From the US/Mexico border wall to Israel’s apartheid wall, and the nearly 70 other walls across the world, walls are ripping through people’s lives and lands, separating families and intensifying state violence, surveillance, repression, and exploitation. These walls are tangible monuments of militarism and domination, unilaterally defining and fortifying borders and state control. Trump held…

Coauthored by Nada Elia “You cannot have queer liberation while apartheid, patriarchy, capitalism and other oppressions exist. It’s important to target the connections of these oppressive forces.”– Ghaith Hilal, AlQaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society All systems of oppression reinforce one another, and none can be fought in isolation. One cannot advocate for queer…

“Fundamentally speaking, feminism cannot support racism, supremacy and oppressive domination in any form.” – Mariam Barghouti Intersectional feminism is a framework that holds that women’s overlapping, or intersecting, identities impact the way they experience oppression and discrimination. Intersectionality rejects the idea that a woman’s experience can be reduced to only her gender, and insists that we look…

Zionism impacts not only Palestinians, but people across the region and world. The most glaring example is how the Zionist settler colonial project extends beyond Palestine. Israel’s military occupation of the Syrian Golan Heights continues in parallel to its occupation of Palestinian lands, both defined by the forced displacement of the majority of the native…

Interfaith dialogue and activism across faith communities has often played an important role in movements for justice. For interfaith work to succeed in pushing forward struggles for freedom, it must always be grounded in a commitment to dismantle oppression at a structural level, and not only focus on interpersonal relationships. Unfortunately, within the context of…

Since Donald Trump became president, outraged liberals and progressives nationwide have protested his repeated attempts at a Muslim Ban targeting refugees, immigrants, Arabs, Iranians, Africans, and others based on their religion and national origin. The ban has torn families apart, put asylum seekers at risk, and further endangered countless refugees fleeing wars and famine. As Trump continues…

The displacement of people is an enduring injustice across the globe. Whether due to violent conflict, climate change disasters, development projects benefiting corporations over humans, or colonization, people are being forced from their homes, communities, and lands. Displacement in both Palestine and the US stem from the colonial mindset of those in power , which necessitates…

On August 9, 2014 Mike Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, MO by a police officer. His murder and the lack of an indictment against his killer highlighted the epidemic of police brutality and militarization against Black communities in the United States. Mike Brown lifted the Black liberation struggle into the public eye again.…