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Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick, from Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

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This video is really dear to me. I have made it with a passion for Art and a passion for Activism. It is not only about Palestine, but also about my country, Iran. Actually, it is about anyone who is willing to sacrifice his or her life for freedom. We all are sacrificing our lives for something; the difference is in the matter that we are sacrificing it for.

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Angela Davis: 'Palestine is a moral litmus test for the world' | UpFront

Citing the late poet June Jordan, political activist Angela Davis stresses the importance of Palestine for other social justice movements.

There has been a long history of solidarity between Palestinians and Black Americans, and these last few weeks have been no exception.

While Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza, numerous Black activists in the United States have come together to demonstrate their solidarity with Palestinians.

These two places are more than 6,000 miles away from each other, with very different histories. So what’s behind this common recognition of a shared struggle?

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A man of honor. A man of his word.

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But Zionists sought sovereignty over a land where other people lived. Their ambitions required not only the dispossession and removal of Palestinians in 1948 but also their forced exile, juridical erasure and denial that they ever existed.

Marc Lamont Hill, Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics, February 16, 2021

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Seeing Dr. Marc Lamont Hill interviewing Norman Finkelstein multiple times for his Aljazeera show is all sorts of frustrating. With all due respect Dr. Hill, you couldn't find a Palestinian scholar or at least an Arab scholar to interview on Palestine? Why do have to ask the guy with a history of lecturing Palestinians on their own liberation, making antiblack statements, fearmongering transphobia, and trafficking holocaust denialism? 🤡 just why?

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[Image ID: A page from “Except for Palestine” by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick which reads: Scholar Helga Tawil-Souri wrote, "Gaza may force us to glimpse into the heart of darkness, but it equally reveals the heart of humanity that never gives up. Gaza is not a footnote, it is the larger than life shadow of the colonizer's fear: a people that cannot be quelled.... Gaza is larger than life: captivating, awesome, mythical, mesmerizing, extraordinary, impressive, monumental, unreal, burdensome, miraculous, and most of all, durable. Gaza is our obligation."]

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from Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics, by Marc Lamont Hill & Mitchell Plitnick

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Three years ago, Marc Lamont Hill was challenged on Twitter about whether he had the background necessary to talk knowledgeably about the Middle East

In that Twitter exchange, Hill never names books that he has read that would qualify him to speak on Israel and the Middle East. When asked if he has read from a list of authors, he replies off-handedly "of course," but when pinned down to name books, classes or degrees --

o  He replies he has read "exhaustively" (whatever that means), but doesn't name any books or articles. There is no way to gauge whose work he has read or if his bothered to read different viewpoints.o  He points out that he has a "graduate degree," but does not say what it is in. His Ph.D is in Hip-Hop Lit and he has a B.S. in Spanish and Education. According to Wikipedia, Hill has a Masters, but the source it links to makes no mention of it. Apparently, people are supposed to be impressed by degrees in subjects that have nothing to do with what he is talking about. o  Finally, Hill vaguely claims to have "many years scholarly experience/study on the subject," and then resorts to claiming that this is more than the authors he was asked if he had read.

When asked further on what qualifies him to speak on Israel and the Middle East, he claims to have been "trained" in the area and to have "read widely and deeply" in the area. But trained means more than reading a lot. It implies having a mentor and teacher who himself has some sort of expertise -- someone who is directing the learning and perhaps even testing to measure comprehension.

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