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On Walking and Chewing Gum at the Same Time
by Jamie Allinson
The parliamentary vote against UK participation in any US air strikes on
Syria, and the consequent weakening of Western power as a whole, is a
welcome outcome for anyone who thinks that Arab countries should
determine their own future. Less heartening is the response from a large
part of the Western left: to oppose the imperialist machinations of
their own government by simply accepting the narrative of an opposing
imperialism.
It is quite possible, and necessary, to oppose both. This means opposing
the proposed US attack, and giving solidarity to the Syrian
revolutionaries being attacked with all the weapons – including chemical
ones, as I argue below – of the Assad regime.
full:
http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/on_walking_and_chewing_gum_at_the_same_time
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