Haider Eid writes that in many ways the Palestinian Left has never recovered from the fall of the Soviet Union. He says an new Palestinian program of emancipation and liberation is needed, one grounded in grassroots politics that would be ready to move beyond the two-state solution.

Many in the Arab world are saying that the normalization of Israeli-UAE relations demonstrates the failure of “Arab nationalism,” but Nada Elia says this idea was invented to begin with and was never a true basis for solidarity.

Nada Elia writes: “Throughout the history of this country, progressive change has come from the grassroots, against the reactionary few.  Now, as at other critical historical junctures, we need to make it clear to those coming under attack for their political and moral integrity that we will mobilize for them. As hate is emboldened, we need to send an unambiguous message: we are still the majority, they are the fringe.”