As one willing to have his mind changed by superior argument, regardless of its geographical source, what would be the principled Marxist response to the problems of East Timor? I am sufficiently familiar with the awful history, and recognise the culpability, complicity, duplicity, involvement, etc., of the Western powers. What I want to know is, what is to be done given the present conjuncture? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Elementary. The progressive role for East Timorese is to serve as martyrs to Euro-centric "marxist" (sic) ideology. God forbid that some of them were actually rescued by the UN, or even worse, by an imperialist nation. It would lend undeserved credit to liberal capitalism and/or social democracy, confuse the people, and retard the Struggle. Hey, waiter! Where the hell is my latte mocha? [sip] mbs
