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Who Might We Become for Each Other? - A conversation about Black–Palestinian interconnectedness and the legacy of June Jordan

JL;DR SUMMARY This compelling discussion explores the historical and strategic interconnectedness between Black and Palestinian liberation movements, drawing inspiration from the works of poet and activist June Jordan. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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IntersectionalityIdentity PoliticsSolidarityMemoryColonialismOppressionHistorical MemoryLiberation MovementsJune JordanBlack Palestinian Solidarity

Places mentioned

Palestinian Territories
"It's when I remember that my people are counting on me that I have to show up."
North Carolina, United States
"As a Palestinian born in the US South, instead of being fixated on the historic levels of atrocity waged against my own people..."
Nicaragua
"She writes: Here in the United States you do get weary, after a while; you could spend your best energies forever writing letters to the New York Times."
Lebanon
"I find such a powerful example of this in Jordans 1996 essay Eyewitness in Lebanon, which she wrote in the context of the Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon that began in the early 1980s."

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