Popular Protest in Palestine: The Uncertain Future of Unarmed Resistance
Marwan Darweish
(Author)
Andrew Rigby
(Joint Author)
Description
This is a thoughtful and sensitive analysis of the history and significance of non-violent civil resistance in the Palestinian national movement. It shows how the thread of unarmed struggle has run through the history of Palestinian liberation, from the establishment of the Israeli state, through the Nakba and to the present day. Set in this historical context, the book draws upon personal conversations and living history in order to focus on the contemporary movement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. By analysing this under-emphasised dimension of the Palestinian struggle, the authors argue that today, the popular resistance movement, especially in the West Bank, is the most significant form of struggle against the ongoing occupation. They also address the international dimensions of the struggle, focusing in particular on the BDS campaign, the role of Israeli and international solidarity activists, and the changing forms of engagement developed by international agencies seeking to work on the roots of the conflict.
Product Details
Price
$33.00
Publisher
Pluto Press (UK)
Publish Date
July 20, 2015
Pages
224
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.3 X 0.7 inches | 0.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780745335094
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David Rosenberg is an educator, writer and tour guide, and author of Battle for the East End (2011). Since 2008, he has led tours of key sites in Londonâ (TM)s social and political history, especially in Londonâ (TM)s East End, and he teaches at City Lit and the Bishopsgate Institute. He is a founder member of History from Below, an international network of activists, artists, archivists and political archaeologists. David owes his geographical knowledge of London to three years work as a van driver in the early 1980s delivering books to radical and community bookshops. _x000B_
Reviews
'The most significant and comprehensive study of this important but under-appreciated part of the Palestinian resistance''A sensitive, thoughtful study, based on personal conversations meticulously documented and analysed by two people committed to non-violent change''Provides a highly knowledgeable, well-written and balanced treatment of nonviolent action by and in support of Palestinian aspirations.''Very valuable''The most insightful, comprehensive, and sensitive academic study of today's Palestinian popular resistance''An important and rare look into the psyche of a region that cannot seem to shed this damnable conflict.''Comprehensive and detailed'