2. 1931 — An Arab-Jewish Civil Society Struggle against the British Colonial Government

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. Acknowledgments 8
4. Abbreviations 9
5. Hebrew Terms 10
6. Prologue. A Personal Account: Reflections on the Design of a Progressive Research Program 12
7. 1. Introduction: Political Spaces and Mo(ve)ments of Resistance 37
8. 2. 1931 — An Arab-Jewish Civil Society Struggle against the British Colonial Government 60
9. 3. 1959 — Wadi Salib Riots: Culminating a Decade of Ethnic Discrimination 90
10. 4. 1960-1965 — The Action Committees’ Revolt: Full Employment Crisis, Failed Democratization and State Expansion 122
11. 5. 1971 — The Black Panthers Movement: Ethnic Tensions and “Left-Right” Tribal Polarization 151
12. 6. 1980 — Forum/13 Powerful Workers: Hyperinflation and the Challenge to State Autonomy 181
13. 7. 1987-1993 — The Intifada: The Palestinian Resistance Mo(ve)ment 217
14. 8. 2011 — The J14 Mo(ve)ment: The Emergence of the Occupy Repertoire of Resistance 251
15. 9. Conclusion: On the Dynamics of Political Spaces—Time, Movement, Actors and Masses 275
16. List of Sources 314
17. Bibliography 315
18. Index 331