On Palestine
In 2016, I had the great honor and privilege of being part of a university course dedicated to analyzing the history of Palestine through the lens of settler colonialism. Below follows a list of texts we were assigned to read for the course, sorted roughly by time period, as they were provided by the course facilitator. Combined, these texts form one of many excellent starting points for learning more about the history of Palestine, the experiences of Palestinians, and the infrastructures of settler colonialism. Wherever possible, I've linked to downloadable PDFs of the referenced texts. If you'd like assistance finding others, please e-mail me at [Work AT RiveraErica DOT com].
Read for Refaat
Between January 15 and 21, 2024, I participated in Read for Refaat, a day of action that kicked off a week of solidarity events focused on reading Refaat Alareer's work out loud and in public. You can listen to my recordings of selections from the texts on this page at the link above.
Read in Solidarity
On April 27 and 28, 2024, I also recorded myself reading from another list of texts relating to Palestine, including excerpts from the essay collection From the River to the Sea: Essays for a Free Palestine, as well as many of the texts that are available for free on Verso Books's “In Solidarity with the Students” page. You can download those texts on Verso's website or at the link above, and you can listen to those recordings at the link above as well.
Understanding Settler Colonialism
Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native
by Patrick Wolfe Alternative PDF download below
Download PDF of Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native by Patrick Wolfe (152 KB)
Introduction – The Settler Colonial Situation
excerpted from Settler Colonialism: A Theoretical Overview by Lorenzo Veracini PDF download below
1882 – 1947
Chapter 7 – Purchase by Other Means: Dispossessing the Natives in Palestine
excerpted from Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race by Patrick Wolfe Alternative PDF download below
Download PDF of Traces of History by Patrick Wolfe (4 MB)
Introduction and Chapter 1 – Zionist Transfer Ideas and Proposals, 1882-1938
excerpted from Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of “Transfer” in Zionist Political Thought, 1882-1948 by Nur Masalha Alternative PDF download below
1948 – 1966
Chapters 4-8 from The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
by Ilan Pappe Alternative PDF download below
Download PDF of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe (3 MB)
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine
by Fayez Sayegh Alternative PDF downloads below
Download PDF of Zionist Colonialism in Palestine by Fayez Sayegh Part 1 of 3 (4 MB)
Download PDF of Zionist Colonialism in Palestine by Fayez Sayegh Part 2 of 3 (5 MB)
Download PDF of Zionist Colonialism in Palestine by Fayez Sayegh Part 3 of 3 (3 MB)
1993 – 2000
“The Morning After”
by Edward Said PDF download below
Download PDF of The Morning After by Edward Said | London Review of Books (70 KB)
The Political Economy of Israeli Occupation: What is Colonial about It?
by Leila Farsakh Alternative PDF download below
Download PDF of The Political Economy of Israeli Occupation by Leila Farsakh (305 KB)
2000 – 2006
Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation
by Eyal Weizman Available via the Internet Archive
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
by Saree Makdisi Available via the Internet Archive
2007 – present
“The Gaza Bombshell”
by David Rose PDF downloads below
Download PDF of Part 1 of The Gaza Bombshell | Vanity Fair | April 2008 | David Rose (4 MB)
Download PDF of Part 2 of The Gaza Bombshell | Vanity Fair | April 2008 | David Rose (4 MB)
Chapter 5 – Class and State in the West Bank: Neoliberalism Under Occupation
Excerpted from Lineages of Revolt: Issues of contemporary capitalism in the Middle East by Adam Hanieh Available via the Internet Archive Alternative PDF download below
Download PDF of Chapter 5 of Lineages of Revolt by Adam Hanieh (586 KB)
Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict
Also known as the Goldstone Report (2009) Available via the Internet Archive Alternative PDF download below
Download PDF of Report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (3 MB)
This is How We Fought in Gaza: Soldiers' testimonies and photographs from Operation “Protective Edge”
Produced by Breaking the Silence