tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171109115213682080.post6494751947582808219..comments2024-03-21T17:28:17.997+08:00Comments on anas zubedy: Egyptian Army Coup Topples Islamist President Mursi By Johannes Stern & Alex Lantieranas zubedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08461600313710822294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171109115213682080.post-60448849007081982222013-07-09T22:07:01.467+08:002013-07-09T22:07:01.467+08:00Anas, whilst this seemi8ngly cogent analysis of th...Anas, whilst this seemi8ngly cogent analysis of the situation in Egypt in class and imperialist terms seems compelling, and whilst I do not endorse nor support the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt, I would be wary about the sectarian agenda behind this article.<br /><br />The original article comes from the World Socialist Web Site, published by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), which is one of the several international Trotskyist factions.<br /> <br />http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/04/egyp-j04.html<br /><br />You can read more about it here.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Committee_of_the_Fourth_International<br /><br />The Revolutionary Socialists of Egypt belong to a rival Trotskyist faction, the International Socialist Organization.<br /><br />www.internationalsocialist.org<br /><br />Here is some background about the rather convoluted world of Trotskyist factionalism.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Cliff<br /><br />Another Trotskyist faction is the Spartacist League US which spawned several other Spartacist Leagues in many of the major western countries.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartacist_League_%28US%29<br /><br />The Revolutionary Socialists have adopted a tactic to join a united front with the Muslim Brotherhood to achieve an objective such as the ouster of Mubarak and to bring what they thought was more democracy and this tactic could have turned out wrong and their Trotskyist rivals pounce on them over it.<br /><br />Now they seem to have joined a united front with other left parties and organisations in Egypt.<br /><br />The WSWS does not seem to have much of a presence in Egypt, being based mostly in the liberal democratic, imperialist countries of the west wher they operate openly without fear of persecution, well for the time being at least.<br /><br />This last two paragraphs of the WSWS article were left out of your post.<br /><br />"The World Socialist Web Site warns the working class against the illusions in the military. The army will seek to enforce the policies demanded by finance capital. In the final analysis, the conflict between the military on the one hand and the ousted Muslim Brotherhood on the other is a fight between conflicted factions of the ruling class. The main target of the repression that the military is preparing will be the working class. The stage has been set for the denunciation of further protest actions by the working class as harmful to the “national interest” and illegitimate."<br /><br />"There are no progressive solutions to the revolutionary crisis that has been shaking Egypt in the last two years, outside the coming to power of the working class, mobilizing the great mass of urban and rural poor on the basis of a socialist and anti-imperialist program."<br /><br />Whilst I wouldn't say the above is wrong in principle, it seems rather rich for them to preach to the workers of Egypt what they should do from their comfort zones in the west.<br /><br />The Egyptians have a long history of practical experience of battles against colonialism and so on, unlike these condescending "saviours" in the west.<br /><br />No so-called "Stalinist" party will patronise people in the third world in such manner. They would instead offer their messages of support and solidarity to parties, organisations or grouping in the conflict which they have carefully analysed to be fit to receive their political support.<br /><br />Whilst these western Trotskyists talk so much about internationalism, international proletarian unity, etc., they betray their own westerns ense of superiority over people of the third world who have fought most of the socialist, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist battles in history, with or without success.<br /> IT.Sheissnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1171109115213682080.post-51867219374828983912013-07-09T14:37:37.728+08:002013-07-09T14:37:37.728+08:00The winners of this revolution are those with poli...The winners of this revolution are those with political and economic interest in Egypt's instability. The people are all the losers. <br /><br />But then, when you have a president who wants to tweak the constitution to keep him in power, it just kinda makes the desire to topple him just so much more. =P<br /><br />Snuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712374144317934980noreply@blogger.com