ISH Panel: ‘And still we struggle’ | Mariam Barghouti
Channel: Campaign Against Arms Trade
Date: 2021-04-01

ISH Panel: ‘And still we struggle’: From the Arab Uprisings to Black Lives Matter | Mariam Barghouti

Our It Starts Here Conference returned for another year - this time revamped (and digital)!

We were excited to launch our jam-packed weekend of learning with our opening event on Friday evening to mark 10 years since the Arab uprisings of 2011, and draw important parallels between the Black Lives Matter Civil Rights Movements of 2013 to the present, with last year’s peak of activity sending powerful reverberations globally. How do we collectively become free? And what will that freedom look like? What can each movement learn from the other?

We also remembered the ongoing Palestinian struggle and reflected on what meaningful solidarity between such diverse, but connected, movements looks like.

This conversation unpacked the histories, methods, and tactics uniting our causes as we march towards justice and liberation for all.

The panel was moderated by Melina Villeneuve.

#ISH2021online | @caatUK

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Hailing from Ramallah, Mariam Barghouti is a Palestinian writer and commentator. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Al-Jazeera English, Huffington Post, Middle East Monitor, Mondoweiss, International Business Times and more.