what about the line that said that such European shift in opinion is resulting from a real concrete in the potential global balance of forces resulting from the inevitable proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. or as in the "alchemist of revolution" the terrorist won't be "the wasp in the knights armor" but the plague on the inside. structures or colonizing social formations with clearly racist undertones can only bow to the power of a super gun. Are the Americans less aware or less exposed to the potential dangers so that public opinion is not shifting.
Is that what you wanted to say but hesitated probably or have misread your comments. if so i must refer back in my readings to the argument between marxists and structuralists.
Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
At 06/11/02 02:01 -0800, you wrote:
couldn't you say you are with one tiny third world criminal against a big first world criminal because you think that you pushing the historical process in favour of the international working class. and come to think of it do you know enough about saddam or the middle east to believe that he is criminal or are you not brainwashed by your media.
I agree you could.
(And I agree that the British media are showing a series of in depth reports about Saddam's Iraq which support the liberal interventionist agenda on the grounds that there is not due process in that country.) At the same time opinion in the UK shows a fall in support for a war against Iraq, and a strong preference for a shared position with the United Nations.
The point I am making is about pure revolutionary stances. Concretely to oppose an intervention against Iraq is currently to support Saddam Hussein.
Concretely to oppose apartheid! in the 90's meant supporting the ANC, which we now know, and perhaps should have known then, tortured prisoners.
Yes it is possible to write a purely propaganda leaflet for distribution at a demonstration showing that a specific organisation has a pure revolutionary principled line, but that does not help build the practical struggle.
Chris Burford
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