Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at IPS. He researches U.S. empire, borders, and migration. Khury graduated from the Clark University Graduate School of Geography in Massachusetts, after completing a dissertation that focused on militarization and sovereignty. He is one of the co-authors and organizers of the 2015 Black Solidarity with Palestine statement, which was signed by over 1,100 Black activists, artists, and scholars.
Instead of using his leverage and pressuring Israel to simply let aid through, President Joe Biden is playing games.
Unearthing Black internationalism’s legacy can inform our fight for liberation in Palestine — and beyond.
The legacy of U.S. efforts to “fight terrorism” has always been mass death and displacement. Israel has been taking notes.
And that’s an increasingly isolated point of view in this country, where 66 percent of people support a ceasefire.
A quick FAQ on the agreement between Israel and Hamas to release hostages and pause the fighting.
In demanding a ceasefire and relief to Gaza, we are upholding a tradition of Black freedom struggle that sees justice as a matter that extends across and beyond national borders
Khury Petersen-smith discusses the latest in Palestine and the ramifications of islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in the US.
The White House’s decision to transfer the bombs to Ukraine both escalates the already horrific war and legitimizes a weapon that has no place in our world.
NATO’s July summit betrayed the Kurdish people. The left must stand with both Ukraine and the Kurds — and against NATO.
Saudi Arabia — in the news for cutting oil production and pushing up the price of gas — is also making headlines for perhaps a more unusual reason: golf.
The US president’s promise to put human rights first doesn’t seem to apply to Israel.
Looking at gun manufacturing rather than just gun ownership can help break down our status quo red-blue divide.
Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.
Ending police exchanges will help build a world where our ties are of solidarity and common pursuits for justice.
The idea that we have to either support military action and sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, or “do nothing,” is a false binary.
Economic sanctions are a weapon of war, not an alternative to war.
U.S. actions are raising tensions with Russia rather than resolving them.
King looked beyond our borders — not only at injustice, but how people worked together to end it. It’s an example we need today.
The U.S. must lead on nuclear disarmament. Instead, it’s doing the opposite.
When it comes to concrete action, President Joe Biden has accepted and continued along his predecessor’s path.