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On his blog the Angry Arab has mockingly challenged the Americans to give the Tunisian revolution a colour. But the fact that it is colourless is proof that it is a genuine movement from below and not something cooked up in an American Embassy. What happens now? Well the Angry Arab is certainly getting excited. I hope he is right and that the domino applies. It is interesting to read the coverage on the Debka.com site of the Tunisian revolt. they could not stop themselves talking about how the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders are now worried. Of course that is only a kind of reflexive schadenfreude. It is part of the propaganda which has Israel as the only democracy surrounded by Arab dictatorships. In reality more than anything else the same right wing Arab dictators act as a buffer around Israel. They and the Israelis must now be truly fearing that their own people will rise up and follow the example of the heroic Tunisians. Some time ago Wallerstein predicted that a fire storm would sweep through the Arab world. Let us hope that it begins now. comradely Gary ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
