The Israeli kibbutz: From utopia to dystopia - Uri Zilbersheid
Despite their racism the kibbutzim did transform daily life. As Uri Zilbersheid says: private property and exploitation were apparently abolished; organizational aspects analogous to the state were also abolished; and labor was partially turned into non-instrumental activity. But, in the mid-1990s the kibbutzim began to dismantle their utopian society and to adopt a partially capitalist way of life. This article describes what happened.
Israel and Palestine After Disengagement - Noam Chomsky debates with Alan Dershowitz
In this debate at the Kennedy School of Government, November 29, 2005, Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz debate the Israel/Palestinian conflict and the prospects for peace.
Video available here.
Obama, Netanyahu and their embarrassingly effective PR
Mehalev: workfare in Israel, 2007
Prol-Position on the two-year trial of the Mehalev welfare reform scheme, and resistance to it in Israel.
Struggles of Asian workers in the Middle East and oil-producing countries, 2006
Zionism against Jews, Jews against Zionism
Pamphlet on the nationalist character of Zionism and the need for an anti-Zionism that is genuinely anti-capitalist.












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