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10. Dismantling Racism and Settler Colonialism: Challenges for the BDS Movement

Chapter of: For Palestine: Essays from the Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Group(pp. 157–174)

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Title10. Dismantling Racism and Settler Colonialism: Challenges for the BDS Movement
ContributorRania Masri(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0345.11
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0345/chapters/10.11647/obp.0345.11
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightRania Masri
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2023-06-26
Long abstractOne critical tool for the struggle for equality and liberation is the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement (BDS), a vibrant, global movement, launched in 2005, to end ‘international support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and pressure Israel to comply with international law.’ I believe this, now more than ever, just like when comrades before us organized for the dismantling of political apartheid in South Africa and were told they are imagining the impossible, they organized and they were victorious against political apartheid. The struggle continues. I do believe there will come a day when Zionism and racism will fall. The only question we are facing is how fast it will fall. BDS is one of the paths of resistance to make that collapse of apartheid faster. The question is not whether Zionism and apartheid in Palestine will be eliminated; the question is: how fast. Let us work together to make the fall of apartheid faster, and the liberation of Palestine sooner.
Page rangepp. 157–174
Print length18 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Media1 illustration
Contributors

Rania Masri

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2937-6947

Rania Masri, who gave the tenth Hurndall Memorial Lecture in 2015, is a political activist, organiser, and university lecturer. Her publications centre on issues of environmental justice, social movements, anti-war, and, of course, the liberation of Palestine. She can be reached via twitter @rania_masri and email at raniazmasri@gmail.com.

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