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The picture with the Assad portraits was disconcerting, but I don't think we should give it too much significance. It happened when a pro-Assad militia unit arrived in Afrin to assist in the defence of the area against the Turkish invasion. I think that cooperation against the invasion is legitimate. But I recognise that there are dangers in this cooperation. If Afrin (and Rojava more broadly) becomes dependent on the Assad regime for its defence, it could lead to downplaying the struggle for democracy in Syria. But this is a reflection of the difficulty of making a revolution in a society under siege. Chrs Slee ________________________________________ From: Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> Sent: Friday, 2 March 2018 12:08:49 AM To: Chris Slee; Activists and scholars in Marxist tradition Subject: Re: [Marxism] David Graeber: manufactured ignorance: the strange case of Juan Cole and the Kurdish freedom movement On 3/1/18 4:11 AM, Chris Slee wrote: > d the broader Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. > > My point is not to denigrate the work of activists operating in very > difficult circumstances, under attack from both the Assad regime and > reactionary rebel groups, but rather to highlight the achievements of the > DFNS. But there is nothing in Greenleft about anybody like the 4 disappeared activists. They still exist, after all. It is nothing but the Rojava fan club 24/7. 280 articles, for pete's sake. I wouldn't mind this so much if at least there was an attempt to engage with the reality that Kurds are now holding up portraits of Bashar al-Assad as if they were at a rally organized by Tim Anderson. _________________________________________________________ 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
