Resistance to Repression and Back Again

The Movement for Palestinian Liberation in US Academia

Bibliographic Data

ID12980425
AuthorsLara Deeb (0000-0002-8512-0153, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA), Jessica Winegar (0000-0002-7674-3666, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume33
Issue3
Pages313-334
Publication date2024-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMiddle East Critique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-6149 • E-ISSN: 1943-6157
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19436149.2024.2375669
OpenAlexW4400641972
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited13

In 2023–2024, US academia witnessed the largest ever protests condemning Israeli state violence against Palestinians and the most vociferous repression of these protests and other criticisms of that violence. This article situates this moment within the longer history of support for Palestinian liberation in US colleges and universities, as well as the decades-long rise of organizations to combat this support and critical analysis of the Israeli state. We do so to make two arguments. First, there has been a continuous interrelationship between resistance and repression, with one feeding the other, and always in relationship to events in the Middle East and the US. Second, and using analysis of our experience with academic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) as an example, we argue that understanding this history is necessary for building a more broad-based, international, and intersectional movement for liberation.

Aesthetics · Art · Liberation · Liberation movement · Movement (music · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological repression · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Academic Freedom and Politics · Feminist Theory and Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law

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