Feminism: Justice in Palestine

Who is the subject of feminism? What causes are worthy of feminist concern? This roundtable joins scholars and activists who act against the dominant model of single-issue feminism and the constraints of U.S. nationalism to bring the liberatory concerns of the struggle for Palestinian rights and freedoms to feminism and queer politics. Our roundtable combines the movement for justice in Palestine with feminist and queer movements in various ways. We emphasize the multi-sited nature of social movements, recounting and critically assessing the nexus Palestine/feminism across spaces including grassroots organizations, marches and demonstrations, delegations, feminist institutions, and feminist and queer knowledge production. MODERATOR: Brooke Lober, University of California, Berkeley PARTICIPANTS: Rosalind Petchesky, Hunter College Diana Block, California Coalition for Women Prisoners Kate Raphael, Writer Rabab Ibrahim Abulhadi, San Francisco State University Maha Nassar, University of Arizona