Non-hierarchical revolution: grassroots politics in the first Palestinian intifada

McGinn, Jack ORCID: 0000-0002-2595-069X (2021) Non-hierarchical revolution: grassroots politics in the first Palestinian intifada. Oxford Middle East Review, 5 (1). ISSN 2631-5378 (In Press)

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Abstract

This article seeks to outline the non-hierarchical characteristics of the first intifada, using as examples the decentralised healthcare networks, labour unions, and women’s movements which were formed in the years preceding the uprising and provided a structure and backbone to the resistance. Such a focus on three distinct, but interdependent, forces behind the intifada is informed by a belief that each operated primarily on a deliberately horizontal basis of organising, thus highlighting the common motivation that activists felt towards a model of democratised resistance. The article concludes with a discussion of the town of Beit Sahour, where pre-existing networks of solidarity helped to produce a resilient campaign of tax resistance, coordinated by popular committees.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://omerjournal.com/2021/08/08/non-hierarchica...
Additional Information:	© 2023 OMER | Oxford Middle East Review.
Divisions:	Middle East Centre
Subjects:	H Social Sciences J Political Science
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2025 15:48
Last Modified:	22 Dec 2025 14:45
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130716

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