Artists and Culture Workers
Since November 2023, South Asians for Palestine have been exploring the historical links between liberation struggles in Palestine and South Asia in the broader context of global struggles against imperialism. We have also been looking at the military alliances Israel has, its role in the world system, as well as, the role political prisoners have played in the various liberation movements. These solidarities were forged under the auspices of the Third World movement which gained strength from the middle of the 20th century – a movement in which the Palestinian struggle against Zionism was placed centre stage - a compass for the anticolonial masses on the move through history. Culture was key to this project of Third World solidarity. ALLIANCES OF CAPITAL AND SOLIDARITY After the Nakba of 1948-49, US planners began to see Israel as a regional military ally that could contain Arab national liberation movements. By the 1970s, US military aid turned Israel into an offshore arms factory.1