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From Grievance to Action: Mapping Grassroots Movements in Palestine
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
10 July 2012
The Palestine Center
Washington, DC
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"From Grievance to Action: Mapping Grassroots Movements in Palestine"
with
Ms. Phyllis Bennis
Director, New Internationalism Project
Institute for Policy Studies
Mr. Adam Gallagher
Writer, Researcher on Non-Violent Movements
This panel examines the role of grassroots movements as a practical approach to fulfilling the shortcomings of political representation, with special attention to protests, hunger strikes, and other forms of resistance seen today. This is the first installment in our annual lecture series, a study of the extent to which the Palestinian leadership represents the interests of its constituency, and how the Palestinian nation's objectives are at all manifest.
Phyllis Bennis is a writer, analyst, and activist on Middle East and United Nations affairs. She is currently the Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and a fellow of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. In 2001, she helped found and remains on the steering committee of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. She works closely with the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition and co-chairs the U.N.-based International Coordinating Network on Palestine. She continues to serve as an adviser to several top U.N. officials on Middle East and U.N. democratization issues.
Adam Gallagher is a widely published writer on Palestine and non-violent protest. He is currently pursuing his Doctoral degree in Political Science at George Mason University. His academic interests include U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, social movements, and non-violence. He is also a contributor to the academic blog Tropics of Meta. He was the Program Manager at The Tharwa Foundation from 2008 to 2009.