice in Palestine Toolkit
- Solidarity Statement La Via Campesina
- Solidarity Statement Land in Our Names (LION)
- Calling on Food and Farming Community: Take Action for Gaza
- Press Conference: Unheard Palestine – and the weaponization of food, land, water
from Turtle Island to Palestine
- Indigenous Solidarity with Palestine with Uahikea Maile and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, The Red Nation Podcast
Books Against Borders 