Verso Books has made several e-books on the history of Palestine available for free
1) Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe — examines the claims that are repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, accepted without question by the world’s governments and reinforce the regional status quo. download here: https://versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
2) The Palestine Laboratory by @antloewenstein — uncovers how Israel has become a global leader in spying technology and defence hardware that fuels the globe’s most brutal conflicts. download here: https://versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
3) Palestine Speaks ed. by Mateo Hoke and Cate Malek — a collection of testimonials from Palestinians narrating their own experiences and their own suffering. download here: https://versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
4) Blaming the Victims ed. by Christopher Hitchens and Edward W. Said — shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine. download here: https://versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
5) The Case for Sanctions Against Israel ed. by Audrea Lim — considers all sides of the movement—including detailed comparisons with the South African experience. download here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/2239-the-case-for-sanctions-against-israel
6) The Punishment of Gaza by Gideon Levy — Tracks the development of Israel policy, which has abandoned the pretense of diplomacy in favor of raw military power. download here: https://versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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Jeanette Winterson, from Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
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West Bank, Palestine, 2003 // Alessandra Sanguinetti
I’ve admired this photographer for years. She has a lot of great documentary photography projects (highly recommend googling and finding more); this past month she has been sharing more of her photo archive of Palestine, as well as a lot of up-to-date information and side-by-side comparisons. You can follow her on instagram here.
Sliman Mansour (1947) Palestinian artist, Quiet morning, 2009. Oil on canvas 117cm x 117cm.
Don’t tell nobody but all I do is listen to freaky tarot readings and drink tea 😂
what’s the pink they put in pink lemonade that makes it so poppin
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now THIS is a world heritage post
@ DC based friends
Stay safe tomorrow (I am sure there would be more feds than usual) and if you have plans to join a counter protest, be even safer and have friends with you