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Yesterday's rally was a good deal larger and more militant than Tuesday's. It was also notable for the presence of a good number of young Turks. Their participation and militancy marks IMHO a qualitative leap forward for the solidarity movement. I of course welcome and salute everything Turkey has done and is doing for the beleaguered people of Gaza. I have no patience at all for those who would look a gift horse in the mouth. Talk of Turkish imperialism is just so much rubbish, not worth commenting on. In my speech I did though address an article by the Foreign Editor of Murdoch's Australian. In that he asked whether Caza marked Turkey's turn towards "Islamism". I had never heard of the last concept before. It is of course the successor threat to Communism. But really this is history repeating itself as farce. Only the paranoid or the ass kissers who work for Rupert Murdoch could dream up "Islamism" as a danger for Western Civilization. Although we do have to be careful and recognize this racist anti-Islamic movement for what it is. Its primary purpose is to provide cover for American Imperialism. It is also meant to fill the ideological vacuum left by the closure of the "Defence of the Free World" narrative. the absence of a new story to regale the old and the ignorant is keenly felt in Conservative intellectual circles; Hence the emergence of the new narrative of "Islamism" and gallant little "democratic" Israel as the front line defence against the evil Muslims. That is the story with which they home gull the old and the truly ignorant. Our task as Leftists is to make clear to all that we will not be tricked into fearing Muslims. We extend the hand of love and friendship to them and nothing Rupert Murdoch's hireling can do will shift us from that. comradely Gary ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
