Free federations of self-managed groups can be the only basis for a successful revolution. In contrast and comparison. . .
For me, this is a crucial point for a class struggle strategy. The Palestinians face off against a colonial-settler bourgeoisie under the conditions that you described well in your recent paper, Tony. Their power is in their mass, not in their military prowess or their foreign alliances that shape the way they govern over the people.
The Palestinian liberation movement began during the era of Peoples War, and I wonder how well that paradigm has served them. Gilbert Achcar wrote that guerilla warfare worked from 1967-1993, in the article that Patrick shared, https://links.org.au/violence-fighting-occupation-case-palestine. "Ultimately, however, it was the non-violent Intifada and its impact on the Israeli population that proved decisive in getting Israel’s military to favor withdrawal from those areas, leading to the Oslo Accords," according to Achcar.
BTW, it occurs to me that Marwan Barghouti, consistently reported to be the most popular Palestinian leader, still promotes a two-state solution which I and practically everyone on this list rejects in favour a secular, democratic Palestine. Is this a case of our improperly telling the Palestinians what to do?
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