Education and The Political Economy of Genocide: A Discussion of the UNSR Report ‘FROM ECONOMY OF OCCUPATION TO ECONOMY OF GENOCIDE’

Group Submission Type: Special Session

Description of Session

This symposium will examine the relationship of education to the UNSR report entitled “From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide”. “This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory. While political leaders and governments shirk their obligations, far too many corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, apartheid and now, genocide. The complicity exposed by this report is just the tip of the iceberg; ending it will not happen without holding the private sector accountable, including its executives. International law recognizes varying degrees of responsibility – each requiring scrutiny and accountability, particularly in this case, where a people’s self-determination and very existence are at stake. This is a necessary step to end the genocide and dismantle the global system that has allowed it.” The destruction of education in Palestine is deeply connected to the ongoing war. Discussants will raise key issues and highlights from the report and open the floor for discussion with the audience.

Sub Unit

• General Pool

Organizers

• Carol Anne Spreen, New York Univesity

• Frank Adamson, California State University, Sacramento

• Virginia C. Gomes, University of Maryland - College Park

• Steven Klees, University of Maryland

• Mark Ginsburg, University of Maryland

Chair

• Rezan Benatar, Independent Scholar

Invited Speakers

• Rezan Benatar, Independent Scholar

• Sangeeta G. Kamat, Univ of Massachusetts Amherst

• Mark Ginsburg, University of Maryland

• Zeena Zakharia, University of Maryland College Park