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Syria: "Arab spring" in retreat

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Thursday June 21, 2012 13:13author by pat c Report this post to the editors

The counter-revolution is on the march in Syria. It is important that all socialists realise this and do not end up supporting the imperialists who are waging this war through mercenaries and fundamentalists. Full text at link.

Over the last few weeks Socialist Worker has finally admitted what has been obvious for months: the uprising in Syria is not purely and simply a popular revolution. Editor Judith Orr concedes that there are “competing forces” involved and that the imperialists, together with reactionary Arab regimes, are bent on imposing their own ‘solution’. “But at the same time,” she concludes, “we must support the mass popular revolt from below that aims to bring down Assad’s brutal regime” (June 23).

Back in March Socialist Worker published a highly critical article by Sami Ramadani, who commented that, for the Socialist Workers Party, “Wishful thinking has replaced materialist analysis. We have to recognise that the imperialist-backed Arab counterrevolution has, in the short term, regained the initiative and is on the offensive.” While the protests in Syria “began spontaneously and were mostly led by progressives demanding radical political reform”, it is now clear that, “as in Libya, pro-Nato factions have captured the initiative” (March 24).

Free Syrian Army: paid for by Saudi Arabia
Free Syrian Army: paid for by Saudi Arabia

The point about Libya is well made. Apart from social-imperialists like the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty, just about everyone on the left was soon able to see that a victory for the National Transitional Council would represent a defeat for the Libyan revolution. Of course, in Libya the imperialists intervened directly and blatantly, using Nato air power to ensure that the forces of Muammar Gaddafi were destroyed. No-one could seriously deny that the new regime was placed in power by the west, and is totally bereft of democrats, progressives and working class partisans.

However, in Syria, a Libya-type military intervention does not seem to be on the cards. Nevertheless, as Ramadani pointed out, “Lebanon’s US-French-Israeli allies, pro-US Iraqi forces, Jordan, Libyan terrorists and Nato special forces are all assisting counterrevolution in Syria.” Groups such as the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian National Council are being funded by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. And, “Shaken by the uprisings, Qatari and Saudi sheiks provide funding for sectarian Muslim Brotherhood leaders and Salafi clerics.” But, remarks comrade Ramadani, “Socialist Worker astoundingly implies that FSA Nato-backed gunmen are revolutionaries.”

Related Link: http://www.cpgb.org.uk/article.php?article_id=1004889

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   CIA directing arms shipments to Syria’s “rebels”     pat c    Sun Jun 24, 2012 14:07 
   Irish Trade Union NATO Rats     An Draighneán Donn    Mon Jun 25, 2012 02:46 
   SWP     An Draighneán Donn    Mon Jun 25, 2012 02:50 
   wee bit of update     opus diablos    Mon Jun 25, 2012 13:05 
   Opus     Ivana    Mon Jun 25, 2012 13:43 
   seems to be     opus diablos    Mon Jun 25, 2012 20:44 
   brace yerselves...     opus diablos    Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:09 
   US Escalates War Threats Against Syria In Response To Downed Plane     pat c    Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:39 
   even the BBC..     opus diablos    Tue Jun 26, 2012 13:01 
 10   half time     opus diablos    Wed Jun 27, 2012 15:14 
 11   Syria: Attack on TV staff 'worst massacre against journalism'     pat c    Thu Jun 28, 2012 01:43 
 12   closing in..     opus diablos    Fri Jun 29, 2012 13:21 
 13   There seems to be some good news today for the people of Syrian?     W. Finnerty    Mon Jul 02, 2012 09:00 
 14   you're a bit of ..     opus diablos    Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:06 
 15   and, predictably enough..     opus diablos    Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:31 
 16   What about the role of Russia?     W. Finnerty    Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:11 
 17   not sure..     opus diablos    Mon Jul 02, 2012 13:24 
 18   "an orderly world system"     W. Finnerty    Mon Jul 02, 2012 16:39 
 19   yep..     opus diablos    Mon Jul 02, 2012 17:16 
 20   Worse to come.     Pmgisme@eircom..net    Mon Jul 02, 2012 17:31 
 21   what we are witnessing..     opus diablos    Mon Jul 02, 2012 18:04 
 22   Another way of looking at it ...     W. Finnerty    Tue Jul 03, 2012 18:20 
 23   yep, W..     opus diablos    Wed Jul 04, 2012 14:21 
 24   And the Left?     An Drighneán Donn    Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:05 
 25   One can even look a little closer to home, DD     Anti-CIA Propaganda    Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:36 
 26   An DD     pat c    Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:56 
 27   Kinda funny though . .     ACP    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:05 
 28   where next for the Empire?     ACP    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:09 
 29   It seems     pat c    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:11 
 30   ACP     pat c    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:14 
 31   Funny you should mentin that, PAT C     ACP    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:28 
 32   Chavez     pat c    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:36 
 33   So     ACP    Fri Jul 06, 2012 13:38 
 34   Dirt Bag     An Drighneán Donn    Sat Jul 07, 2012 06:13 
 35   "Clinton: Russia and China will 'pay price' for supporting Assad"     W. Finnerty    Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:05 
 36   'Washington backed jihadist elements in Kosovo, now in Syria'     pat c    Sun Jul 08, 2012 13:49 
 37   Yankee Jihadists     An Drighneán Donn    Sun Jul 08, 2012 22:48 
 38   The Vatican..     opus diablos    Mon Jul 09, 2012 14:59 
 39   business as usual     atheist    Tue Jul 10, 2012 14:34 
 40   Syria Prepares For Possible Invasion     pat c    Tue Jul 10, 2012 19:33 
 41   and while Moscow shifts ships..     opus diablos    Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:30 
 42   Amnesty's curious Double Standards on Syria     ACP    Wed Jul 11, 2012 22:04 
 43   Russia will continue to supply weapons to Syria by contracts     pat c    Thu Jul 12, 2012 00:54 
 44   Amnasty US are being co-opted too perhaps?     skrypt_kyddie    Thu Jul 12, 2012 13:22 
 45   if you check..     opus diablos    Thu Jul 12, 2012 14:52 
 46   I'd imagine they are 80-95% dupes     opus diablos    Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:05 


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