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Azmi Bishara’s new book, Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice, brings together historical, political, and strategic analyses that Bishara developed from the 1990s to the late 2010s. The book provides clear-eyed critiques of the Zionist settler colonial project, its evolution into a system of permanent apartheid, and the long-term challenges facing the Palestine liberation movement. Current debates about Palestine liberation are animated by emancipatory visions of decolonization, principled forms of joint struggle, and a reassertion of Palestinian feminism. Much of this work builds on Bishara’s critical analysis and political praxis. His new book will become an important resource as Palestinian political movements and their allies mobilize to abolish the structures of settler colonialism, racial capitalism, heteropatriarchy, and empire.
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Clarno, A. The praxis of Azmi Bishara: envisioning and building toward the liberation of Palestine. Int Polit 61, 392–398 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-023-00526-9
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