On building genuine solidarity

We find ourselves in a storm of misinformation, accusations and bad faith. Drawing on her own British-Iraqi Jewish identity, Rachel Shabi challenges simplistic narratives and asks how we can build genuine solidarity in a fractured political climate. Picking apart our polarised politics, she offers a major contribution to the anti-racist struggle.

She reveals the obscured and entangled histories of racism and antisemitism, looks at questions of whiteness, Christian Zionism, pro-Israel antisemitism, the Palestinian struggle against colonialism and the untapped potential of the Left in coalition building.

With the skilled moderation of peace-building & conflict resolution advocate Sandra Melone, we’ll navigate some of the most divisive issues of our time and look for hopeful ways forward for progressive politics.


ABOUT The Speaker

rachel Shabi is an award-winning journalist specialising in the Middle East and who has written for the Guardian, New York Times, Independent, New Statesman, Al Jazeera and The Times. She has reported extensively on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and in 2011 she was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for journalism. Her previous bookNot the Enemy – Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands won a National Jewish Book Award. She has also received the Anne Lindh Award for reporting across cultures and the International Media Awards Cutting Edge Journalism Prize, both in 2011.