Every year, VINE Sanctuary encourages vegan and animal rights activists to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day by spending time learning about past and ongoing antiracist struggles. This year, in recognition of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, we are recommending readings and videos that focus on MLK’s opposition to war and colonization as well as the long-standing linkages between the antiracist movement in the USA and the struggle for Palestinian liberation.

MLK on War & Colonization

• “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence”
• “The Vision of a World Made New”
• “Birth of a New Nation”
• “A Common Struggle”
• The Debt MLK Owed to India’s Anti-Colonial Fight
• What MLK Actually Thought About Israel and Palestine
• We Don’t Have to Guess What MLK Thought About the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Videos

• A History of Black-Palestinian Solidarity
• Angela Davis on Palestine
• Why Is Israel Called an “Apartheid State”?

Books

• Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Countries of Color
• Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire (e-book is free)

Online Readings

• Black-Palestinian Solidarity in the Ferguson-Gaza Era
• Black Lives Matter and Palestine a Historic Alliance
• Nelson Mandela and Palestine
• Ecological Justice in Palestine
• The Interconnectedness of Black and Palestinian Struggles
• Palestinian Freedom Rides and the Legacy of the US Civil Rights Movement