Media, Clinton supporters offer frenzied support for Syria intervention, refuse to learn from Libyan disaster
Submitted by Soapy on Apr 8 2017 20:30
Cheerleaders for Syrian intervention refuse to learn lessons from recent history
When insurrections die - Gilles Dauvé
Submitted by libcom on May 9 2016 18:34
This is a reconceived version of 'Fascism and Anti-Fascism'. In this text, Dauvé shows how the wave of proletarian revolts in the first half of the twentieth century failed: either because they were crushed by the vicissitudes of war and ideology, or because their “victories” took the form of counter-revolutions themselves, setting up social systems which, in their reliance on monetary exchange and wage-labour, failed to transcend capitalism.
Silence in the West as Libya falls deeper into the abyss
Submitted by Soapy on Jan 7 2016 15:27
In 2011 Western leaders and the media were celebrating a humanitarian victory for NATO, now the silence is deafening.
Libyan petrodollars and the overthrow of Gaddafi
Submitted by Soapy on Jan 2 2015 10:21
A speculative blog on the NATO-backed overthrow of Libyan dictator Col Gaddafi, looking at whether Gaddafi's refusal to recycle petrodollars through US banks was a factor.
Lies, slaughter, capital: The 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, part two
Submitted by Soapy on Jan 13 2014 00:33
As discussed in part 1, the intervention was not undertaken for humanitarian reasons, but then why? Here I will try and explain the purpose of the intervention, how the Great Powers felt there was much to be gained, and only human lives to lose.
Lies, slaughter, capital: The 2011 NATO intervention in Libya, part one
Submitted by Soapy on Dec 18 2013 21:14
There were a lot of interesting factors at play in the 2011 NATO bombings, and I want to start discussing them by first dispelling any idea that the bombings were somehow undertaken for humanitarian purposes. Continued in part 2.
Anarchist, Liberal and Authoritarian Enlightenments: Notes From the Arab Spring
Mohammed A. Bamyeh discusses the currents and contradictions within the revolutionary movements sweeping the Arab world, and their ultimate potential.
Fallujah, Iraq 2004 - Misrata, Libya 2011
Medialens compare and contrast the coverage in the mainstream media of the attacks on Fallujah during the Iraq war, and the current attack on Misrata in Libya by Muammar Gadaffi's forces.
On Libya and the unfolding crises - Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky interviewed by Stephen Shalom and Michael Albert on military intervention in Libya, originally published on Znet in March 2011.
Understanding the period: class analysis and events in the Arab world
Submitted by Devrim on Apr 5 2011 20:09
Article by the Turkish section of the ICC outlining the nature of the recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya and across the Middle East and trying to draw an understanding of the current situation internationally.
