Part of a small but growing phenomenon in Israel since 2003, Anarchists Against the Wall have been boldly challenging the Segregation Barrier and generalized violence against occupied Palestine. The reflections herein offer a window into some of the most dynamic direct action activism today.
Uri Gordon is an Israeli activist and writer and the author of Anarchy Alive! Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (Pluto Press, 2008).
Ohal Grietzer is a visual artist and composer, currently residing in New York. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths at the University of London, where she researched the use of irony in politics and obtained a master’s degree in anthropology. She has been an activist with Anarchists Against the Wall and Boycott! supporting the Palestinian boycott, divestment, and sanctions “call from within.
Table of Content
Introduction / Uri Gordon and Ohal Grietzer1. Anarchists Against the Wall – A Paradigm for Direct Action in the Belly of Leviathan / Bill Templer
2. Speech to the Tel Aviv Demonstration Against the War in Gaza / Adar Grayevsky and Yanai Israeli
3. Tear Gas and Tea – Dilemmas of Principled Opposition and Privilege / Kobi Snitz
4. Israel – The Only Democracy in the Middle East? / Anat Guthmann and Anat Matar
5. Anarchists Under Fire / Neve Gordon
6. The Carl Von Ossietzy Medal Acceptance Speech / Anarchists Against the Wall
7. Anarchism, Nationalism and New States / Uri Gordon
8. Dykes in the Holy War – The Fight Against Apartheid and Queer Struggles in Israel/Palestine Yossi Bartal
9. Here Murderers are Heroes / Sarah Assouline
10. Victory! / Basel Mansour
About the author
Uri Gordon is an Israeli activist and writer. He teaches at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and is active with the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality, Anarchists Against the Wall and the Israeli current Israeli ‘Tent Protest’ movement. He holds a Ph D from Oxford University and is the author of Anarchy Alive!: Anti-authoritarian Politics from Practice to Theory (Pluto press, 2008) and numerous articles on contemporary anarchism. His work has been translated into nine languages.Ohal Grietzer is a visual artist and composer, currently residing in New York. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths at the University of London, where she researched the use of irony in politics and obtained a master’s degree in anthropology. She has been an activist with an activist with Anarchists Against the Wall and Boycott! Supporting the Palestinian BDS Call from within.More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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