Women of the working classes, the poor, and the fallaheen who were at the frontlines of the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt are central to our Palestinian revolutionary tradition.
We honor and continue their lessons on class and gendered oppression. Their experiences and strategies opposing British colonialism, Zionist settlement, and internal social hierarchies are sources of political theory and revolutionary practice. In confronting British soldiers, smuggling food and weapons to fighters, resisting violations of their homes and bodies, caring for the wounded, and raising international awareness about the Palestinian cause, they teach us to value multiple forms of resistance. They offer us a decolonial inheritance, empowering us to confront Zionist settler-colonialism and the US empire, and to challenge structural power in our communities and movements.
by Mary Hazboun
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