Edited by Abie Bae & Hamza Hamouchene
R250.00. To purchase, email: bookorders@amec.org.za
AMEC is pleased to announce our co-publication of this timely book with Daraja Press and Transnational Institute. There will be launch events throughout South Africa and Mozambique in September/October 2026.
“Bringing together diverse perspectives from scholars and activists worldwide, this collection moves beyond mainstream narratives. It explores the interconnectedness of global struggles, examines the role of economic and political interests, and critically assesses the opportunities and challenges facing international solidarity movements. This book is essential for anyone committed to understanding—and advancing—the cause of justice and liberation in Palestine.” (Daraja Press)
Contributing authors include:
Karma Nabulsi
Adam Hanieh
Wael Omar
Asmaa Ashraf
Vijay Kolinjivadi
Arun Kundnani
Kribsoo Diallo
Muzan Alneel
Nihal El Aasar
Zhang Sheng
Achin Vanaik
María Landi
Andressa Oliveira Soares
Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
Rafeef Ziadeh
The table of contents includes:
Foreword. Karma Nabulsi
INTRODUCTION: The Long and Arduous Road to a Liberated Palestine: Reclaiming Anti-Colonial Resistance and Solidarity. Abi Bae and Hamza Hamouchene
Chapter 1: Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf States, and American Power in the Middle East. Adam Hanieh
Chapter 2: Palestine in a World of Struggle: The Role of Palestinians in Third World Solidarity. Wael Omar
Chapter 3: Sustainability Fantasies / Genocidal Realities: Palestine Against an Eco-Apartheid World. Asmaa Ashraf and Vijay Kolinjivadi
Chapter 4: Out-Organise the Enemy! Eqbal Ahmad and the Liberation of Palestine. Arun Kundnani
Chapter 5: African Attitudes to, and Solidarity with, Palestine from the 1940s to Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. Kribsoo Diallo
Chapter 6: Failing Palestine by Failing the Sudanese Revolution: Lessons from the Intersections of Sudan and Palestine in Politics, Media and Organising. Muzan Alneel
Chapter 7: “The Condition for Freedom Is for the Egyptian Masses to Take to the Streets”: Egypt’s Centrality in the Struggle for Palestine. Nihal El Aasar
Chapter 8: Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine: Passing on the Torch of the Anti-Colonial Struggle. Hamza Hamouchene
Chapter 9: From Global Anti-Imperialism to the Dandelion Fighters: China’s Solidarity with Palestine from 1950 to 2025. Zhang Sheng
Chapter 10: India, Israel, Palestine: New Equations Demand New Solidarities. Achin Vanaik
Chapter 1 1 : Yalla, Yalla, Abya Yala: Reaching Out to Palestine from Latin America in Times of Genocide. María Landi
Chapter 12: From the Favelas and Rural Brazil to Gaza: How Militarism and Greenwashing Shape Solidarity with Palestine and Resistance in Brazil. Andressa Oliveira Soares
Chapter 13: From Turtle Island to Palestine: Resisting Settler Colonialism and Genocide. Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
Afterword. Rafeef Ziadah
About the Contributors.
Index.
Praise for Towards Palestinian Liberation
I can think of no other book that addresses the question of solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians as urgently and as eloquently as this collection – Laleh Khalili, author of Heroes and Martyrs of Palestine: The Politics of National Commemoration
A crucial intervention in these tumultuous times – Yara Hawari, co-director at Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network
A book that proves once again that writing and recording is itself resistance – Anuradha Chenoy, Adjunct Professor, Jindal Global University, India; Associate, Transnational Institute
Wide-ranging yet coherent, intellectually ambitious yet grounded in praxis – Hossam El-Hamalawi, scholar specialising in the Egyptian military and policing
An astonishing book – an answer to despair … I can think of no more necessary or important book for those of us determined to revolutionise our world – Leo Zeilig, writer, novelist and author of A Revolutionary of Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story
It stands as both an ode to hope and a practical manual for liberation – Shahd Hammouri, Lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory, University of Kent
This book is a living archive of resistance – unfolding across geographies, histories, and generations … If there is one book to read in these times, this is it – Madhuresh Kumar, Resistance Studies Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst; former national convener of the National Alliance of People’s Movements, India.
The authors in this urgent collection demonstrate the world-historic character of the struggle for Palestinian liberation – Thea Riofrancos, author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
This is the book our moment demands – Omar Abdeljawad, writer and Assistant Professor at Birzeit University, Palestine
This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why Palestinian liberation cannot be separated from revolutionary and anti-colonial struggles across the world… [it] will play a vital role in educating a new generation of activists – Anne Alexander, author of Revolution is the Choice of People
This timely and generous collective effort by renowned scholars and activists is a must-read – Ndongo Samba Sylla, Head of Research and Policy for the Africa Region at International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs)
An indispensable book about one of our times’ most important political causes – Miriyam Aouragh, professor and author of Palestine Online
This book is a lesson in internationalism and the need to organise in order to practise it – Sabrina Fernandes, Brazilian economist, author and ecosocialist activist
This book is an indispensable resource for anyone committed to the belief that a better world is necessary and must be fought for – from many rivers to many seas – Salim Vally, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg
An indispensable intervention … Reading this book is an essential antidote to the darkness and despair that permeates this moment – Grieve Chelwa, Associate Professor of Political Economy, The Africa Institute, Global Studies University
This work stands as a guiding light for those committed to a liberated Palestine in a liberated world – ClaraMattei, author of Escape from Capitalism, founder of The Forum For Real Economic Emancipation (FREE)
What distinguishes this collection is its refusal to treat Palestine as an exception. It places Palestinian liberation where it belongs — at the centre of a global confrontation with empire, fossil capitalism, and the architectures of racial domination – Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and author of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
An essential read to keep hope alive and to remember Ghassan Kanafani’s words: ‘As long as we struggle, we are not defeated’ – Olfa Lamloum, political scientist, filmmaker and president of The Legal Agenda, Tunisia
Historically informed, strategically oriented … crucially important and timely – Gyekye Tanoh, Freedom and Justice for Palestine (Ghana) and member of Global Ecosocialist Network
A must-read for anyone interested in understanding the struggle for Palestine and beyond – Rima Majed, Associate Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut
Indispensable for an acquaintance with Palestinian resistance that goes beyond reading the headlines – Walden Bello, Filipino scholar-activist and Right Livelihood awardee 2003
This book could not be more timely. … A book from the movement and for the movement, it provides us with essential tools to continue and globalise the anti-imperialist struggle – Lucia Pradella, Reader in International Political Economy, King’s College London
Here, for the first time, we get a chance to see Palestine and its struggle through the eyes of the majority of humanity – the global South, that is … an invaluable resource – Andreas Malm, author of The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth.
Shines a new and revealing light on decades of anti-colonial, anti-imperialist struggles … This book will be welcomed by both analysts and activists – Brid Brennan, Transnational Institute Fellow
The Palestinian struggle for liberation is inseparable from histories of anti-colonial resistance and internationalist solidarity … this volume reclaims that radical tradition – Omar Jabary Salamanca, Professor of Social Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles.
A crucial collection for those of us trying to find a way forward in a world shaped by genocide, rising fascism, aggressive imperialism, and climate catastrophe. – Sai Englert, author of Settler Colonialism: An Introduction
You may obtain your copy from the Afro-Middle East Centre. Email bookorders@amec.org.za.
