Palestine is the Vanguard for Our Liberation
Insights from the Students’ Intifada at Columbia University
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12980322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Dasha (Columbia University, corresponding author), Luma Qashou (Columbia University), Parviz Behrangi (Columbia University), Caroline Reynolds (Columbia University), Amal Haddad |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 487-516 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19436149.2024.2383827 |
| OpenAlex | W4401456714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay, written by members and friends of Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)—the Palestine solidarity group founded at Columbia in November 2023—brings forth an analysis of our movement. We begin by describing the steps that led to CUAD's formation, and then its historical continuity with Columbia's legacy of student activism. We discuss our approach to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, the research that informs our demands, and two of our methods for accomplishing them: an encampment and building occupation. By contextualizing ourselves in Columbia's student protest history, we hope to explain the lessons we have learned about the content and form of struggle. By explaining our demands, we hope to focus attention to our points of unity, often overlooked or misunderstood, even by our supporters. Finally, by describing our own experience of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and Hind's Hall occupation, we hope to situate the protests for which most readers know us in our own political, strategic, and practical framework. We analyze our movement through the principal lens of anti-imperialism, while situating ourselves in the context of the US imperialist core, from which we remain auxiliary to the liberation movement in Palestine
Ancient history · Media studies · Palestine · Political science · Sociology · Vanguard · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |