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Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

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First published: 2021
Pages: 204

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Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics is a book by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick that examines the inconsistency of many progressive and liberal politicians and activists in the United States who advocate for human rights and justice, except when it comes to the Palestinian cause.

The book exposes the double standards and hypocrisy of the American Left in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and calls for a more principled and courageous stance that supports the rights and dignity of both peoples.

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Marc Lamont Hill

Except for Palestine, written with Mitchell Plitnick and published by The New Press in February 2021, makes one argument at length: that American progressives who hold a consistent line on immigration, racial justice, gender and LGBTQ rights carve out an exception when the subject is Palestinian rights, and that the exception cannot be defended on their own...

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