In this edition, we have chosen to focus on October 7 not as a
“terrorist act,” nor as an “act of resistance” by Palestinian
guerrillas, but primarily as a militarized externalization of the class
conflicts running through both societies. Our aim has been to understand
how October 7 came about, viewing it as the culmination of historical
developments. To do so, we need a narrative that looks backward in time
and brings to light the contradictions within Israeli and Palestinian
societies, rather than framing the event merely as part of an
imperialist conflict. A particular concern of ours has been the triumph
of politico-military formations—detached from social struggles—over
class struggle. On the one hand, the military wing of Hamas, and on the
other, the Israeli armed forces, confine the working classes of both
sides within narrow, suffocating nationalist frameworks designed to keep
them out of the way. This brochure seeks to restore the centrality of
class struggle and historical context to the forefront. Hence, we have
decided to examine the internal dynamics of Gaza, the West Bank, and
Israel.
CONTENTS
– Prologue
– Introduction: Picking up the thread of class analysis
PART I:
– Israel as a method
– Insert: Ethnicisation and class composition in Israel
– On the concept of neoliberal apartheid
PART II:
– From the end of labour Zionism to the Palestinian semi-state
– Gaza: Flashpoint of capitalist contradictions in the Middle East
– Israel 2023: the ‘political crisis’ as a crisis of class relations
PART III
– Anti-war refusals, cracks and resistance within Israel
– INSERT: Yesh Gvul and New Profile
– Social struggles of the Palestinians: class encounters and common
refusals beyond the Green Line
– INSERT: A chronicle of common struggles beyond the Green Line since
2008
– In defence of proletarian internationalism against the dominant
ethnocentric perceptions of the left and the anti-imperialist millieu
– Appendix I: Two interviews with Emilio Minasian
– Appendix II: The Example of South Africa: A History of Racist
Management of the Proletariat
