Re: [Marxism] Socialist Voice: Struggle in Egypt
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == On 2/6/11 11:12 AM, Ian Angus wrote: HOW CAN WE DEFEND COMMUNITIES IN STRUGGLE? By John Riddell http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1418 The debates following the G20 protests in Toronto last June have raised important questions about how activists can defend and expand arenas of resistance to capitalism, at a time when the system’s power seems overwhelming. Several articles in the latest issue of Upping the Anti, a leading journal of anti-capitalist thought offer an opportunity to discuss this question on a broader basis From this article: As I write, Egypt is in the grip of a people’s insurrectionary movement. Mass demonstrations took place aiming to overthrow of a brutal dictatorship and win democratic rights for the population. When attacked, the demonstrators found ways to resist and drove back the police. Protesters formed defence guards to prevent looting and property destruction. They forged bonds of solidarity with rank-and-file soldiers. It is not yet clear whether this movement will win or lose, but it has already made its mark in world history. Conditions in Canada are far removed from those of Egypt. Yet whatever the fate of the mass movement there, it shows an effective approach to the challenge of state violence, aimed at rallying the immense majority in defence of human rights and avoiding needless provocations, while isolating and pushing back the forces of repression. The Black Bloc, by contrast, did not rally broad forces around commonly shared democratic goals, did not challenge the cops’ trampling of democratic rights, and did not serve to defend the protesters against the G20 summit. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] Socialist Voice: Struggle in Egypt
== Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. == SOCIALIST VOICE Marxist Perspectives for the 21st Century http://www.socialistvoice.ca February 6, 2011 THE STRUGGLE IN EGYPT SURGES AHEAD By Ahmed Shawki http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1424 The revolutionary uprising in Egypt marks a major turn in the world struggle for political and social liberation. In this article, International Socialist Review editor Ahmed Shawki reports from Cairo on the mass demonstrations for democratic rights that shifted the balance away from the violence of the regime. HOW CAN WE DEFEND COMMUNITIES IN STRUGGLE? By John Riddell http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1418 The debates following the G20 protests in Toronto last June have raised important questions about how activists can defend and expand arenas of resistance to capitalism, at a time when the system’s power seems overwhelming. Several articles in the latest issue of Upping the Anti, a leading journal of anti-capitalist thought offer an opportunity to discuss this question on a broader basis +++ Other recent articles: OAS DIPLOMAT DELIVERS SEARING INDICTMENT OF HAITI OCCUPATION REGIME http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1413 PUTTING HUMANS BACK INTO SOCIALISM Book review by Federico Fuentes http://www.socialistvoice.ca/?p=1402 SOCIALIST VOICE Web: http://www.socialistvoice.ca Email: socialistvo...@sympatico.ca Editors: Ian Angus, Roger Annis, John Riddell Readers are encouraged to forward or distribute Socialist Voice as widely as possible. To subscribe, send a blank email to socialist-voice-subscr...@yahoogroups.com. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to socialist-voice-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com FEEDBACK: Socialist Voice welcomes questions, comments and debate on the articles we publish. Please use the `Feedback' box at the bottom of each article on our website. LINK DOESN'T WORK? Some email programs block links to websites. If clicking on a link in Socialist Voice doesn't work, try holding down the CTRL key as you click, or copy the link address into your browser. Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
