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Matthew wrote: >At the Libyan-Egyptian Border...The reporter >claims aid from medical teams that aided the Cairo >demonstrations, etc. >If there is any outside intervention, it appears to >come from Egypt. But given the unsettled state of >the Egyptian regime, WHO from Egypt? While the military junta easily comes to mind, our knowledge >of factions and their relations with the opposition >are too poor to judge right now. NPR is reporting tonight that people in Cairo are collecting medical supplies to send to Libya as an expression of solidarity with the "people's revolution." There were also reports today and yesterday of expressions of solidarity from the people of Tunisia. The support of Chavez, Castro, and Nestor for the Libyan regime, as an act of anti-imperialism, does have a certain logic, but it is not reflected in the appeals of Gaddafi and his designated heir, Saif. The son is attacking "Arab media" and Gadaffi is blaming Al Qaeda and the use of drugs by unemployed youth as the cause for the rising. As the regime lashes out at the insurgents, the choice is a stark one for the left. Is this re-bith of the revolutionary pan-Arab movement to be supported or should some governments such as Libya or Syria be exempted for anti-imperialist reasons? If there is a real potential of American troops showing up in Tripoli, then shouldn't there be military support from Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran? I am discounting, for now, the possibility of volunteer brigades from the WRP or perhaps even the Fifth International fighting alongside the mercenaries currently struggling to save the Gaddafi regime. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
