The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 28)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 28)
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of surplus value,
Moreover, it follows from this argument that the great majority of
the Palestinian population has become proletarian since its expulsion
from Palestine and that the Palestinian refugee camps have been proletar-
ian communities, The proletariat, however, is the exploited class under
capitalist relations. The class exploited within particular dominant re-
lations of production is the class which, under these relations of produc-
tion, performs what is defined to be productive labor. Under pre-capital-
ist relations, the performers of productive labor can be owners. Under
capitalist relations, however, only non-owners can perform productive la-
bor; all non-owners are not thereby proletarian. Furthermore, exploitation
under capitalist relations is the appropriation of surplus labor in the
form of surplus value; proletarians are, therefore, only those engaged di-
rectly in the production of surplus value, and only by wage-labor can sur-
plus value be created. All wage-earners do not thereby produce surplus
value.
Thus far, we identified theoretical reasons against the first and sec-
ond arguments and in support of the third. According to the third criteria,
however, the size of the proletariat shrinks substantially depending on the
specificity of the form(s) of wage-labor that defines the working class.
At this level, the controversy regarding the defining criteria of proletar-
ian class locations gets more tense.
All Marxists agree that manual workers directly engaged in the produc-
tion of physical commodities for private capital fall into the working
class.7+ There is no such agreement about any other category of wage-earn-
ers. Some Marxists argue that only productive manual workers belong to the - تاريخ
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