According to the late Pakistani writer and revolutionary activist Eqbal Ahmad, the Palestinian struggle for self-determination stirs the emotions of the entire world, particularly the nations and societies of the formerly colonized world. In this episode we explore the Palestinian struggle for liberation from the perspective of solidarity movements. Our guests include: Mouin Rabbani, an…
Read MorePalestine: Solidarity and Struggle w/ Mouin Rabbani, Noura Erakat, Lina Meruane, and Yara Hawari
Featuring Lana Tatour (University of New South Wales, Australia) Dr. Yara Hawari (Al-Shabaka), and Tareq Baconi (Al-Shabaka). In this session, the speakers explored how years of fragmentation of the Palestinian people are today being challenged/overcome, both in terms of connections across the Green Line and grassroots engagement and connections around the world.
Read MoreA family in occupied East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood is now homeless and faces an uncertain future after being forcibly expelled from their home by Israeli authorities. Police removed the Salhiyeh family from their home during an armed raid in the early hours of January 19, acting on an expropriation order issued by Jerusalem municipality.…
Read MoreMark Seddon was live with Dr Yara Hawari confronting the media bias Palestinians still face around the world today. They explored the distortions, deceptions and downright mistruths often seen in mainstream reporting on Palestine, as well as the challenges Palestinians so often have to endure when they agree to give mainstream media interviews, when they're…
Read MoreFor the second episode of the Internationalist’s new season, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla speaks to Palestinian activist, academic and Progressive International Council member Yara Hawari about the illegal occupation of Palestine, the “Save Sheikh Jarrah” movement and whether this summer’s protests are different to resistance efforts that came before. Our second season will consist of 10 episodes,…
Read MoreA conversation between digital rights campaigner Marwa Fatafta and Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani about recent revelations concerning the NSO/Pegasus digital espionage program and its broader implications. This episode of Connections will examine the human and political and dimensions of digital espionage, and the agendas of those promoting it. Connections offers timely and informative interviews on current events and broader policy questions, as well as themes relevant to knowledge production. It combines journalism, analysis, and scholarship.
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, Palestinian security forces violently arrested Nizar Banat, a political activist and well-known critic of the Palestinian Authority. Banat’s subsequent death – viewed by many Palestinians as a political murder if not a deliberate assassination – sparked outrage across the West Bank. Protests against the PA that began immediately after his death are continuing…
Read MoreThe Webinar, organized by IPS and AARDi, aimed to discuss the findings of the HRW report, especially considering recent crimes and atrocities Israel is committing throughout the areas that the report covers.
Read MoreHow can we achieve liberation for all? The project of human liberation is incomplete. From Palestine to West Papua, nations remain occupied and denied and from London to Lima the world's working-class majority is held back and oppressed. But each injustice sparks resistance and every struggle for freedom inspires the next. Join Jeremy Corbyn and…
Read MorePalestine holds a central place in socialist organizing, and the role of socialism is crucial to the struggle to free Palestine. To mark the recent publication of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, our speakers will discuss possibilities for connecting the struggle against occupation and apartheid in Palestine, to the international solidarity movement and growing support for…
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