A review by tmdreads
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction by Sumaya Awad, Brian Bean

4.5

This is a must read! Thanks to Haymarket books for making it available . It took me a while to read which is typical for me with history or non-fiction. I usually only read memoirs for non fiction. But it’s important to be educated. This book covers a lot, in a series of essays it introduces you to history and the intersection of Palestine freedom with women and queer rights along side solidarity and parallels with other causes like Black Lives Matter. The idea the Israel is progressive while Palestine is backward ‘savages’ is pushed against. All causes are overshadowed by the Israel occupation and no one can be free until everyone is liberated. It shows how socialism is the best foundation for that liberation and calls us to action.