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Hi Dan Thankfully I don't moderate this list but given the nature of the situation I think it is silly to worry about the limit on posts. that rule exists for a different situation. We are discussing a revolution after all. Now on the Islamist support thing, my gut feeling is, and it is only that and no more, that they will gather more support than either you or I would want Dan. But all these questions will be resolved soon, comrade. What I have learned or re-learned from the Tunisian uprising is that no one ever has or will predict a revolution. Empiricists make their check lists and tick off the boxes but reality is layered and boxes may exist that we do not even know about. Besides consciousness is a strange phenomenon. Take the wilileaks memo on Ben Ali. It revealed government corruption. Was there anyone in Tunisia who did not know that? But what the memo also revealed was nature of the relationship between the USA and the ruling clique - the relationship of master and client. Again I doubt if there was anyone who was not aware of that. However it is the revelation of the humiliation intrinsic to such a relationship that is explosive IMHO. Precisely because the revelation is an enactment of the humiliation. Even in Australia the wikileaks revelation that members of the government were spies for the Americans caused some embarrassment. So where to now? there is obviously a scramble by France and the USA to stabilise the situation. Here Trotsky's remark that three revolutions had taught him patience is relevant. We may hit a period of stability but it will not last. On the other hand the Israelis may launch an attack on Hezbollah and all bets will be off. It is not the right time for such an attack but the plot involving the Hariri tribunal is so advanced that it may not be stoppable. Besides there is something pathologically avaricious about the Zionist project that guarantees its own self-destruction. comradely Gary ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
