The history of Palestinian resistance did not begin on October 7, 2023. From the fight against British imperialism to the struggle against Zionist colonization, the Palestinian people have never stopped defying imperialism, settler colonialism, racism and apartheid–a wholesale systematic design by the Israeli regime to erase Palestine from the map and eradicate the Palestinian people. Both nonviolent resistance—for instance, the Great March of Return in 2018, BDS, strikes, and popular committees—and armed struggle—from the 1920s to the present—have been met with severe colonial violence, collective punishment and indiscriminate killings. Today, the cost of resistance is clear, and is felt deeply. But the Palestinian people are aware, as do all oppressed people, that only resistance in all its forms leads to freedom, liberation and return.
Join Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi and The People’s Forum to discuss the current struggle for Palestinian liberation, its history and context, as well as future possibilities. Join Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi and The People’s Forum to discuss the current struggle for Palestinian liberation, its history and context, as well as future possibilities. This event is co-sponsored by the Palestinian Youth Movement, The ANSWER Coalition, Jewish Voice for Peace, National Students for Justice in Palestine, CUNY 4 Palestine, Feminists for Justice in and for Palestine, the Elombe Brath Fondation, Frente Independentista Boricua, Uptown 4 Palestine, the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program at San Francisco State University, the Palestinian and Muslim Caucus, the Palestinian Feminist Collective, and Teaching Palestine.
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