Palestine

Palestine: West Bank public sector workers strike

Ed — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:42:19 +0000

The new measure reflects widespread economic hardship in the West Bank after seven years of conflict with Israel, including international economic sanctions and tough Israeli restrictions. Many Palestinians are unable to pay even routine bills and have run up huge amounts of debt.

First day of school cancelled in Palestine due to strikes

Ed — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 06:26:03 +0000

The teachers are protesting a government decision to reduce weekends to one day per week and end having Saturday as a day-off. In Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank, Ma'an's correspondent reported that the streets were teeming with students returning from school after finding their teachers absent from the classrooms.

Reservation Politics: the Palestinian experience through the historical monocle of Native Americans - Melancholic Troglodytes

Ret Marut — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:10:38 +0000

"Our historical analogy aimed to demonstrate the failure of the present course of action for the region’s proletariat and suggest an alternative. It is the social and not the military dimension of the struggle that has the potential to transcend capital."

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Palestinian union hit on all sides

Ed — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:57:50 +0000

Taken from Al-Jazeera English, by Omar Khalifa.

With 47 per cent of the potential Palestinian labour force unemployed and a per capita income 23 times less than that of Israel, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) has a difficult enough job.

The new world order - Noam Chomsky

daniel — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:57:07 +0000

The following is a transcript of a speech given at a benefit for The Middle East Children's Alliance (president, Barbara Lubin) and KPFA radio (manager, Pat Scott).

The topic, as you saw, is The New World Order with primary concern for the Middle East.

Interview with Rasem Al Bayari, Palestinian trade unionist

Ed — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:44:47 +0000

Rasem Al Bayari, Deputy General Secretary of the PGFTU (Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions), an ITUC affiliate, knows that well: following the destruction of a PGFTU building in October 2006 and the firing of two rockets at his home in January, on 6 April Rasem Al Bayari was injured by masked men who attacked him while he was in a car with his family.

Gaza: public sector strike spreads

Joseph K. — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:18:22 +0000

The strike began on Saturday, when workers in Gaza City walked out over 6 months of unpaid wages, and since then this has grown to include 15,000 people.

The International Herald Tribune reported:

Fragments of struggle from Palestine: new videos of past Anarchists Against the Wall actions

aatw — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:30:46 +0000

Since 2002, Israeli anarchists have been joining the Palestinian popular resistance to the wall. These are six new videos of joint demonstrations and direct actions from past years.

Saffa, 22.05.05 – Soldiers use extreme violence to disperse farmers from their lands.

Independent Israeli occupation resister released from prison

treeofjudas — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:10:32 +0000

Fahima's plea bargain meant that her release was supposed to have occured on September 13th, but it was delayed due to an incident in which she was "rude to a warden." This was just the latest step in a campaing to leave her in perpetual custody, ever since she was imprisoned on August 9th, 2004 for allegedly plotting to take part in a terrorist attack.

Health worker and bank strikes in Palestine

catch — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 18:49:16 +0000

Circumstances surrounding the explosion are unclear and attackers are unknown. A statement by the Association of Banks in Palestine suggested it may be a reprisal for their complicity in the unpaid wages dispute which led to mass strikes by public sector workers, pointing to stone throwing attacks on banks by strikers.