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BDS as Refusal and Resistance in the Settler Colonial Academy

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This chapter stems from queries by colleagues on how to use their affiliation within the academy to resist the zionist settler colonial hold on Palestine. With a case study on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, this chapter provides an anti-colonial examination of Palestinian existence/resistance alongside forms of refusal that scholars and affiliates of the academy can employ in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle for liberation and self-determination.

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Azraq, S.J. (2017). Palestine. In: Newton, J., Soltani, A. (eds) New Framings on Anti-Racism and Resistance. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-131-5_8

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