Ma'avak Sotzialisti

Ma'avak Sotzialisti ( _he. מאבק סוציאליסטי, "Socialist Struggle") is an Israeli non-Zionist left-wing socialist organization affiliated with the Committee for a Workers' International. Though it does not run in Knesset elections, it actively campaigns against neo-liberal economic policy, ethnic discrimination, war, and repression of Israeli and Palestinian workers. It produces a bi-monthly paper HaMa'avak, and supports workers and activists involved in strikes and social struggles.

Workers Struggles

Ma'avak Sotzialisti supported the strike of printers in Yediot Aharonot against management attempts to break their union. [ [http://www.maavak.org.il/maavak/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=79 Barbed wire and thugs used against Yedioth workers] Maavak, 4/6/2000] They supported the dockers strike against privatisation in 2000 [ [http://ilalocal273.com/dispute.html Docks Dispute] ] and in 2004 and argued for the dock workers to defy court orders banning the strike. [ [http://www.maavak.org.il/maavak/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=212 Dock workers in Israel fight against privatisation] Maavak, 24/7/2004] They organised protests against the workplace bullying of warehouse staff by Osem management. [ [http://www.scoop.co.il/article.html?id=3947 Social Activists versus Osem] Scoop, 24/2/2007] [ [http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/viewEntry.asp?EntryId=803159// Stop the Extreme Exploitation of Osem Workers in Ramat HaShofet] Tapuz, 28/9/07] Currently it is involved in the struggle for creating a united front of contract security guards [ [http://news.walla.co.il/?w=//1003944 Weizman Institute exploits Security Guards] , Ynet, 29/3/07] and in the struggle of contract Postal workers for permanent status. [ [http://www.socialistworld.net/eng/2007/02/20israel.html Contract postal workers storm Histadruth union HQ] , CWI 20 February 2007]

Israeli Arab Conflict

The organisation attempts to put forward a class position, stressing the common interrest of Israeli and Palestinian workers. It opposes the Israeli acts of repression against the Palestinians as well as indiscriminate attacks against Israeli workers. [ [http://www.socialistparty.net/pub/archive/mideast-bloodyspiral.htm Israel: The bloody spiral] Socialist Party (Ireland) 20/03/07 ] Ma'avak Sotzialisti opposed the 2006 Lebanon War [ [http://www.socialistalternative.org/news/article13.php?id=417 Israeli antiwar leaflet from Ma'avak Sotzialisti] Socialist Alternative, 26 July 2006]

External links

* [http://www.maavak.org.il Ma'avak Sotzialisti]
* [http://www.socialistworld.net/ CWI]
* [http://new.haaretz.co.il/hasite/pages/ShArt.jhtml?contrassID=1&subContrassID=5&sbSubContrassID=0&itemNo=587525 Hebrew language article in Haaretz which includes an interview with the editor of HaMa'avak about the organization]

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