Palestine’s planetary significance is threefold: first, there is its geography at the conjunction of three continents, Asia, Africa, and Europe, and the waters among them. Second, there are the extractions from the soil of Palestine, as well as from under it (grains, minerals, oil and gas). And third, there is Palestine’s significance concerning Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Three big religions, three big continents, and original economies of cultivating the earth, mining the earth, and drilling the earth, making modes of production from the “fertile crescent” to the petroleum present with its terrible planetary perturbations. The struggle for the liberation of Palestine has geographic breadth and historical depth, which explains why it is considered the “soul of the souls of all our struggles.” The whole world has awakened to it.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/7690231

Palestine & the Commons: Or, Marx & the Musha’a

The document discusses the concept of the “musha’a”, a form of communal land tenure practiced by Palestinian villages, and how it was targeted for destruction by the Ottomans, British, and Israelis in order to facilitate the colonization and eventual domination of Palestinian land.

It examines how the musha’a system worked collectively to the benefit of villagers, and describes the various surveys, legal reforms, and acts of enclosure that were carried out to weaken it and make the land more easily alienable.

The article analyses how the destruction of the musha’a was a key victory for Zionist settlement. It also discusses related topics like Christian Zionism and the English commons.

Summary from tldrthis.com.