Is now the time for One Democratic State? Racial justice in the U.S.

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The Fight for Racial Justice in the U.S.
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Linda Sarsour's We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance ([link removed]) follows the Palestinian-American-Muslim activist as she fights for racial justice and civil rights. Sarsour speaks out for the black and brown men killed every day in acts that are never called terror if the shooter is a white man. The recent killings of George Floyd, slain by a white police officer kneeling on his neck, as the black man gasped, "I can't breathe!" and Ahmaud Arbery, a black man jogging on a residential street near his home in Georgia, bring home Sarsour’s message that it is the obligation of all Americans to be outraged at every killing and insist that “Black Lives Matter.”

Growing up watching her immigrant father treat all his diverse customers like family in his small market in Crown Heights, Sarsour felt like she was part of the black and brown community. Her experience mirrors that of Mahmoud Abumayyaleh, the Palestinian owner of Cup Foods, where an employee called the police to report a counterfeit bill. Abumayyaleh's store has been there 31 years and he said, "We’ve been in this community as an insider, not an outsider.” In fact, his nephew tried to intervene when he saw the police choking Floyd and was pushed back. Abumayyaleh continues to speak out against this act of police brutality in his Minneapolis neighborhood.

As black and brown Americans fight for their human rights and equal access to medical care, simultaneously fighting racism and COVID-19, We are Not Here to Be Bystanders is a must-read. “We have no choice,” Sarsour states. “We can no longer be complacent in this country. We can't be apathetic. We cannot stay unengaged.”

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’48 Palestinians Believe The Moment Has Arrived: One Democratic State
By Steve France
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One democratic state for Israelis and Palestinians is now clearly “the only solution, imperative for everyone,” according to Awad Abdelfattah, coordinator of the One Democratic State Campaign.
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