Summary
A Black academic whose November 28, 2018 speech at the United Nations’ annual commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and his firing by CNN the next day, are treated in Chapter 9 of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, lines 1678-1690).
Details
- He called for solidarity with the struggle to free Palestine “from the river to the sea”; CNN’s reaction drew more attention to the speech and gave him a larger platform (lines 1680-1690).
- On The Breakfast Club he explained: “There’s no way that Black folk can be free if there’s folk on the continent who are unfree, in Latin America who are unfree, or in Palestine who are unfree, because we’re all oppressed by the same system” (lines 1682-1690).
- The Afterword lists him among those who have weathered attacks, smear campaigns, cancelled gigs, lost jobs and rescinded awards to stand firmly with Palestine (lines 1830-1845).
Related pages
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, Black–Palestinian solidarity, Angela Davis