Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 190)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 190)

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Small rural industries out of business.
Together with this market force, the following analysis will also
Gemonstrate the role national or racial exclusivist policies practiced
by the Zionist authorities had on the indigenous economy.
Economic Competition
The ruin of a large section of the fallaheen, their indebtedness
and their expropriation, was largely enhanced by the development of
capitalism in agriculture. By 1930 capitalism had begun to expand
throughout the agrarian economy. This process created competition by
allowing the production of commodities already being produced by the
local rural economy.
Marxists recognize the grave consequences competition brings to the
direct producers (Luxemburg,1951; Lenin,1977; Arrighi,1973). This
competition, it is maintained, was characteristic of the development
of agricultural capitalism in colonized Palestine. This form of
competition will be discussed in two cases, the olive oil and the
citrus industries.
The Olive O11 Industry
The olive oil industry had traditionally been Palestine's most
important agricultural undertaking. The processing of olive oil and
the production of soap were characteristically village phenomena.
Olive production was the specialty of the hill districts of the
Galilee and Nablus areas. Primitive oil presses made of wood and
operated by a pair of animals existed in every olive producing
village. Until 1920, the number o€f oil presses was estimated at 477,
of which 30 were said to be more sophisticated, operating in the
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