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christian appy

Christian Appy

Nuclear War; nonviolent activism

Professor of History and Director of the Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Muhannad Ayyash

Muhannad Ayyash

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Professor of Sociology, Mount Royal University; Policy Analyst, Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network

Huwaida Arraf

Huwaida Arraf

Nonviolent activism; Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Human/Civil Rights Attorney; Co-Founder, International Solidarity Movement; Organizer, Freedom Flotilla

Nora Barrows-Friedman

Nora Barrows-Friedman

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Staff Writer and Associate Editor, The Electronic Intifada; Author, "In Our Power: Students Organize for Justice in Palestine"

Mahmood Mamdani

Mahmood Mamdani

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, Columbia University

Narges Bajoghli

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University

Omer Bartov

Omer Bartov

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Samuel Pisar Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Brown University

Ramzy Baroud

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Editor, Palestine Chronicle; Senior Research Fellow, Center for Islam in Global Affairs; Author of six books on Palestine

Hatem Bazian

Hatem Bazian

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Lecturer, Near Eastern and Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies, University of California Berkeley

Estee Chandler, Jewish Voices for Peace founder

Estee Chandler

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Founder, Jewish Voice for Peace - Los Angeles; Board Chair, JVP Action; Host/Producer, Middle East in Focus on KPFK

aviva chomsky

Aviva Chomsky

Nonviolent Activism

Professor of History and Coordinator of Latin American Studies, Salem State University

Marjorie Cohn

nonviolent activism

Professor Emerita, Thomas Jefferson School of Law; Dean, People’s Academy of International Law; Past President, National Lawyers Guild; Bureau Member, International Association of Democratic Lawyers

emma claire foley

Emma Claire Foley

Nuclear War

Nuclear weapons policy expert, writer and filmmaker who has spent her career working for nuclear disarmament campaigns. Her commentaries have been featured in Newsweek, NBC, the Guardian and other international news outlets.

Zachary Foster

Zachary Foster

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Historian of Palestine (Ph.D. Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University); Founder, Palestine Nexus; Senior Law Fellow at the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights.

Peter Kuznick

Peter Kuznick

Nuclear War; Nonviolent activism

Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute, American University

Ilan Pappé

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Professor of History, Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies, University of Exeter; Chair, The Nakba Memorial Foundation; Author, "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine"

Josh Ruebner

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Policy Director, Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project; Author, "Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State?"

Lila Sharif

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East; Nonviolent Activism

Assistant Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University

norman solomon

Norman Solomon

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East; Nonviolent Activism

National director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. Author of over a dozen books including 2023’s War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine, with a new afterword about the war on Gaza.

David Swanson

David Swanson

Nonviolent Activism

Co-Founder, Executive Director, and a Board Member of World BEYOND War. David is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation.

Sandy Tolan

Sandy Tolan

Gaza, Israel, and the Middle East

Professor of Journalism, University of Southern California; Author, "The Lemon Tree" and " Children of the Stone"

kevin young

Kevin Young

NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM

Associate Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Amherst; author of Abolishing Fossil Fuels: Lessons from Movements That Won

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