Building Transnational Solidarity: Linking Struggles in Taiwan, Palestine, and Beyond

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

Not often associated or connected as political allies, Palestine and Taiwan are rarely juxtaposed for political discussions or comparative analyses. Nor are they seen as natural comrades in liberation movements. Feminist activist scholars long engaged in the struggles and liberation for/in the two precarious nation-states argue otherwise. In this roundtable, we assemble a roundtable of feminist activist scholars across generations and many other divides for a first feminist comparative analysis for narratives of opportunities and solidarity for sovereignty, Indigenous rights, and anti-militarism in Taiwan, Palestine, and beyond.

Sub Unit

• General Conference / SUBTHEME 04: Transformative Justice

Moderator

• Jo-Anne Lee, University of Victoria

Presenters

• Yi-Chun Tricia Lin, Southern Connecticut State University

• Margo Okazawa-Rey, Fielding Graduate University

• Wen Liu, University at Albany, SUNY

• Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, San Francisco State University

• Simona Sharoni, Merrimack College

• JuPong Lin, Goddard College