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> > > A very good summary with the expected boilerplate about the need for a > revolutionary party. I agree. This is one of Woods' best pieces, I think. I read Richard Seymour's analysis and again I thought it was very good. Richard linked to Brian Whitaker whose latest post got mired in legal and constitutional questions to such an extent that I began to think he must be Australian. Some of his earlier posts were much better. Juan Cole's piece was also a must read and the Angry Arab, although rather crypitic is a good litmus test of the thinking of the secular Arab Left. I am extremely interested in the timing of these events. We are or were on the cusp of another confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah. The US has been using the Hariri tribunal to prepare for the launch of a civil war situation which will provide an excuse for an Israeli attack. This is probably in strategic terms an attempt to put pressure on Syria and also to remove the Hezbollah rocket threat in the event of an Israeli/US attack on Iran. The problem is that such an eventuality depends on the continued existence of the dictatorial Arab regimes and that same existence is precisely what the Tunisian Revolution has called into question. So it looks like a case of 'bad timing'. While the US has been carefully getting its set of ducks in a row, history looks like it might have taken a giant leap. The best laid schemes of mice and imperialists gang aft agley it would seem. 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
