Israel
Content about class struggle, war and events in Israel.
The Future of a Rebellion - Palestine
An anaysis of the 1980s intifada revolt of Palestinian youth.
This article first appeared in the French magazine Le Brise-Glace (The Ice-Breaker), no. 1, Paris, in 1988. Jean Barrot/Gilles Dauve was a member of this collective.
Israel: Ashdod Port shut down by wildcat strike
Hundreds of port workers yesterday extended disruptions to service to a full wildcat stoppage over pay demands in defiance of bosses and unions.
Globes online, an Israeli business news website, carried the following article which illustrates the seeming incredulity of Port bosses at the action:
Ashdod Port operations workers initiated disruptions and sanctions last night in a dispute with management on the workers’ financial demands. Ships cannot be loaded or unloaded as a consequence.
Behind the 21st Century Intifada
Written in 2001, this article is an excellent history and analysis of the new Intifada of the time, covering the roots of the problems in Israel and Palestine and the class struggles of both Arabs and Jews in the region throughout the 20th century
Introduction
1988: Scenes from the Uprising - Noam Chomsky
Chomsky on the uprising in Palestine in 1988, with historical information and comment on Israel, Palestine, terrorism and hypocrisy first published in Z Magazine, July, 1988
Sik, Toma, 1939-2004
A short biography of Israeli-Hungarian activist Toma Sik.
Israeli and Palestinian progressives mourn the death of anti-authoritarian activist, anti-Zionist and grand pacifist Toma Sik (1939-2004), killed in a tragic accident on his farm in his native Hungary, to which he returned from Tel Aviv in 1996. He died on the fields of the pacifist organic commune of "new peasants" he was building.
