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exchange on a UFPJ list ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Pollack <acpolla...@juno.com> Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [ufpj-activist] Al Jazeera: After repelling ISIL, PKK fighters are the new heroes of Kurdistan To: ufpj-activ...@lists.mayfirst.org A great article indeed. I think it's important to distinguish between two categories of Kurds who, as Robert says, "have perfectly legitimate reasons to fear rule by the PKK." On the one hand, there are those quoted toward the end who cite PKK/PYD abuses and even murders, and IMO the jury is still out on whether their conversion to the Gospel According to Murray Bookchin has eliminated that thuggish behavior. On the other hand, there is the Iraqi-Kurdish bourgeoisie, which the article makes clear (if only implicitly) is interested above all in maintaining their role as richly-compensated administrators of what the professor cited calls a semicolonly of Turkey, regardless of what that means for Kurdish workers and peasants throughout the region. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Robert Naiman <nai...@justforeignpolicy.org> To: ufpj-activist <ufpj-activ...@lists.mayfirst.org> Subject: [ufpj-activist] Al Jazeera: After repelling ISIL, PKK fighters are the new heroes of Kurdistan Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:58:09 -0500 I think that this is a strikingly great article, in the sense that it shows you not only that the PKK fighters are now viewed as heroes by many Kurds who did not view them so before, because of their recent role in saving Kurdish civilians from ISIS, but also shows you why many Kurds have perfectly legitimate reasons to fear rule by the PKK. This is outstanding journalism of a type that we often don't get to see, presenting a nuanced picture that is more complicated than good guys and bad guys. === After repelling ISIL, PKK fighters are the new heroes of Kurdistan Separatist group’s growing popularity leaves Iraqi Kurdistan government in awkward position October 17, 2014 5:00AM ET by Alia Malek http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/10/17/pkk-s-rise-in-iraqikurdistan.html ____________________________________________________________ NetZero now offers 4G mobile broadband. Sign up now. <http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT1> _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
