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On Nov 10, 2014, at 4:44 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > On 11/10/14 4:39 PM, Joseph Catron wrote: >> At the moment, they're resigned to Assad because among the range of >> outcomes acceptable to them (not ISIS or Nusra), he's winning. > > You have that all wrong. Between a dictatorship that is deeply committed to > neoliberalism and a rebel army that is largely made up of impoverished > farmers, small businessmen and members of the informal sector (in other > words, the same social composition as those who rose up against Somoza), the > USA knows where its class interests lie. It is one of the ironies of history > that so many who championed the Sandinistas are now ready to label another > insurgent movement against crony capitalism as the moral equivalent of the > Nicaraguan contras. I take it there’s no implication here that the predominantly Islamist forces leading the Syrian insurgency are - if you wish to put it in these terms - the “moral equivalent” of the Sandinistas who overthrew the Somoza dictatorship. It shouldn’t be necessary on a Marxism list to point to the wide discrepancy in their social programs, taking into account both the FSLN’s misguided policy towards the Miskitos, and that the Islamists are leading a legitimate struggle against the Assad regime. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
