Struggles of Palestinian Academia and Communist Party Dynamics

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The chapter delves into Israel's aggression towards Palestinian academic and intellectual life, showcased at the World Academic Forum. It explores the historical debates within the Communist Party, focusing on the struggle for a Palestinian state or bi-national recognition. Additionally, it discusses the significant role of the Communist Party in providing education to Palestinians in the face of discriminatory practices in the 1940s and 1950s.

Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the NINTH episode of Thawra (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment covers the creation of a Palestinian national liberation movement throughout the 1950s by a people dispersed by the Nakba: organizations, alliances, and theories of change assembled in the universities, cities, and refugee camps surrounding Palestine. We end with the 1959 foundation of Fatah, the first organization for Palestinians led by Palestinians focused first and foremost on Palestinian liberation. This is the story of the beginning of the Palestinian national liberation movement as we have come to know it today. Buy How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement against Imprisonment at haymarketbooks.org Buy States of the Earth: An Ecological and Racial History of Secularization at Versobooks.com Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our newsletter and vast archives at thedigradio.com Spread the word about Thawra thedigradio.com/Thawra