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مجد الشهابي @majdal@social.coopFinally published! My first solo academic publication.
It's a reflection on the difficult 2 months of the #Palestine solidarity student encampment at #uToronto, edited by Esmat elHalaby and Maya Wind.
Open access full text here: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-11623540
In the article, I try to place the failures of the student movement to reach a deal with the university admin in the wider context where the visions for #Palestine futures have all but disappeared since the Oslo Accords in the 90s.
#Palestine futures need to be #anticapitalist, and must take #climate action seriously. To do that, we need to think more regionally and articulate our desired futures, taking inspiration from the historic precedence of pluralist social configurations in the #Levant.
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I really enjoyed reading this.
The point about decision making process seems apt. Any concessions offered would likely be less than the goal. So how to decide whether a possible incremental change is enough. I'm curious whether any of the other student movements in Canada or US navigated this more successfully.
I love your point about proposing an alternative vision for a pluralistic Palestinian society on the land, to provide social and material conditions for human flourishing.
@PapyrusBrigade Thank you so much for reading! I'm honoured!
I had a whole section about decision making processes, but had to cut it out for word count limit. I think the decision making processes faced similar problems at other campuses. Youth everywhere feel an extreme sense of betrayal from the leadership of their universities, giving the perception that the institution is beyond redeemable.
The book I reference by Makdisi has some great history of pluralism in the region, btw.