This book is an inspirational and intersectional re-imagining of the path to liberation for Palestinians. This book does an excellent job at linking the shared struggles of people (Black, Indigenous, Queer, PoC, etc) across the globe and exploring how these struggles are all interconnected.

Author Nada Elia dives into Zionism, unpacking its propaganda campaigns, gendered violence, militarism, prisons, environmental destruction, & more. She compares and contrasts things like the struggle for food sovereignty, in regards to both Palestinians and Indigenous peoples in the U.S., the Palestinian struggle and that of Black and Brown communities in America. She also explains concepts such as anticolonial vs decolonial organizing and reform vs abolition. I feel she did very well with these explanations

Elia is not just a university professor, she is also a diaspora Palestinian writer. Her works have been published in Mondoweiss, Middle East Eye and Electronic Intifada, among other places. She is also an organizer and a core member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective.

As an abolitionist organizer myself, I love how the author didn’t shy away from some topics and truths that may make progressives uncomfortable. Some things such as pointing out that America, regardless of president or party, has a deep-seated relationship with Israel. Also, prison abolition and the critiques of reform as well as the criticism of white colonial feminism.

You don’t need to have any prior knowledge about these subjects, but you may want to be more open minded if you haven’t encountered them before.

Even so, I would consider this an excellent and essential read for anyone beginning to dive into the subject of Palestinian liberation as it provides accessible education. Elia assumes no prior knowledge of the reader and lays it out in a way that isn’t difficult or overwhelming.