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Vietnamese farmers working on the Mekong Delta during the French colonial period, ca. 1930. The image was chosen to highlight the historical continuum of guerrilla struggle across the global south. Just as the Vietnamese successfully (and at great human cost) defended their land from French and US imperialism, so too has the Palestinian resistance defended their homeland against both British imperialism and Israeli settler colonialism. Photo by manhhai is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Liberal Poem for Palestine

March 1, 2024

the guerrilla moves among the people
as a fish swims through water
i sit by the river
i condemn the fish.
i condemn the water.

Noah Mazer is a poet and translator from New York.