#+title: the question of national liberation

[[file:20210526163915-israel.org][Israel]]/[[file:20210526163919-palestine.org][Palestine]] has been in the news recently, and it has brought up questions
about the [[file:20200713095729-nation_state.org][nation state]] and [[file:20210526163941-national_liberation.org][national liberation]]. When it comes to the question of
[[file:20200607214217-colonialism.org][colonialism]], there seem to be two options put forward:

* Waiting for communism
[[file:20210522185858-anarchism.org][Anarchists]] and the like tend to put forward this option. The argument goes
something like: "there can be no international communism in a single state, and
there can be no freedom in a single state, therefore every state must go at
once."

While this may have some truth to it, it comes across as tasteless at best.
* Fighting for a nation state
** As an end
There is a certain current of [[file:20210526164307-marxism_leninism.org][Marxist-Leninist]] thought that postulates that the
goal of [[file:20200709205051-decolonization.org][decolonization]] is to simply build nation states, and that this is the
goal in itself.

This should be criticized, in my opinion, because as communists I don't think we
should be fighting to put the bourgeoisie in power per se. That said, especially
in the case of Israel/Palestine, putting the Palestinian bourgeoisie in power
would at least stop the apartheid.
** As a means to an end
This to me is the correct solution.

The construction of a nation state is merely a stopping point on the road to
communism. As mentioned above, it would at least do away with the /colonial/
oppression of the Palestinians.

To me, this is most analogous to what the [[file:20210228135444-1905_russian_revolution.org][1905 Russian Revolution]] is to the [[file:20200707205320-1917_october_revolution.org][1917
October Revolution]].