The editors of “Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings” talk to Mondoweiss about what the Palestinian icon’s writings can teach us about resistance to genocide in Gaza today.

Award-winning Palestinian-Chilean author Lina Meruane reflects on the place of Palestine in her writing

In January Sheffield Hallam University suspended associate lecturer Shahd Abusalama following anonymous complaints related to false charges of antisemitism. By the beginning of February Abusalama had been reinstated following an international campaign in her support. “Popular pressure works and if we fight back, we can win,” Abusalama tells Mondoweiss’s Ramona Wadi.

Chile’s new president, Gabriel Boric, supports BDS and has promised to take an aggressive stance in defense of Palestinian human rights. But will he be able to shift Chilean foreign policy?

In 1947, Latin American countries led by Guatemala played a crucial role in passing UN Resolution 181, setting in motion the goal of partition in historic Palestine. However, Cuba’s anti-colonial history offers an alternative which can still be revived today.