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On 07.08.2012 18:09, Paul Flewers wrote:
====================================================================== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. ====================================================================== Einde O'Callaghan wrote: 'Of course, there's no guarantee that any revolutionary upheaval will lead to victory for the most radical anti-capitalist forces. And we shouldn't forget that the revolutionary process opened up in 1916 ended up 7 years later in the victory of clerical reactionary forces who introduced the "carnival of reaction" that James Connolly predicted would be the result of the partition of Ireland -- a carnival of reaction that still casts its baleful influence on Irish politics. But that doesn't devalue the revolutionary struggles of the intervening years.' But is not this sorry result in Ireland precisely why one should not have a romantic view of an opposition in Syria that brings together all sorts of elements, from socialists through democrats of various stripes to outright religious reactionaries? Should we not be looking at precisely what the opposition in Syria represents, what currents there are within it and which ones should be supported, rather than condemning the opposition in toto as a reactionary puppet of the big powers, or conversely cheer-leading it in an utterly uncritical manner?
That is, of course, the point I'm trying to make. Einde O'Callaghan ________________________________________________ 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
