Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 320)
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See a letter by R.E.H Crosby, Chief Secretary, District Commissioner,
Southern District, dated, 29, Nov. 1933, Enclosure no. 111, 1954,
CO 733/250/1 File no. 720411.
52) In his testimony to the "Royal Commission" of 1337, George
Mansour, an Arab union leader, stated:
The Histadrut forced the Cement and stone
factories near Haifa to fire Arab workers..Although
it was the Arab workers who built these industries
with their blood -three Arab workers died in work
related accidents and others were permanentiy
injured- tens of workers were fired in 1936.
See "Testimony of George Mansour", op.cit., p. 302.
53) Ibid., p. 297.
S54) See my “Colonialism and National Liberation Movements: An analysis
of the Palestinian Struggle between 1920-40", unpublished manuscript,
presented at the Learned Society, Guelph, Canada, June, 1984.
55) Ibid., For an elaborate account of the events of the 1936-39
Revolution, see Kalkas, B. "a Chronicle of Events", in Abu-Lughud, E.
(ed.} The Transformation of Palestine (Northwestern University Press,
Evanston: 1971) pp. 237-270.
56) "Exerpts from the Shaw Commission", in CO 733/177/4.
57) See Budeiri, M. op.cit., pp. 197-226.
58) On the interventionist role of the Histadrut in various Arab
strikes, see, Budeiri, op.cit.,
59) The growth of the workers' organizational movement during the
1930s began to threaten the political power of the traditional
leadership. In the same period, two political parties were
established: the Independence Party headed by the Hussayni family; and
the Opposition Party headed by the Nashashibi's. These parties were
involved in desrupting independent trade unions and attempting to
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