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Jun 2022
1h 9m

How can Palestine be free?

Revolutionary Communist Party
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What are the historical causes of the conflict in Israel and Palestine? What is the role of British and US imperialism? In this talk, Fracesco Merli discusses the way forward for the Palestinian struggle against oppression and for national liberation, and how it connects with the revolutionary movement against capitalism on a world scale. 🔗 Stay up to dat ... Show More
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