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Great article. I heard Jamie talk on Egypt at the NY HM conference, was stellar there as well. On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > ==============================**==============================**========== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ==============================**==============================**========== > > > 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<http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/on_walking_and_chewing_gum_at_the_same_time> > > ______________________________**__________________ > Send list submissions to: > Marxism@greenhouse.economics.**utah.edu<Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu> > Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.** > utah.edu/mailman/options/**marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com<http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com> > ________________________________________________ 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
