We Are All Palestinians

An Anthology in Solidarity with the People of Palestine, ISBN 978191270782

Since the start of the genocidal war by Israel against the Palestinian people, poems have flooded in to Culture Matters. We have published many of them online, to show our solidarity with the Palestinians and the huge numbers of people in Britain and across the world who have marched in protest against the murderous nature and horrifically disproportionate scale of the Israeli offensive. We have marched to the now familiar chant from which this book gets part of its title.

Now that there is a glimmer of hope that peace, however fragile and precarious, is beginning to break out, we have put together another kind of march of solidarity: an anthology of poems from 70 poets. Some are already on the site, but most of them are new poems. They vary in tone, style and message, but are all great examples of successful political poems – skilful and eloquent expressions of protest, anger, sadness, compassion and a burning desire for justice and peace. As Michael Rosen says:

This is poetry in the face of horror. It’s a poetry that investigates how it is we live in a world in which there is a shocking contrast: the normality of living here and the beyond-cruel normality of the mass killing in Gaza. While others have stayed silent, it’s a poetry that is not afraid to speak.

The book is available as a pdf, We Are All Palestinians. It is free to download, but you are invited to make a donation of £5 via our Support page. A printed book can also be ordered for £12 inc. p. and p. for UK addresses, or £12 plus £4 p. and p. for EU and worldwide addresses. Please pay via the Support page and email us at books@culturematters.org.uk with your address details.

After production costs have been met, all money received will be given to the Medical Aid for Palestinians charity, to help build an effective, sustainable and locally led healthcare system for Palestinians.