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Palestinian women’s resistance today: imperialism, Islamism and violence

Posted on 18th January 2025 by International Socialism

The history of women’s activism in nationalist movements in Palestine has been eviscerated or marginalised at best.1 Yet, women have played a central role in the Palestinian struggle against occupation by the British and then the Israelis dating back to… Continue Reading →

Article Hamas, Palestine, women's liberation

Pick of the Quarter

Posted on 30th October 2024 by International Socialism

An excellent May-June issue of New Left Review contains several strong articles. They include a fabulous interview of Rashid Khalidi, editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies, conducted by the veteran socialist activist and writer Tariq Ali. The discussion goes… Continue Reading →

Pick of the quarter Capital, Latin America, Palestine

Palestinian women’s resistance: from the Great Revolt to the First Intifada (1936 to 1993)

Posted on 29th October 2024 by International Socialism

Across the Middle East, there has been a strong tradition of women’s resistance and activism against imperialism for more than a century.1 In Palestine and the Palestinian diaspora, this resistance against colonial oppressors was first against the British and then… Continue Reading →

Article colonialism, Palestine, women's liberation

Interview: “This infuriates the masses”—how Palestine and economic chaos fuel rage against Egypt’s dictatorship

Posted on 26th June 2024 by International Socialism

It is 13 years since the Egyptian Revolution removed dictator Hosni Mubarak and initiated over two years of continuous workers’ struggles alongside a process of democratisation. That process was brought to an end in July 2013 by a military coup… Continue Reading →

Article Arab spring, Egypt, Palestine

Strategies for liberation: old and new arguments in the Palestinian left

Posted on 26th June 2024 by International Socialism

After more than 8 months of Israeli genocide in Gaza, the Palestinian resistance is still standing its ground.1 Today, this resistance is dominated by Islamist organisations. The leading military and political force in the Gaza Strip (and increasingly, since the… Continue Reading →

Article Hamas, Palestine, PFLP

George Galloway: no longer a leftist

Posted on 15th June 2024 by International Socialism

George Galloway, running as MP for Rochdale and leader of the Workers’ Party of Britain (WPB), is one of the most high-profile individuals involved in the pro-Palestinian challenge to the Labour Party at the 2024 general election.1 That is why… Continue Reading →

Article george galloway, Labour Party, Palestine

War and resistance—in Palestine and beyond

Posted on 12th June 2024 by International Socialism

Our previous issue of International Socialism went to press carrying the banner headline, “Globalise the Intifada!”.1 By the time it returned from the printers, student encampments in solidarity with Gaza had sprung up in universities in the United States, a… Continue Reading →

Analysis elections, Labour Party, Palestine

“For the outcasts and by the outcasts”: understanding all of Fanon’s warnings

Posted on 11th April 2024 by International Socialism

In recent months, Frantz Fanon has made a lot of appearances as the bombs and killing in Gaza have intensified. Fanon is written about in different ways to defend a variety of positions. First, he is described as a revolutionary… Continue Reading →

Article Algeria, Frantz Fanon, Palestine

Revisiting the dynamics of imperialism in the Middle East

Posted on 9th April 2024 by International Socialism

More than six months into the greatest crisis to grip the Middle East for a generation, it is sometimes hard to find words that adequately describe its scale and intensity.1 As I write, Israeli troops are poised to invade Rafah… Continue Reading →

Article Arab revolution, imperialism, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

Lebanon: Hezbollah faces Israel’s war threat

Posted on 8th April 2024 by International Socialism

Lebanon is in the crosshairs of imperialism. Along with Yemen, it is one of the two countries currently engaged in military action to support the Palestinians. Yet, the unsettling prospect of the war on Gaza spilling over Israel’s northern border… Continue Reading →

Article hezbollah, Lebanon, Palestine

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