Black and Palestinian solidarity: A reading list
As the Israeli state continues its slaughtering of Palestinian people and its illegal occupation of Gaza, and mainstream media works to silence Palestinian voices, it’s important to remember the history of this fight and the ways that Black and Palesininan struggles for liberation have always gone hand-in-hand.
We’ve put together a short (but not at all exhaustive) list of articles, poems, journals, videos and books all documenting Black and Palestininian solidarity in their parallel struggles for liberation.
Articles
Afro-Palestinians face ‘double the harassment and double the racism’
Only by abolishing colonialism will Palestine be free
Reciprocal solidarity: Where the Black and Palestinian queer struggles meet
The Interconnectedness of Black and Palestinian Struggles
Poetry
Until Return - Issue 1 by June Jordan
Apologies to All the People in Lebanon by June Jordan
Drops of Suheir Hammad: A Talk with a Palestinian Poet Born Black
Videos
Nelson Mandela on his relationship with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) during a town hall meeting in the US broadcast by ABC.
Books
Born Palestinian, Born Black: & The Gaza Suite by Suheir Hammad
https://www.amazon.com/Born-Palestinian-Black-Gaza-Suite/dp/097601422X
Black power and Palestine by Michael R. Fischbach
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Constant-Struggle-Palestine-Foundations/dp/1608465640
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/780-freedom-is-a-constant-struggle%27
The Battle for Justice in Palestine by Ali Abunimah
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/554-the-battle-for-justice-in-palestine
https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Justice-Palestine-Ali-Abunimah/dp/1608463249
Black Liberation and Palestine Solidarity by Lenni Brenner and Matthew Quest
https://www.akpress.org/black-liberation-and-palestine-solidarity-e-book.html