In exchange for arms and money, the PLO under the leadership of Yasser Arafat agreed to a noninterference policy in the domestic affairs of Arab states. As Philip Marfleet and Tom Hickey explain in the British journal International Socialism, “They acted in effect as a bourgeoisie without..…

Not surprisingly, the British Empire and French colonial empire were happy to use Arab nationalism to help defeat their enemy. ..…

References were made to Arab Spring unfolding at that moment, and also to French strikes against pension reforms, British movement against tuition hikes, and Chilean movement that took place in the summer of 2011.. ..…