Join us 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵 at 𝟲:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 as we proudly welcome artist, educator, and activist 𝗦.𝗔. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 discussing and signing 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚. This groundbreaking and provocative 270-page volume features over 50 full-color images and serves as both an artistic intervention and a historical record of resistance, uniting protest graphics and poetry to document and amplify the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.
𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 gathers acclaimed and emerging writers who confront occupation, colonialism, displacement, state violence, and liberation while forging transnational solidarity. Contributors include Refaat Alareer, Susan Abulhawa, Saul Williams, Huda Skaik, Nour Aldeen Hajjaj, Khaled Mattawa, Hiba Abu Nada, meital yaniv, Yousef Dawas, Basman Aldirawi, Ibrahim Yaghi, Omar Faris Abu Shaweesh, Ahmad Alsouq, Saleem Al-Naffar, Def Sound, Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, poets affiliated with the We Are Not Numbers (WANN) project, and others. Several of these poets — Alareer, Abu Nada, Dawas, Abu Shaweesh, Aldeen Hajjaj, and Al-Naffar — were martyred after October 7, 2023. Their final words serve as enduring records in a long and ongoing history of dissent.
Alongside these poets is the work of LOUDER THAN WORDS, an intergenerational, cross-cultural team that wields posters as weapons against Israeli settler colonialism, U.S. imperialism, and the systemic erasure of Palestinians by Western corporate media. Their visually arresting graphics, created in the wake of October 7, 2023, advocate for an end to state violence and occupation, the obstruction of humanitarian aid, arms embargoes, the right of return, and boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS). These powerful pairings of word and image testifies to the enduring power of artistic ingenuity in the face of oppression and stands as a powerful reminder that resistance is, above all, an act of imagination.
𝗦.𝗔. 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻 is a socially engaged artist, activist, and educator whose work unites visual culture and direct action to challenge capitalism, colonialism, and carceral logic. Working at the intersection of art and social justice, she examines how white supremacy, economic inequality, misogyny, and mass media conspire to endanger those most affected by systemic injustice. Her work has been exhibited at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and Philadelphia, and the Rose Art Museum. Her work is held in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. A recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award, Bachman’s photographs and interventionist projects have appeared in numerous books, including 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴: 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘈𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 2, and 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
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