A provocative new opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal challenges readers to consider the global implications of a decades-old Palestinian uprising. Mahmood Mamdani, a renowned scholar of African studies, draws parallels between the Intifada, a wave of protests and violence that swept the West Bank and Gaza in the 1980s and 1990s, and contemporary social justice movements in cities like New York. Mamdani argues that the Intifada's tactics of nonviolent resistance, which were initially met with brutal force by Israeli authorities, have been adopted and adapted by movements around the world, from Black Lives Matter to Occupy Wall Street. As he examines the globalizing effects of the Intifada, Mamdani offers a fresh perspective on the power of grassroots activism and the evolving nature of social protest.
Opinion | Globalizing the Intifada in Mamdani’s New York WSJ
