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I agree that this sentence is the key: "The defeat of imperialist intervention is the prerequisite for the Syrian masses to organize their own independent class-struggle forces aimed at fully meeting the needs and aspirations of Syria’s workers and farmers as they strive in the future to build a socialist society." And the key word is "prerequisite". BEFORE the Syrians bother to try to meet their own needs as aspirations, they must rid their country of US imperialism. Russian imperialism, now, that's OK. Russia and Iran, which are vastly more responsible for the continued survival of the Assad regime than the US, are not even mentioned in the statement. This statement is exactly what the Syrians mean when they say that western Marxists do not actually see them. So clearly this red-brown convergence represents more than just Tankies. Plus numerous former Hoxhaites have somehow come up with the correct position on Syria and they wrote the book on tankiedom. Actually, I may have to revise that opinion in the wake of something someone quoted from Hoxha the other day in relation to the oppression little teeny workers states faced from the USSR & Maoist China that sounded pretty good. But, full disclosure, I don't think I'm gonna go down that rabbit hole. _________________________________________________________ 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
