Summary
A bimonthly clandestine leftist newspaper (“The Voice of the Camp”) published by local militants in Saida in the mid-1980s, printed at night on a sympathetic Lebanese party’s Xerox machine and distributed by smuggling networks; its articles on elite corruption, women’s roles, raids, interrogation and collaborators served socialization and organizational maintenance for the Palestinian underground (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.110-113).
Details
- Its August 1984 issue carried first-page accusations that a “big” leader had diverted a $30 million check meant for the PLO National Fund and that a humanitarian-services official had bought a 100,000 JD Amman villa, and an article celebrating Vietnamese women’s revolutionary roles, including militia groups at 36% of all militia groups (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.111-112).
- It reported the August 1984 killing of Muhammad Mabruka, home raids in Ain al-Hilweh, and in detail the September 17, 1984 march of more than ten thousand people in memory of the Sabra and Shatila massacre (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.120, p.122, p.124).
- Its editor Bassam described elaborate transfer systems into besieged camps, and recalled an unnamed old woman who signalled collaborators’ presence by dropping papers or groceries (Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, PDF p.112, p.133).
Related pages
Beyond the Lines — Social Networks and Palestinian Militant Organizations in Wartime Lebanon, Ain al-Hilweh, Backstage labor