A Shared Struggle

A Shared Struggle

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A Shared Struggle

A Shared Struggle

Stories of Palestinian & Irish Hunger Strikers
Norma Hashim (Author)
This book details the personal experiences of 24 Palestinian and 7 Irish hunger strikes in their fight to win their basic rights. The intersectionality of the two struggles is highlighted in the book. The stories provide an answer as to why a prisoner might choose starvation (sometimes to death) over accepting humiliating prison conditions. The contributors to this book hope that it will serve as another bridge that connected Palestine with Ireland and make more people across the world aware of the plight of Palestine political prisoners in Israeli jails today.
Rs. 400.00

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A unique book which brings together for the first time, the experiences of surviving Palestinian and Irish republican hunger strikers and the represssive role of Britain in thwarting both Palestinian statehood and an independent Ireland.

These are very personal stories - from both male and female political prisoners - about  survival under appalling conditions but demonstrate a link of international solidarity among oppressed peoples.

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Editorial Reviews

Gerry Adams,

Ex-political prisoner, former President Sinn Féin
"In this joint Palestinian/lrish republican initiative we witness the parallels between heroic struggles for freedom ...
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Ramzy Baroud,

Author of These Chains Will Be Broken: Palestinian Stories of Struggle and Defiance in Israeli Prisons
"It is an essential read for those wishing to understand why servitude is never an option, and why the struggle for f...
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Ken Loach,

Award-winning film director
"Hunger strikes are the last desperate weapon for political prisoners denied justice. For many years there has been s...
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Mahmoud Al-Sarsak,

Palestinian footballer and former hunger striker in Israeli jails
"One line on the wall of my cell read, Read until your sight goes away so that your vision strengthens. This book is ...
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Prof Nazari Ismail,

Chairman of BDS Malaysia
"The heroism of Palestinian and Irish political prisoners is no different from that of Nelson Mandela and other fight...
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Richard Boyd Barrett,

People Before Profit TD
"The Israeli apartheid state is, as some have argued, worse than apartheid South Africa and I hope this book will ins...
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J. Kéhaulani Kauanui,

Author of Paradoxes of Hawaiian Sovereignty
"Together these primary documents provide an essential political history that draws on a long tradition of protest wi...
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Senator Frances Black,

Dublin, Ireland
"With its harrowing accounts of the bravery and strength of Palestinian and Irish republican hunger strikers, this bo...
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