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So all those grassroots activists in the photos and videos and articles which I insisted you look at -- they don't exist, right? They don't deserve support? And by your silence about their existence, they implicitly don't deserve to live. Exactly the attitude Israel has toward their Palestinian victims. On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't feel some vicarious need to claim a "side" in other people's civil > wars, especially when none of them seem very good. > > I know a lot of outside activists in both camps think proving one or two > of the major protagonists - those who could conceivably win the thing - > are rotten is some kind of impressive trick. It's actually about the > least impressive trick in the world. Proving that one of them - a > contender, mind you - is *not* rotten would be impressive. > > As for this habit among some Trotskyists of saying "down with" all the > major protagonists in situations, well, I share the sentiment - who > could dispute it? - and I'm taking it and 75 cents out for some coffee. > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Andrew Pollack <[email protected]> > wrote: > > re 1st question: (not) Interested in speculations about outside players >> without my requirement >> re 2nd question: enough with the abstractions: "political >> process/movement." Which side are you on? >> Same with ceasefire. If grassroots groups ask for it to gain time to >> regroup, fine. As a neutral solution foisted on them by outsiders, >> including activists, no. Down with Assad, down with Daesh/Nusra, victory to >> the Syrian people! >> > > -- > "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen > lytlað." > _________________________________________________________ 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
