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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · Aug 27

For those asking what Palestine reveals about the world - and what it demands of us - this book is one small intervention in a much larger fight.
We hope you’ll read it, share it, and organise with it. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Resisting Erasure

Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · Aug 27

Why is Palestine a defining fault line of 21st‑century politics? Resisting Erasure places Israeli settler‑colonialism within imperialism, race, and fossil capitalism—not just humanitarian / legal narratives. Officially out & available in paperback & ebook www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Resisting Erasure

Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...

www.versobooks.com

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Anastasiya Kotova @anastasiyakotova.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is an absolutely indispensable read that provides a sharp, comprehensive materialist analysis of Palestinian oppression. Get it, read it, discuss it with comrades, use it to inform your movement’s means and ends. @pashukanist.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢🇵🇸NEW EPISODE 📢🇵🇸 - @rafeefz.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social and Adam Hanieh on their new book, 'Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine':

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Resisting Erasure w/ Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah and Robert Knox

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/20/2025 · 1h 19m

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Aug 20

This was a great chat I think. Alex on his usual excellent form and @rafeefz.bsky.social and Adam both brilliant as ever.

This is our first pod about the @versobooks.bsky.social pamphlet and it's good to start out with some of the best.

Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · Aug 20

📢🇵🇸NEW EPISODE 📢🇵🇸 - @rafeefz.bsky.social, @pashukanist.bsky.social and Adam Hanieh on their new book, 'Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine':

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

Resisting Erasure w/ Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah and Robert Knox

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 08/20/2025 · 1h 19m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Aug 26

Today is the offical @versobooks.bsky.social release date of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine, by Adam Hanieh, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social.

www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Resisting Erasure

Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics?Challenging mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds, humanitarian tragedy, or legal abstractions, Resisti...

www.versobooks.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · Jul 12

Just landed in London bookshops: Resisting Erasure. A radical critique of Israel's settler-colonial capitalism and empire. by @AdamHanieh @pashukanist.bsky.social and myself. Preorder link live too www.versobooks.com/products/341...

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Rob Knox @pashukanist.bsky.social · Jul 11

Physical copies of this, written by Adam Hanieh l, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social seem to be appearing on the shelves.

If you can't find a copy it's still available for preorder from Verso - www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

5 copies of the book Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine.

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · Jun 4

New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza
How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity

This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

www.tandfonline.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · Jun 5

Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: how infrastructure underpins settler colonialism & global complicity in Gaza genocide. New essays by me, Christian Henderson, Omar Jabary Salamanca, Sharri Plonski, Charmaine Chua, Riya Al Sanah & Elia El Khazen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity

This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

www.tandfonline.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · Jun 4

New forum in Geopolitics: Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza
How is infrastructure weaponised in Israel's settler colonial warfare and how is it being disrupted by transnational solidarity? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Disruptive Geographies and the War on Gaza: Infrastructure and Global Solidarity

This forum explores the geopolitics of infrastructure in the context of Israel’s war on Gaza, situating the current genocide within longer histories of settler colonialism, spatial control, and tra...

www.tandfonline.com

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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · May 23

We are honored to invite you to our 5th workshop4sudan with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard to discuss Leanne’s new book A Theory of Water. Sign up here and please share widely:

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 15

77 years of Ongoing Nakba. From Jenin to Jabalia, despite bombs and bulldozers, we are still here. Nakba is not a past event. It is a structure - expanding, brutal.
But the promise of return endures. We remember, and we will return. #Nakba77 #OngoingNakba #Palestine #RightOfReturn #WeWillReturn

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 15

'Not every US president gets a free private jet, but the Gulf states have boosted US economic dominance for decades' latest from @AdamHanieh in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/not-every-us...

Not every US president gets a free private jet, but the Gulf states have boosted US economic dominance for decades

Oil money from the Middle East often goes straight to the US.

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Yasmin G @anilsghost.bsky.social · May 15

These are all open access. If you’re a scholar @rafeefz.bsky.social on unis & values based neutrality couldn’t be clearer, Aseel & @cairsti.bsky.social document the emotional impacts of Gaza in the West Bank & Michael Burawoy gives a comparative analysis of apartheid in South Africa & Palestine

The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · May 15

OUT NOW: Palestine: A Sociological Issue

A Special Section in issue 73.2 of The Sociological Review journal, featuring powerful contributions from Michael Burawoy, @cairsti.bsky.social, @kirsteen-paton.bsky.social, Aseel Baidoun and Rafeef Ziadah.

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#palestine #gaza

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 8

Today 18:30 BST I’ll be speaking on Palestine: A Sociological Issue alongside Ashjan Ajour & Cairsti Russell, chaired by Yasmin Gunaratnam. We’ll discuss Gaza, genocide, and what sociology can — and cannot — do in the face of settler colonialism. Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...

Register for Free – Palestine: A Sociological Issue – Zoom

In the second of the Sociological Review Foundation’s Conversations series, we put a sociological lens on the most urgent issue...

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Sara Marzagora @saramarzagora.bsky.social · May 7

The comrades at Workers in Palestine and We Smell Gas have organised a fantastic day school in London for activists and organisers to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation. Events like this are essential for all of us to learn, organise and fight back -- make sure you register 👇

rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 6

On Sunday 18 May, join us for day of workshops + discussion on Energy, Extractivism & Empire.
Bringing together activists, artists + organisers across movements.
🔗 www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
🕙 10am–5pm
📍Full programme soon!

Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy

**NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

www.outsavvy.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 7

📢 Join us in London on 18 May for “Energy, Extractivism & Empire” — a political day school to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation.
Register now 👉 www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
#FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael #WorkersInPalestine

Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy

**NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

www.outsavvy.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 7

📢 Join us in London on 18 May for “Energy, Extractivism & Empire” — a political day school to strategise for energy justice and Palestinian liberation.
Register now 👉 www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
#FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael #WorkersInPalestine

Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy

**NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

www.outsavvy.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 6

On Sunday 18 May, join us for day of workshops + discussion on Energy, Extractivism & Empire.
Bringing together activists, artists + organisers across movements.
🔗 www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
🕙 10am–5pm
📍Full programme soon!

Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy

**NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

www.outsavvy.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 1

📢 Energy, Extractivism & Empire — Day School
🗓️ 18 May 2025 | 📍London
Join @WorkersInPal + @WeSmellGas for a day of workshops + strategy against energy imperialism from Palestine to public housing.
Register & Share : www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/... #FreePalestine #ClimateJustice

Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy

**NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

www.outsavvy.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 1

📣 Palestine: A Sociological Issue
8 May, 18:30 Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour, Cairsti Russell & Yasmin Gunaratnam on #GazaGenocide, resistance & reclaiming campuses.
Hosted by @TheSocReview + SISP
Register: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
#FreePalestine #Sociology #AcademicSolidarity

Palestine: A Sociological Issue Cairsti Russell, Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour and Yasmin Gunaratnam in conversation

Part of The Sociological Review Foundation’s Conversations series, this 8 May 2025 event explored the role of sociology in responding to genocide in Gaza, student resistance, campus securitisation, an...

thesociologicalreview.org

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 6

On Sunday 18 May, join us for day of workshops + discussion on Energy, Extractivism & Empire.
Bringing together activists, artists + organisers across movements.
🔗 www.outsavvy.com/event/26792/...
🕙 10am–5pm
📍Full programme soon!

Energy, Extractivism and Empire Tickets - London - OutSavvy

**NOTE: Date change due to National Palestine Protest to commemorate 77 years since the Nakba. We encourage those who can to attend the protest. Our event will be the following day. On 18th May 2025...

www.outsavvy.com

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 1

I'm new on the butterfly app - so any help spreading the word about this event would be much appreciated. these spaces to discuss Gaza are being actively shut down, so want to make sure we insist on them!

rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 1

📣 Palestine: A Sociological Issue
8 May, 18:30 Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour, Cairsti Russell & Yasmin Gunaratnam on #GazaGenocide, resistance & reclaiming campuses.
Hosted by @TheSocReview + SISP
Register: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
#FreePalestine #Sociology #AcademicSolidarity

Palestine: A Sociological Issue Cairsti Russell, Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour and Yasmin Gunaratnam in conversation

Part of The Sociological Review Foundation’s Conversations series, this 8 May 2025 event explored the role of sociology in responding to genocide in Gaza, student resistance, campus securitisation, an...

thesociologicalreview.org

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rafeefz.bsky.social @rafeefz.bsky.social · May 1

📣 Palestine: A Sociological Issue
8 May, 18:30 Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour, Cairsti Russell & Yasmin Gunaratnam on #GazaGenocide, resistance & reclaiming campuses.
Hosted by @TheSocReview + SISP
Register: thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...
#FreePalestine #Sociology #AcademicSolidarity

Palestine: A Sociological Issue Cairsti Russell, Rafeef Ziadah, Ashjan Ajour and Yasmin Gunaratnam in conversation

Part of The Sociological Review Foundation’s Conversations series, this 8 May 2025 event explored the role of sociology in responding to genocide in Gaza, student resistance, campus securitisation, an...

thesociologicalreview.org

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