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Download the Resource Library! he following resources, organized by topic area, are meant to help those wishing to learn more about Palestine. This list is not intended to be exhaustive. TRather, it is a living document that will be used to create smaller, focused resource sheets and pamphlets for future events. If you have any suggestions for additions, please email: [email protected] 2 Table of Contents Foundational History and Analysis of the Palestinian Liberation Movement.................................................................. 4 Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions Movement (BDS)........................... 5 Class Analysis and Leftist Palestinian Movements.............................. 6 Zionism: A Settler Colonialist and Imperialist Movement.................................................................................................................... 8 The Zionist Lobby...................................................................................................... 9 The Palestininian Right Of Return................................................................... 10 Israeli Apartheid: The Second Class-Citizenry of Palestinian-Israelis, the Illegal Occupation of the West Bank, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza.............................................................................................................. 11 Climate Justice for Palestine............................................................................. 13 Black Solidarity........................................................................................................... 14 Jewish Solidarity ...................................................................................................... 15 Indigenous Solidarity ............................................................................................. 16 Queer Liberation & Pinkwashing...................................................................... 17 Deadly Exchange: American-Israeli Police Violence and Weapons Exchange.................................................................. 18 Palestine and Prison Abolition: A World Without Walls............................................................................................................... 19 Palestinian Literature, Art, and Cinema....................................................... 20 3 Foundational History and Analysis of the Palestinian Liberation Movement Books and Academic Resources: • Orientalism by Edward Said • The Question of Palestine by Edward Said • Justice for Some by Noura Erakat • Palestinian Identity by Rashid Khalidi • The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi • The Palestinian Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory by Nur Masalha • The Palestinians: From Peasants to Revolutionaries by Rosemary Sayigh • One Country by Ali Abunimah • The Battle for Justice in Palestine by Ali Abunimah Audio/Visual Media: • Al Nakba Docuseries (Al Jazeera) 1. Episode 1 2. Episode 2 3. Episode 3 4. Episode 4 4 Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions Movement (BDS) Books and Academic Resources: • Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Pales- tinian Rights by Omar Barghouti • Against Apartheid: The Case for Boycotting Israeli Universities by Ashley Dawson and Bill V. Mullen, Eds. • “Worker-to-Worker Solidarity: BDS in the Trade Union Movement” (Chapter 18) in Generation Palestine: Voices from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement by Rafeef Ziadah Non-Academic Sources: • Introduction to BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) • DSA BDS Resolution | Labor for Palestine • “BDS: What it is, Why it Matters” by Leila Abdulrazaq • No, You Won’t Smear Our Fight Against Israeli Apartheid as “An- tisemitic” by Selim Nadi • Who’s Afraid of BDS? Meet the Organizations and Mega-Donors Trying to Suppress Pro-Palestine Activism by Mark Mondalek • Engaging Critics of BDS: A Resource for Activists from the Quaker Palestine Israel Network • Trade Union Solidarity with BDS • BDS Toolkit and Videos by the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights • The Palestine Exception to Free Speech by Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights Audio/Visual Media: • Video: The Truth About Israel, Boycotts, and BDS • Video: Omar Barghouti Keynote Talk at Peace Works Conference 2015 • Omar Barghouti Acceptance Speech, Gandhi Peace Award 2017 • Map: Anti-Boycott Legislation Around the Country by Palestine Legal 5 Class Analysis and Leftist Palestinian Movements Books and Academic Resources: • Class and State in the West Bank: Neoliberalism Under Occupa- tion (Chapter 5) in Lineages of Revolt by Adam Hanieh • “Nation and Class: Generations of Palestinian Liberation” by Raja Khalidi • Men of Capital: Scarcity and Economy in Mandate Palestine by Sherene Seikaly • The Palestine Communist Party 1919-1948: Arab and Jew in the Struggle for Internationalism by Musa Budeiri • In Our Power: U.S. Students Organize for Justice in Palestine by Nora Barrows-Friedman • The 1936-39 Revolt in Palestine by Ghassan Kanafani • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP): Resistance Until Victory (English Translation, 1969) • The Rise of the Arab American Left: Activists, Allies, and Their Fight against Imperialism and Racism, 1960s–1980s by Pamela E. Pennock • The Palestinian Left and Its Decline: Loyal Opposition by Fran- cesco Saverio Leopardi • Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Is- rael/Palestine by Ran Greenstein Non-Academic Sources: • From the Heartland of Empire: a Roundtable on Palestinian Soli- darity and Struggle in America Audio/Visual Media: • Video: (1970) Interview with Popular Front for the Liberation of Pal- estine spokesman Ghassan Kanafani • Video: Ghassan Kanafani and the era of revolutionary Palestinian media 6 • Video: (1970) Leila Khaled speaks on Marxism-Leninism, PFLP, and Transnational Solidarity • Video: Short Leila Khaled Biography • Video: PLO: History of a Revolution Docuseries 7 Zionism: A Settler Colonialist and Imperialist Movement Books and Academic Resources: • The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe • Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe • The Idea of Israel by Ilan Pappe • The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe • Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of “Transfer” in Zion- ist Political Thought, 1882-1948 by Nur Masalha • Israel: A Colonial-Settler State by Maxime Rodinson • Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism by Noushin Darya Framke and Susan Landau • “Settler Colonialism & Elimination of the Native” by Patrick Wolfe • “The Political Economy of Israeli Occupation: What is Colonial about it?” by Leila Farsakh • “Settler Colonialism and Conflict: The Israeli State and its Pales- tinian Subjects” by Magid Shihade • “Settler Colonialism and the State of Exception: The Example of Palestine/Israel” by David Lloyd Non-Academic Sources: • Our Approach to Zionism by Jewish Voice for Peace • A critique of JVP’s Approach: Anti-Zionism is a rejection of racism and imperialism, not just criticism of Israel by Eyad Kishawi, Max Ajl, and Liliana Cordova-Kaczerginski • The Nakba Did Not Start or End in 1948 an Al Jazeera Feature Audio/Visual Media: • Video: Wrestling with Zionism by Jewish Voice for Peace • Webinar: The Global Impact of Zionism hosted by US Campaign for Palestinian Rights 8 The Zionist Lobby Books and Academic Resources: • “Delegitimizing Solidarity: Israel Smears Palestine Advocacy as Anti-Semitic” by Ben White • The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt Non- Academic Sources: 1. Open Letter: The ADL is Not an Ally 2. A Primer on the ADL’s oppressive practices 3. Understanding US Military Aid to Israel by Alia Chughtai, Al Ja- zeera 4. Boycotts, Benjamins, and America’s university leaders, by David Klein 5. The Real Cancel Culture: Pro-Israel Blacklists by Murtaza Hussain Audio/Visual Media: • The Lobby Docuseries (Al Jazeera) 1. British Version 2. The American Version Qatar and the Israel Lobby Don’t Want You to See Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 • Podcast: The Case Against AIPAC with Mehdi Hassan • Video: What Really Goes on inside AIPAC and the Pro-Israel Lobby • Documentary: The Occupation of the American Mind, Israel’s PR War in the US 1. Full Length 2. 45 Minute Version 3. 21 Minute Version 9 The Palestininian Right Of Return Books and Academic Resources: • “In the Ruins of Nahr al-Barid: Understanding the Meaning of the Camp” by Adam Ramadan Non- Academic Sources: • Palestinian right of return: The legal key to undoing the Zionist conquest by Joseph Massad • Seven decades after Resolution 194, why haven’t Palestinian refu- gees returned home? by Ghada Karmi • Quick Facts: The Palestinian Nakba by the Institute for Middle East Understanding • The Nakba, 65 Years of Dispossession and Apartheid by the Insti- tute for Middle East Understanding Audio/Visual Media: • 7 Days in Beirut (Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp) by Pietro Ste- fanini • Video: Life in Balata Refugee Camp, 70 years after al Nakba • Podcast: +972 Magazine interviews Lubnah Shomali on the feasi- bility of a Palestinian Return • Online Database: Palestinian villages destroyed in 1948 by Al Ja- zeera 10 Israeli Apartheid: The Second Class-Citizenry of Palestinian- Israelis, the Illegal Occupation of the West Bank, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Books and Academic Resources: • Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation by Saree Makdisi • The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine by Lori Allen
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