The Arab Workers’ Congress adopts a democratic national programme

Organizations/movement: Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA). Action: An institute was established in New York to present Arab perspectives to American audiences. Result: It provided an organized...

Organizations/movement: Arab Office; Arab League-backed Palestinian information campaign. Action: Alami opened offices in Jerusalem, London and Washington to present Palestinian arguments abroad....

Organizations/movement: Arab Workers’ Congress (AWC); FATULS; PAWS. Action: Dissident branches and communist-aligned organizers formed a separate labour organization in Jaffa. Result: Labour...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; Palestinian Arab political parties. Action: Representatives of Palestinian parties reconstituted the committee dissolved during British repression of the...

Organizations/movement: Institute of Arab American Affairs (IAAA). Action: Totah testified before the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, defending Palestinian independence and challenging Zionist...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee (hay’a); Arab League; Arab Higher Front. Action: The Arab League consolidated nationalist leadership after competition between committee and front...

Organizations/movement: Palestine Arab Workers’ Society; Trade Unions’ Council. Action: A Haifa conference amended the society’s rules and elected Hamran secretary general. Result: A labour-centred...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee delegation. Action: Cattan addressed the UN General Assembly’s First Committee and challenged the legitimacy of policies imposed without Palestinian...

Organizations/movement: Arab Higher Committee; United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). Action: A cable informed the UN that Palestinian Arabs should not collaborate with or appear...

Organizations/movement: Trade Unions’ Council. Action: A Haifa conference sent the UN a cable rejecting partition and demanding independence. Result: Labour challenged the AHC’s representative...