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Israel and its lobby groups in the United States have identified campuses as the main battleground in their effort to crush criticism and build support for the Zionist apartheid regime that destroys the lives of millions of Palestinians. Students, often opposed by their own cowardly and complicit administrations, have faced this formidable assault with courage, creativity, and determination. Nora Barrows-Friedmans book gives voice to the students on the frontlines. With great empathy and sharp analysis, Nora takes us on a tour of the United States to meet young people who are making history, breaking the silence over Palestine, and working to put Palestine into a much broader struggle against racism and social injustice.

When this battle is won, as I am certain it will be, this book will serve as a record of a vital part of the struggle. But in this urgent moment, Noras book makes critical, inspirational reading, gathering together a wealth of experience and insights from the real expertsthe students doing the workthat will undoubtedly strengthen our growing movement for justice in Palestine.

ALI ABUNIMAH

Author, The Battle for Justice in Palestine

Not everyone gets a front row seat to see history in the making, but thanks to Nora Barrow-Friedmans new book In Our Power , readers get a compelling view of the rapidly expanding U.S. student movement for Palestinian human rights. Despite fierce opposition, bullying and intimidation, students are strategically changing the U.S. discourse on Palestine and winning support for freedom, justice, and equality. Noras book gives us portraits of many courageous campus activists, as well as important historical background that puts this special moment of history into context. The collective efforts of the movement detailed in [these] pages generate optimism and promise that truth and justice will prevail.

JENNIFER BING

American Friends Service Committee, Chicago

Profoundly inspirational, the personal histories, philosophies, tactics, and hope expressed by university students gathered here by Ms. Barrows- Friedman show us not just what it is to be an activist, but what it is to be human. This book should be read by all working on this issue, or simply willing to be informed and inspired by these students, who are, as was my daughter Rachel, organizing for justice in Palestine.

CRAIG CORRIE

Co-founder, The Rachel Corrie Foundation

While the Palestinians resist the occupation of their land, these students have to fight against the occupation of the American mind, caused by decades of pro-Israeli narratives dominating the media.

Despite the intimidation and delegitimization they encounter when they organize for justice in Palestine, these students carry on, encouraged by the firm belief that history will be on their side. I am hopeful that the next generation of leaders will understand that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not just the rights of Americans, but also of Palestinians and people elsewhere.

NORMA HASHIM

Viva Palestina Malaysia

Nora Barrows-Friedman skillfully keeps the voices of students front and center in her comprehensive book In Our Power . Their wordspassionate, sharp, and inspiringcapture a movement in a historic moment.

REBECCA VILKOMERSON

Executive Director, Jewish Voice for Peace

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Foreword, copyright 2014 Noura Erakat.
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Publishers Cataloging in Publication

Barrows-Friedman, Nora.
In our power: U.S. students organize for justice in Palestine / by
Nora Barrows-Friedman; foreword by Noura Erakat.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2014945880
ISBN (pb.): 978-1-935982-41-8
ISBN (e.): 978-1-935982-54-8

1. College students--Political activity--United States. 2. Student movements--United States. 3. Human rights advocacy--United States. 4. Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace. I. Title.

LA229.B37 2014 378.19810973
QBI14-600131

Contents

Foreword

On February 6, 2001, I walked shoulder to shoulder with fellow UCBerkeley students through Sproul Plaza, the site of several generations of historic student activism. We were mostly silent and transfixed on our destination: Sather Gate, the gateway arch adorned by two smaller arches. We numbered fewer than 30 and carried a single banner that read: Divest From Apartheid Israel.

Two of our classmates wore green fatigues, laced boots, and sunglasses. They carried cardboard rifles spray painted black. Another wore a thawb, a Palestinian embroidered dress, and accessorized it with a pillow to achieve the appearance of pregnancy. They took their places under the smaller arch on the left and began to re-enact a scene all too familiar to Palestinians: crossing a checkpoint. The quotidian feature of Palestinian life under occupation electrified passersby.

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