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
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
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
Zionist Colonialism in Palestine
by Fayez Sayegh
Alternative PDF downloads below
1993 - 2000
"The Morning After"
by Edward Said
PDF download below
The Political Economy of Israeli Occupation: What is Colonial about It?
by Leila Farsakh
Alternative PDF download below
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
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
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
This is How We Fought in Gaza: Soldiers' testimonies and photographs from Operation "Protective Edge"
Produced by Breaking the Silence