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Yes, the other shoe falls in lockstep, just like clockwork. I sent Brichead a "nasty" email as well. Next up this weekend will be the Jefe himself, A. Cockburn. No subscription for you, Alex. And to think your last issue on "The Great Uprising" (and that it is) *almost* got me to the point of actually subscribing! In the past I would ignore these well-worn differences due to the profoundly different contexts of the Iraqi and Kosovo wars, etc., in fact participating in their (ANSWER, etc) events, supporting them against UFPJ on Tikkum, etc. But not this time. What they are doing - particularly the base slanders, of course - is beyond the pale. It deeply angers me. It is not merely that Chavez, by screwing up on this one, has lent these fleas a prestigious back to crawl upon; it is that this is an effing pan-Arab revolution, in my view the most important revolutionary event in a generation, recalling that 1989-91 was a counter-revolution. So this time I feel they must be made to pay, and this time there is a way to do so: villify them with a young, militant Arab Left current. If that takes teaching myself Arabic - I was able to acquire a fair amount of Japanese, so I think I can do Arabic - to do so, so be it. But it can begin in English. Anything to preserve our honor - and honor is important - in this movement. We all need to establish real international contact with this movement, particularly with its working class under-current in Egypt. Time to wash our hands of this "debate", and move on to action. -Matt ________________________________________________ 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
