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Anti-zionist Reading Group Planning - Propose Books Here (hexbear.net)
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I'm making this thread to plan a reading group about anti-zionism, for comrades (including myself) to get educated on the latest anti-zionist and anti-colonial theory and practice. Please propose books in the comments, along with a short explanation of why your are proposing them / what they are about.

My first proposal is "Perfect Victims" by Mohammed El-Kurd. I think the title somewhat explains the book, but his article "Jewish settlers stole my house. It's not my fault they're Jewish." is a good look at the kind of ideas he explores.

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[โ€“] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That article is a banger and I feel like everyone on this damn site should read it. It sounds like El-Kurd expounds upon the concept of weaponization of language even further in the book, so I think that would be an excellent text to start with. Considering what (probably) inspired this reading group, that is something that many of us Hexbears need to reckon with.

I agree 100%. I'm not saying this to accuse anyone, I think we all could benefit from good theoretical grounding on this issue.

Most of the readings for one of my classes revolves around Palestinian struggle and liberation through a social work lens. If I find any that seem particularly enlightening I might throw them on here as suggestions, or just supplementary material if people wanna read them on their own

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[โ€“] ratboy@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

Oh yeah, I most definitely need to sharpen my understanding on this stuff as well. It's really been interesting to detach my own personal understandings of words and particular language through reading Marxist theory. Like even just the concept of contradictions. On its face, a "contradiction" sounds like it's defined by antagonism but it really isn't so I have totally had to shift the way that I read things to engage with the material more thoughtfully, without assigning positive or negative assumptions to the words used. I think it's a fine skill to hone