tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post116325623356395049..comments2023-12-28T18:28:57.918+02:00Comments on MarxistFromLebanon: Everyone's a Traitor these daysMarxistFromLebanonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1167465266785916522006-12-30T09:54:00.000+02:002006-12-30T09:54:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1167415721078956782006-12-29T20:08:00.000+02:002006-12-29T20:08:00.000+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1163354250091846872006-11-12T19:57:00.000+02:002006-11-12T19:57:00.000+02:00Dear SamiaI will reply later, I just wanted to say...Dear Samia<BR/><BR/>I will reply later, I just wanted to say please as much as you want :)<BR/><BR/>MFLMarxistFromLebanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1163329797126077952006-11-12T13:09:00.000+02:002006-11-12T13:09:00.000+02:00Thanks for your input. It sure makes a difference ...Thanks for your input. It sure makes a difference when one gets some insight from sources other than the media and the screaming fannatics on both sides.<BR/><BR/>However, I still can't help but feel that Hezbollah -being a religeous movement- have evolved tremendously since they started and have out-smarted all other similar movements in the whole world, if I may say. 6 years ago Al-Manar wouldn't make an interview with Dr. Radwa Ashour (famous egyptian novelist and Univ. Professor) unless she wore a veil. However, 3 years ago, she did that interview wearing short sleeves! And it's obvious how much more flexible these people are now. Not to mention the fact that Hizbollah's *khitab* is the least "sectarian" I've heard in the Arab world for a very long time. See for example <A HREF="http://elshare3-seyasa.blogspot.com/2006/07/2003.html" REL="nofollow">these excerpts from Nasrallah's speech</A> in 2003 before the invasion of Iraq. One can't help but admire the guy! Being a rather liberal person/woman in Egypt and having suffered from extremist ways of thinking, I find myself applauding for that kind of *khitab*. <BR/><BR/>And from what I understand, Hizbollah worked on the re-building of most parts of the South (not just the shiites). So not only are they not dumping them in the sea, they're also not asking them to change their habits and ways -as is in Egypt. They're not calling everyone who doesn't pray five times a day a "kafir" and they're not making every christian in Lebanon feel threatened by Islam (as the Copts in Egypt are).<BR/><BR/>It's a long and complicated issue as you said... and we could find ourselves jumping from one aspect to another. <BR/><BR/>I'll be visiting you more often :) But don't worry I won't be that talkative every time! Heheheسامية جاهينhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163434131072334053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1163294428060370922006-11-12T03:20:00.000+02:002006-11-12T03:20:00.000+02:00Dear Samiafirst welcome to my blog and I hope you ...Dear Samia<BR/><BR/>first welcome to my blog and I hope you will contribute as much as you want...<BR/><BR/>I do not find it ironic, Hezbollah grew strong because the bourgoeisie in Lebanon never gave a crap about the South (Actually by 1970, only 0.7% of the government budget were dedicated to the South). <BR/><BR/>Hezbollah fight the Israelis, not the poor, as Lebanon has poor from all Sects, but because Hezbollah represents a sect and hence their aim is directed towards that Sect. Their legitimacy of carrying arms is due to their grass root organization. Yet progressive? Well the party did evolve since 1992 (deciding to participate in a party) but the emancipation is not to the poor. For starters, you do not find a person from another Sect.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, the sight of Israeli Mirkavas poping up to kingdom come was an amazing site, but again take a look one post below and you will understand what I mean. <BR/><BR/>To dwell a little bit more, Hezbollah is the balancer of power for the 8th of March (ie Syrian). Problem is that the party, like any party seeks its own interest first, being a resistence movement does not justify their political actions. For example, Hezbollah were among the parties that fought the implementation of Civil Marriage in Lebanon to break sectarianism. <BR/><BR/>I know exactly the impact of Qutb in Egypt, and I really admit there is a big difference between Hezbollah and the brotherhood. Hezbollah is not dumping anyone of the other sects into the sea and evolved rather to demand a single Islamic nation (even though the Khomeini ideology exists and that is why there is a minor distance between Fadlallah and Hezbollah). <BR/><BR/>Again, 8th of March and 14th of March are destroying Lebanon. Keep in mind Hezbollah is not only involved in resistance alone. <BR/><BR/>Although now you mentioned it Samia, their means of growth were similar to the brotherhoods of others (Hezbollah expanded on adopting welfare system for the poor). Marxism tends to emancipate the whole workers from everywhere, sadly reactionary leaderships have sank that into kingdom come (specially during Stalin's reign of terror which transformed most of the Arab Communist Parties to USSR foreign policy as well as Nasser butchering the Marxists in Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon.<BR/><BR/>It is rather a complicated issue, but I welcome your visit to my blog friend. <BR/><BR/>MFLMarxistFromLebanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1163292875465176022006-11-12T02:54:00.000+02:002006-11-12T02:54:00.000+02:00Really good far sighted post.I'm sure you are used...Really good far sighted post.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure you are used to taking a position, outside the mainstream.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-1163283351095997112006-11-12T00:15:00.000+02:002006-11-12T00:15:00.000+02:00You might find it ironic, but I believe that Hizbo...You might find it ironic, but I believe that Hizbollah are much closer to marxism than all the marxists I know (in egypt, that is)<BR/><BR/>Wasn't their *emancipation from below*? Aren't they the ones who are now fighting for the poor and against injustice? <BR/><BR/>All my life I've tried to stay as far as I can from anything that has as much as "the smell of religion" in it, especially that the only religeous movement we've experienced in Egypt has a long history of corruption and superficiality (the ikhwan -muslim brothers movement). But today I find myself standing on the same line with an "Islamic" movement. Sayed Hassan Nasrallah echoes my thoughts and beliefs and acts upon them representing everything I've always believed in, but never in my wildest dreams had I imagined it to come from an Islamic background.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long comment.. your post just got me thinking out loud :)سامية جاهينhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163434131072334053noreply@blogger.com