Rethinking justice beyond human rights. Anti-colonialism and intersectionality in the politics of the Palestinian Youth Movement

Main author: Welchman, Lynn
Other authors: Zambelli, Elena
Salih, Ruba
Format: Journal Article           
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institution SOAS, University of London
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language English
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description This article discusses the politics of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) – a contemporary social movement operating across a number of Arab and western countries. Unlike analysis on the Arab Uprisings which focused on the national dimension of youth activism, we explore how the PYM politics fosters and upholds an explicitly transnational anti-colonial and intersectional solidarity framework, which foregrounds a radical critique of conventional notions of self-determination based on state-framed human rights discourses and international law paradigms. The struggle becomes instead framed as an issue of justice, freedom and liberation from interlocking forms and hierarchies of oppression. KEYWORDS: Palestine, transnational social movements, intersectionality, human rights, anti-colonialism
format Journal Article
author Welchman, Lynn
author_facet Welchman, Lynn
Zambelli, Elena
Salih, Ruba
authorStr Welchman, Lynn
author_letter Welchman, Lynn
author2 Zambelli, Elena
Salih, Ruba
author2Str Zambelli, Elena
Salih, Ruba
title Rethinking justice beyond human rights. Anti-colonialism and intersectionality in the politics of the Palestinian Youth Movement
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2021
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/32589/