Mapping the Network of Complicity
Power is never abstract. It is a web of individuals, institutions, and capital. This is an intelligence ledger of the key entities that uphold and benefit from the occupation of Palestine, and the forces of resistance organizing to dismantle them.
The Adversary Ledger
Report: The State Apparatus
The Executive Committee
An analysis of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in Arkansas, revealing how the formal structures of government are utilized to enforce ruling class interests.
Report: The Political-Corporate Nexus
The Architects of Power
Mapping the flow of capital from major corporations into the political machine, detailing the lobbying firms and financial contributions that translate economic power into policy.
Report: The Corporate-Military Nexus
Walmart's Tech Pipeline
A detailed analysis of how Walmart sources technology directly from the Israeli military and intelligence apparatus, repurposing it for corporate dominance.
Report: The Military-Industrial Complex
The R2S Forward Base
A deep-dive analysis of the Raytheon-Rafael joint venture in East Camden, exposing it as a forward operating base for the Israeli military-industrial complex on U.S. soil.
Report: Financial Complicity
The Stephens Inc. Portfolio
A forensic financial investigation that deconstructs the investment portfolio of Arkansas's most powerful private investment bank, revealing over \$261 million in complicit holdings.
Report: Academic & State Complicity
The BIRD Foundation Pipeline
An exposé on how the BIRD Foundation uses U.S. taxpayer funds and the University of Arkansas to provide corporate welfare to the Israeli security-industrial complex.
Report: Financial Complicity
The Pension Fund Pipeline
A deep-dive into the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS), revealing how public pension funds are invested in corporations that arm, supply, and sustain Israeli apartheid.
Report: Legislative Complicity
The Lawfare Apparatus
An analysis of Arkansas Act 710, exposing how state law is weaponized to suppress Palestine solidarity activism and enforce ideological conformity on public contractors.
Report: Healthcare & Financial Complicity
The Healthcare-Apartheid Nexus
Exposing how the state's healthcare and pension systems are entangled with the Israeli apartheid economy through pharmaceutical procurement, institutional investments, and academic partnerships.
Report: The Ideological Apparatus
The Propaganda Pipeline
Deconstructing how national pro-Israel propaganda is laundered through Arkansas's political elites and amplified by a compliant local media to manufacture consent for apartheid.
Report: The Military-Industrial Complex
The Military-Police Nexus
Analyzing the symbiotic loop between Arkansas's defense industry exporting weapons of control and the simultaneous militarization of its domestic police forces.
Mapping Solidarity: The Arkansas Resistance Ecosystem
Our analysis of the network of power is incomplete without a corresponding map of the forces of resistance. The following is a strategic analysis of the Arkansas ecosystem of solidarity, identifying the key organizations and ideological currents that can be mobilized to build an intersectional front against complicity and for a liberated Palestine.
The Anti-Zionist Vanguard
These organizations form the core of explicit, public-facing Palestine solidarity work in the state, leading direct action and political campaigns.
Key Organization: Little Rock Peace for Palestine (LRPP)
LRPP is a grassroots formation explicitly committed to Palestinian liberation, framing the struggle for the right of return as interconnected with liberation struggles in the U.S. . Their primary strategic focus is a divestment campaign targeting the state's \$57 million investment in Israel Bonds.
Latent Power Centers: The National-Local Disconnect
Powerful national organizations have taken strong anti-war stances, but their local chapters remain publicly silent. This disconnect is a primary organizing opportunity.
- NAACP: The national organization issued a historic call to halt all U.S. arms shipments to Israel. Local Arkansas chapters, however, remain focused on domestic issues, presenting an opportunity to encourage alignment with national policy.
- Democratic Socialists of America (DSA): National DSA unequivocally condemns the "genocidal US-led escalation" and supports the student movement . The Central Arkansas DSA chapter's public activity is focused locally, creating a similar opportunity to activate a national mandate .
The Intersectional Bedrock: Bodily Autonomy
The state's leading reproductive and LGBTQ+ justice groups are grounded in an intersectional praxis of bodily autonomy and resistance to state violence, providing a deep ideological foundation for solidarity.
- Arkansas Abortion Support Network (AASN): Explicitly grounded in the Black-led Reproductive Justice framework, their fight for bodily autonomy in Arkansas is a direct parallel to the Palestinian struggle against a colonial state that systematically controls life and health .
- Lucie's Place: As the state's only shelter for homeless Queer and Trans youth, and led by Black and Brown Trans Southerners, their work is a living praxis of resistance against displacement and systemic violence, mirroring the Palestinian struggle for the right to exist .
The Materialist Bridge: Housing as a Human Right
The fight for housing rights in a state with some of the nation's most exploitative landlord-tenant laws provides a direct, material link to the Palestinian struggle against dispossession.
- Arkansas Renters United (ARU): This organization's concrete struggle against slumlords and unjust evictions is a direct parallel to the ongoing Nakba, home demolitions, and land theft that define the Palestinian experience. This shared material struggle provides the most potent bridge between a local "bread-and-butter" issue and the international anti-colonial struggle .
Directory of Resistance Organizations
| Organization Name | Primary Location/Service Area | Website / Social Media |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Abortion Support Network (AASN) | Statewide / Little Rock | Link |
| Arkansas AFL-CIO | Statewide | Link |
| Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice (ACPJ) | Statewide / Little Rock | Link |
| Arkansas Community Organizations (ACO) | Statewide / Little Rock | Link |
| Arkansas Renters United (ARU) | Statewide | Link |
| Arkansas United | Statewide / Fayetteville | Link |
| Central Arkansas DSA | Central Arkansas | Link |
| Little Rock Freedom Fund (LRFF) | Little Rock | Link |
| Little Rock Peace for Palestine (LRPP) | Little Rock | Link |
| Lucie's Place | Little Rock | Link |
| NAACP - Northwest Arkansas Branch | Northwest Arkansas | Link |
| Ozark Circle for Choice (OCC) | Northwest Arkansas | Link |