This week, President Trump upended US Middle East policy by announcing that the United States would “take over” war-ravaged Gaza and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East.” President Trump also said the Palestinians living in Gaza would be (temporarily?) relocated to Jordan or Egypt.

Contrary to what happens in fascism, under which working class organizations are crushed, in Egypt’s nationalist regime mass movements were not suppressed, but to a large extent protected, Eduardo Vasco writes.