#17 Palestine

Palestine, in fundamental ways, is not exceptional. And by understanding why this is the case we can organise and act in the best ways to liberate Palestine. In this episode we are very grateful to be joined by Rafeef Ziadah, Adam Hanieh and Robert Knox to talk about how to understand the situation of Palestine within the larger structures that shape the world today. Global capitalism, imperialism and the racialisation inherent to these systems. Palestine is a class society. Israel is a capitalist settler-colony. Imperial forces are driven by and use political-economic forces. Their book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine provides material analysis that shows how what underlies what is happening in Palestine relates to the wider region and to our own positions in other parts of the world. This helps us connect our organising in society, our unions and our parties with what is taking place in Palestine. And it prevents us from abstracting and exceptionalising what's happening in Palestine in ways that miss the real forces at play, that mystify our relationship to what's happening and that are racist. It's often said that Palestine teaches us, and Rafeef, Adam and Robert help us understand what we should learn, and what we can then know to do.Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestineby Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox and Rafeef Ziadahhttps://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3410-resisting-erasure?srsltid=AfmBOorDNdwtPMgAAwwWOWokQ6Vqqh3YU2o0K4n-a4O81kOfKW5gj0CwThe Oslo Illusion https://jacobin.com/2013/04/the-oslo-illusion/