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Tony Cliff's 1946 work "The Problem of the Middle East", which has never been published before, is now available online in the Marxists' Internet Archive at <http://www.marxists.org/archive/cliff/works/1946/probme/index.html>. This is the result of a collaboration between the MIA (in the person of yours truly) and Cliff's literary executors. There's a short introduction to the piece by Anne Alexander.
Cliff brought the study with him when he came to Europe from Palestine in the 1940s but he was unable to find a publisher at the time. Later events such as the Nakba and the foundation of Israel seemed to render the book superfluous or outdated and it wandered into Cliff's archives. One chapter was published in a collection of selected works published after his death. However, for an understanding of many of the events happening now in the Middle east the book provides a valuable insight into the historical background to the modern Middle East as well as emphasising the centrality of the working class.
But don't believe me, take a look yourselves at the link above. Einde O'Callaghan ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
