As tensions in Ferguson linger in the wake of Michael Brown's death, here is a roundup of relevant literature and coverage from the blogsophere.

In Why Ferguson Matters to Asian Americans, Soya Jung at Race Files comments on the normalizing of black death in America and the ills of the model minority myth.

Recent days have seen an upsurge of signs of solidarity between African-American and Palestinian struggles. On August 17, an open letter entitled “Palestinians express solidarity with the people of Ferguson,” signed by Susan Abulhawa, Ramzy Baroud, and many other individuals and organizations was posted online.

Originally published in Critical Legal Thinking. 

In Gaza and elsewhere, those who politically support anti-occupation politics are easily cast as un-civilian.