Vol. 72/No. 31      August 4, 2008

Published by Diethnes Vima, the book includes speeches and resolutions adopted by the Socialist Workers Party of the United States since the early 1970s. Many of the articles were published in the Education for Socialists booklet Israel and the Arab Revolution.

Twelve copies were snatched off the table at a recent event organized by Palestinian groups at the gates of the Israeli embassy in Greece.

A June book launch was attended by 25 people. Speaking at the event were Georges Mehrabian, representing Diethnes Vima; Moisis Litsis, a journalist and member of the European Network of Jewish Peace Organizations; Renata Menis, an Athens-based painter who donated the art work for the cover; and Sami Monastiriotis-Ghneim, a young Palestinian-Greek worker at the Athens airport who participated in the preparation of the book.

“This book presents a Marxist perspective, from 1920 to 2006, that helps in understanding events today in the Middle East and most importantly in charting a common perspective of struggle for toilers across national and religious lines,” explained Mehrabian.

Those attending the event included a number of Palestinians, West Africans, and other immigrants as well as some Greeks. A lively discussion took place on the possibility of Palestinian and Israeli Jewish working people joining together in the fight for a democratic secular Palestine.

Volunteers will be organizing distribution of the book in Patras, Greece’s third largest city and a major port and university town, as well as in Cyprus in the fall.  
 
 
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