Tag: History
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Introduction to Palestine, part 3
The revisionism surrounding the 1967 war is one of Israel’s most significant propaganda achievements. Suddenly, reality is flipped on its head, and the powerful aggressor becomes an underdog fighting to stave off extermination, though no such threat really existed.
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Introduction to Palestine, part 2
The mandate and the Nakba This article was originally posted on the site Decolonize Palestine, and is being shared here per their CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 policy This is part 2 of our introduction articles. We highly recommend reading them in order. As we learned in the previous article, the fall of the Ottoman empire, the…
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Introduction to Palestine, part 1
This article does not aim to delve into the minutiae of this Palestinian history, indeed entire books could be -and have been- written on the subject. Rather the goal of this introduction is to describe the political context that lead up to the modern Palestinian question.
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Lessons from Gramsci for social movements today
He has been called one of the most original political thinkers of the 20th century. Historians point out that “If academic citations and internet references are any guide, he is more influential than Machiavelli.” And his impact on the way we think about the processes of social change has been described as “little short of electrifying.”
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When activist burnout was a problem 50 years ago, this group found a solution
Our first decision was to adopt the proposal of long-time activists George and Lillian Willoughby to put training together with cooperative living, in a center. Learning together, in a supportive community, would handle anxiety by emphasizing over and over, “It’s not all about you, it’s about us. Together we’ll learn to make a difference.”
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Digging for Democracy: History and Archeology from Below
By Andrew Zonneveld for ROAR Mag, published on March 17th, 2022 under Creative Commons In building a directly democratic future, we must learn from examples of grassroots historical research and rediscover community approaches to archaeology. The most common complaint teachers hear from students learning history is that “it’s boring.” Asked why, these same students usually…
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Union from the Start (You Don’t Have to Wait)
Win a union election, and it’s a long road to a signed contract. Lose a union election, and workers may think the fight is over. But win, lose, or not even close to an election, workers at all kinds of workplaces can fight for their unions and win demands here and now. It’s a strategy…
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