Annemarie Jacir’s ‘Palestine 36’ gets a lot right in telling the story of the 1936 Palestinian revolution against the British. But a better accounting of the class dynamics in the uprising could have helped explain why it was crushed.

Palestinians and Arabs have been active agents of resistance against colonialism and imperialism since before the Nakba, and the legacy of this anti-colonial resistance lives on today. 

Over the past century more than 20 international commissions have been convened on the question of Palestine, Dr. Lori Allen uses them as the basis for her investigation into Palestinian political history.

Just like in the Great Revolt of 1936-39, the colonizer in Palestine is on the back foot in the face of unity and desperation.