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TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/p>\n

Abbreviations<\/p>\n

Foreword.\u00a0Karma Nabulsi<\/em><\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION:<\/strong> The Long and Arduous Road to a Liberated Palestine: Reclaiming Anti-Colonial Resistance and Solidarity. Abi Bae and Hamza Hamouchene<\/em><\/p>\n

SECTION 1: Palestinian Liberation:\u00a0An Anti-Imperial, Eco-Just and Transnational Struggle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 1: Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf States,\u00a0and American Power in the Middle East. Adam Hanieh<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 2: Palestine in a World of Struggle:\u00a0The Role of Palestinians in Third World Solidarity.\u00a0Wael Omar<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 3: Sustainability Fantasies \/ Genocidal Realities:\u00a0Palestine Against an Eco-Apartheid World.\u00a0Asmaa Ashraf and Vijay Kolinjivadi<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 4: Out-Organise the Enemy!\u00a0Eqbal Ahmad and the Liberation of Palestine.\u00a0Arun Kundnani<\/em><\/p>\n

SECTION<\/strong> 2:<\/strong> From Palestine to Africa and the Arab World<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 5: African Attitudes to, and Solidarity with,\u00a0Palestine from the 1940s to Israel\u2019s Genocide in Gaza.\u00a0Kribsoo<\/em> Diallo<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 6: Failing Palestine by Failing the Sudanese Revolution:\u00a0Lessons from the Intersections of Sudan and Palestine\u00a0in Politics, Media and Organising.\u00a0Muzan<\/em> Alneel<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 7: \u201cThe Condition for Freedom Is for the Egyptian Masses to Take to the Streets\u201d: Egypt\u2019s Centrality\u00a0in the Struggle for Palestine.\u00a0Nihal<\/em> El<\/em> Aasar<\/em><\/p>\n

SECTION<\/strong> 3:<\/strong> From Palestine to Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 8: Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine:\u00a0Passing on the Torch of the Anti-Colonial Struggle.\u00a0Hamza Hamouchene<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 9: From Global Anti-Imperialism to the Dandelion Fighters:\u00a0China\u2019s Solidarity with Palestine from 1950 to 2025.\u00a0Zhang Sheng<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 10: India, Israel, Palestine:\u00a0New Equations Demand New Solidarities.\u00a0Achin<\/em> Vanaik<\/em><\/p>\n

SECTION<\/strong> 4:<\/strong> From Palestine to the Americas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 1 1 : Yalla, Yalla, Abya Yala: Reaching Out to Palestine from Latin America in Times of Genocide. Mar\u00eda Landi<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 12: From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza:\u00a0How Militarism and Greenwashing Shape Solidarity\u00a0with Palestine and Resistance in Brazil.\u00a0Andressa<\/em> Oliveira Soares<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter 13: From Turtle Island to Palestine:\u00a0Resisting Settler Colonialism and Genocide.\u00a0Katsi\u2019tsakwas<\/em> Ellen<\/em> Gabriel<\/em><\/p>\n

Afterword.\u00a0Rafeef<\/em> Ziadah<\/em><\/p>\n

About the Contributors.<\/p>\n

Index.<\/p>\n

Praise for Towards Palestinian Liberation<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While awareness and global solidarity with Palestine have grown, mainstream frameworks often remain narrowly focused. Common approaches typically confine the issue to Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, or reduce solidarity to a matter of human rights and international law violations.<\/p>\n

Although engaging formal institutions to end Israel\u2019s genocide, apartheid, and occupation is a necessary strategy, such a focus can inadvertently depoliticize the Palestinian struggle. It frequently overlooks the foundational settler-colonial nature of the Israeli state, the unwavering material and ideological support it receives from Western powers, and Palestine\u2019s profound significance within broader historical and contemporary anti-colonial movements.<\/p>\n

The ongoing Western-backed genocide has starkly revealed the political divergence between the West and the Global South. In contrast to institutional complicity and failure, the enduring legacy of anti-colonial solidarity across the Global South has resurfaced as a vital force. As liberal international systems prove ineffective, rebuilding and strengthening transnational solidarity networks has become an urgent imperative to halt the genocide and achieve a liberated Palestine.<\/p>\n

A deeper understanding requires a framework that connects Palestine to wider regional dynamics, global power structures, and the long arc of anti-colonial resistance.\u00a0Towards Palestinian Liberation<\/em>\u00a0is an edited volume that reaffirms the Palestinian struggle as an intersectional and transnational anti-colonial fight.<\/p>\n

Bringing together diverse perspectives from scholars and activists worldwide, this collection moves beyond mainstream narratives. It explores the interconnectedness of global struggles, examines the role of economic and political interests, and critically assesses the opportunities and challenges facing international solidarity movements. This book is essential for anyone committed to understanding\u2014and advancing\u2014the cause of justice and liberation in Palestine.<\/p>\n

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Praise for Towards Palestinian Liberation<\/b><\/h3>\n

I can think of no other book that addresses the question of solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians as urgently and as eloquently as this collection \u2013 Laleh Khalili<\/b>, author of Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration<\/p>\n

A crucial intervention in these tumultuous times \u2013 Yara Hawar<\/b>i, co-director at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network<\/p>\n

A book that proves once again that writing and recording is itself resistance \u2013 Anuradha Chenoy<\/b>, Adjunct Professor, Jindal Global University, India; Associate, Transnational Institute<\/p>\n

Wide-ranging yet coherent, intellectually ambitious yet grounded in praxis \u2013 Hossam El-Hamalaw<\/b>i, scholar specialising in the Egyptian military and policing<\/p>\n

An astonishing book \u2013 an answer to despair \u2026 I can think of no more necessary or important book for those of us determined to revolutionise our world \u2013 Leo Zeilig<\/b>, writer, novelist and author of A Revolutionary of Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

It stands as both an ode to hope and a practical manual for liberation \u2013 Shahd Hammouri<\/b>, Lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory, University of Kent<\/p>\n

This book is a living archive of resistance \u2013 unfolding across geographies, histories, and generations \u2026 If there is one book to read in these times, this is it \u2013 Madhuresh Kumar<\/b>, Resistance Studies Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst; former national convener of the National Alliance of People’s Movements, India.<\/p>\n

The authors in this urgent collection demonstrate the world-historic character of the struggle for Palestinian liberation \u2013 Thea Riofrancos<\/b>, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

This is the book our moment demands \u2013 Omar Abdeljawad<\/b>, writer and Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine<\/p>\n

This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why Palestinian liberation cannot be separated from revolutionary and anti-colonial struggles across the world\u2026 [it] will play a vital role in educating a new generation of activists \u2013 Anne Alexande<\/b>r, author of Revolution is the Choice of People<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

This timely and generous collective effort by renowned scholars and activists is a must-read \u2013 Ndongo Samba Sylla<\/b>, Head of Research and Policy for the Africa Region at International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)<\/p>\n

An indispensable book about one of our times\u2019 most important political causes \u2013 Miriyam Aouragh<\/b>, professor and author of Palestine Online<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

This book is a lesson in internationalism and the need to organise in order to practise it \u2013 Sabrina Fernandes<\/b>, Brazilian economist, author and ecosocialist activist<\/p>\n

This book is an indispensable resource for anyone committed to the belief that a better world is necessary and must be fought for \u2013 from many rivers to many seas \u2013 Salim Vally<\/b>, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg<\/p>\n

An indispensable intervention \u2026 Reading this book is an essential antidote to the darkness and despair that permeates this moment \u2013 Grieve Chelwa<\/b>, Associate Professor of Political Economy, The Africa Institute, Global Studies University<\/p>\n

This work stands as a guiding light for those committed to a liberated Palestine in a liberated world \u2013 ClaraMattei<\/b>, author of Escape from Capitalism, founder of The Forum For Real Economic Emancipation (FREE)<\/p>\n

What distinguishes this collection is its refusal to treat Palestine as an exception. It places Palestinian liberation where it belongs \u2014 at the centre of a global confrontation with empire, fossil capitalism, and the architectures of racial domination \u2013 Yanis Varoufakis<\/b>, Greek economist and author of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

An essential read to keep hope alive and to remember Ghassan Kanafani\u2019s words: \u2018As long as we struggle, we are not defeated\u2019 \u2013 Olfa Lamloum<\/b>, political scientist, filmmaker and president of The Legal Agenda, Tunisia<\/p>\n

Historically informed, strategically oriented \u2026 crucially important and timely \u2013 Gyekye Tanoh<\/b>, Freedom and Justice for Palestine (Ghana) and member of Global Ecosocialist Network<\/p>\n

A must-read for anyone interested in understanding the struggle for Palestine and beyond \u2013 Rima Majed<\/b>, Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut<\/p>\n

Indispensable for an acquaintance with Palestinian resistance that goes beyond reading the headlines \u2013 Walden Bello<\/b>, Filipino scholar-activist and Right Livelihood awardee 2003<\/p>\n

This book could not be more timely. \u2026 A book from the movement and for the movement, it provides us with essential tools to continue and globalise the anti-imperialist struggle \u2013 Lucia Pradell<\/b>a, Reader in International Political Economy, King\u2019s College London<\/p>\n

Here, for the first time, we get a chance to see Palestine and its struggle through the eyes of the majority of humanity \u2013 the global South, that is \u2026 an invaluable resource \u2013 Andreas Malm<\/b>, author of The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth.<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

Shines a new and revealing light on decades of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist struggles \u2026 This book will be welcomed by both analysts and activists \u2013 Brid Brennan<\/b>, Transnational Institute Fellow<\/p>\n

The Palestinian struggle for liberation is inseparable from histories of anti-colonial resistance and internationalist solidarity \u2026 this volume reclaims that radical tradition \u2013 Omar Jabary Salamanca<\/b>, Professor of Social Sciences, Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles.<\/p>\n

A crucial collection for those of us trying to find a way forward in a world shaped by genocide, rising fascism, aggressive imperialism, and climate catastrophe. \u2013 Sai Engler<\/b>t, author of Settler Colonialism: An Introduction<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

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