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> > In February and March 2016, nearly 35,000 Palestinian teachers initiated a > series of strike actions across the West Bank. Classes were dismissed and > students sent home as teachers marched through Ramallah’s streets and > organized sit-ins in front of Ministry of Education field offices. Though > short-lived, the strike had wide resonance as teachers utilized their > waning social capital in ways they had not done since the second intifada, > and encouraged members of other unions to organize industrial actions, > particularly after the March 9, 2016 ratification of Social Security Law 6. > > > *With all these complications, how do you see your role in social and > political change?* > > It’s a tough and distressing question. Look, it’s obvious that we will not > make the PA move by ourselves. We will not make any change unless everyone > goes out on the street. As you see, 35,000 is not enough. The equation is > now clear. According to the PA, you are either with us or against us. The > PA has been relentless in its attempts to maintain power. At this point, > our only option is civil disobedience. > > *Is this not a possibility?* > > I don’t know. The West Bank is so geographically fragmented, the > checkpoints, the invasions. The occupation opens and shuts lines of > communication as it pleases, and the PA considers itself as a body > protected by the occupation. While we were on strike, PA officers told us: > we are here to protect the PA, not the people. The division between the > West Bank and Gaza will be the end of us. We divide ourselves up according > to political faction now, who is Hamas, who is Fateh, etc. It is so > destructive. We need to rebuild the connections between us, so we can be > citizens of this cause. > > https://www.merip.org/mero/mero060518 > > > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
