This weekend the Democratic Socialists of America voted overwhelmingly to endorse the BDS movement
The call to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel for the occupation of Palestine comes just weeks after Congressional lawmakers introduced a measure to make support for BDS a felony punishable by up to $1 million or 20 years in prison.
Boycott has emerged as one of the significant cultural and political practices of our time. Now, as freedoms of speech and protest come under ever greater attack from the US government, affirming the BDS movement and standing in solidarity with Palestinians and other occupied peoples is more important than ever.
Here, we present our recommended reading list on the boycott, divestment from, and sanction of Israel, including selections from activists, artists, academics, journalists and fiction writers, from both within and outside of Palestine.
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ASSUMING BOYCOTT
Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production
Boycott and divestment are essential tools for activists around the globe. This is the essential reader for today’s creative leaders and cultural practitioners, including original contributions by artists, scholars, activists, critics, curators and writers. More |
DIASPORA BOY
Comics on Crisis in America and Israel
Eli Valley’s comic strips are intricate fever dreams employing noir, horror, slapstick and science fiction to expose the outlandish hypocrisies at play in the American/Israeli relationship. More |
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION
(American) Writers on Palestine
Extraordinary Rendition brings together the work of sixty-five prominent writers to examine America’s culpability in the denial of human rights and dignity to Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and beyond. More |
SHELL-SHOCKED
On the Ground Under Israel’s Gaza Assault
In Shell-Shocked, journalist and Gaza resident Mohammed Omer provides a first-hand account of life on-the-ground during Israel’s assault. He maintains a cool detachment, determined to create a precise record of what is occurring in front of him—but between the lines his outrage boils. More |
Further Reading
- “It could be said of almost every one of Valley’s cartoons that it goes too far.” Haaretz on DIASPORA BOY, “a gorgeous, enormous and important collection” by ELI VALLEY (8/1/2017)
- Biblioklept on the “hallucinatory modern horror stories” of DIASPORA BOY (7/27/2017)
- “For those as interested as the artist in the limits of satire, this audacious, potent collection pushes past them.” DIASPORA BOY is reviewed at Kirkus (7/17/2017)
- Reasons to Support BDS — an excerpt from ASSUMING BOYCOTT at AlterNet (7/3/2017)
- “To be physically here and mentally out of range is a familiar experience of the cell phone age.” Radhika Subramaniam’s essay from ASSUMING BOYCOTT is excerpted at The Believer (6/13/2017)
- Structures of Power and the Ethical Limits of Speech — Svetlana Mintcheva’s essay from ASSUMING BOYCOTT appears at Truthdig (5/30/2017)
- ASSUMING BOYCOTT is reviewed in Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar (5/15/2017)
- EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION reviewed in Consequence Magazine (2/18/2016)
- “I don’t believe in this myth of neutrality.” Electric Literature interviews contributors to EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION (1/7/2016)
- Read “Ice Cream in Gaza,” an exclusive excerpt of EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION on Tin House (12/23/2015)
- Center for Fiction launch of EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION featured on Mondoweiss (12/18/2015)
- Vijay Prashad commends SHELL-SHOCKED in a review of recent books on Gaza (12/14/2015)
- Middle East Monitor speaks with RU FREEMAN about EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION (11/3/2015)
- Two brilliant back-to-back reviews in Kirkus Reviews, one for EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION (appearing Sept. 21) and one for KILLER CARE (Sept. 22) (9/23/2015)
- SHELL-SHOCKED excerpted on Huffington Post (8/31/2015)
- “Clear, concise and evocative” Counterfire reviews SHELL-SHOCKED (8/17/2015)
- Electronic Intifada reviews SHELL-SHOCKED (8/11/2015)
- “This book will ensure that Israel’s war crimes in Gaza will never be allowed to be swept under the carpet.” Middle East Monitor reviews in SHELL-SHOCKED (8/6/2015)
- SHELL-SHOCKED reviewed in The Independent (7/24/2015)
- “Unspeakable devastation” SHELL-SHOCKED excerpted in Truthout (7/23/2015)
- SHELL-SHOCKED excerpted in Socialist Worker (7/21/2015)
