MEMO speaks with the Vice President of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Dr Michael Bueckert to discuss his latest book Advocating for Palestine in Canada.

Bueckert has a PhD in Sociology with a specialisation in Political Economy from Carleton University in Ottawa. His dissertation explored the Canadian opposition to boycott movements, and this research involved travel to Palestine and South Africa. He is co-editor of Advocating for Palestine in Canada (Fernwood Publishing, 2022) and has published in Radical History Review and Studies in Political Economy. He has written for publications including Africa Is A Country, Jacobin, and Briarpatch and his research has been cited by the Washington Post, CBC Ottawa among many others.