The Boomerang Effect: Power and Resistance in the U.S. and Palestine

In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Ahmed Moor speaks with human rights attorney Professor Noura Erakat about her relationship to Palestine, the movement for Palestinian freedom, and the how she sees the ties among different and overlapping movements for justice and liberation. Drawing upon Noura's recent article in the Boston Review, "The Boomerang Comes Back," the two look at the ways in which state violence in the U.S. and Palestine reflect each other, the efforts to desensitize Americans to violence against Palestinians in both the U.S. and Palestine, and the political movement and mass mobilization that will guide us forward. For more information and resources, please visit: https://fmep.org/resource/the-boomerang-effect-power-and-resistance-in-the-u-s-and-palestine/ And see Noura Erakat's article, "The Boomerang Comes Back," in the Boston Review here: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/the-boomerang-comes-back/ Original music by Jalal Yaquoub.