On 5/5/07, Doug Henwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On May 5, 2007, at 3:40 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> The question is why such middling sorts, who are merely well-to-do,
> attend the rallies for the republic organized by "the
> fascist/neofascist nationalists supporting and supported by the
> Military."
Why do people attend antiwar rallies in the U.S. organized by a weird
ex-Trotskyist sect? Because they're there, right?
The Turkish left isn't big, but there are some leftists there,
including those who are friends of MR:
<http://www.sendika.org/>. They have had anti-government protests
before and after the "rallies for the republic," regarding labor and
other issues, including some on May Day, but the middling sorts didn't
seem to come out in force for them. Sabri says they aren't elitist,
at least not as much as the NYT claims they are, and I'm sure he's
right, but they sure don't seem as concerned about workers as they
appear to be about secularism. Maybe that's why they can't hope to
beat the AKP in the elections.
--
Yoshie
