tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post6408543366451244..comments2023-12-28T18:28:57.918+02:00Comments on MarxistFromLebanon: Investigating the Lebanese Left (Part I): Its ProblemsMarxistFromLebanonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-28920887424019347052008-08-05T21:36:00.000+03:002008-08-05T21:36:00.000+03:00Dear SouhadWelcome to my blog. Elias Atallah was l...Dear Souhad<BR/><BR/>Welcome to my blog. Elias Atallah was lost on how to get political recognition. I have known him for a while, and actually the man got drunk in my house and started speaking Russian. Elias has a history of flirting with the Communist Party (post civil war), Communist Students, Khat el Moubashar, tiny indepedent leftest student movements, leftist platform, and several others. <BR/><BR/>The DLM as a matter of fact had me prior its foundaiton for one month. The problem with the assassination of Samir Qassir, it blinded the DLM further to the Right. Elias Khoury himself is caught in this cyclone. I was asked several times to write for Ofok, I didn't because I cannot write for a non-democratic journal. <BR/><BR/>Keep up the class war <BR/><BR/>MFLMarxistFromLebanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-82659411146974887172008-07-23T23:23:00.000+03:002008-07-23T23:23:00.000+03:00Brillant analysis! except when it comes to your as...Brillant analysis! except when it comes to your assessment of the DLM, where i think Ziad Majed, Elias Khoury and the latest Samir Kassir played an excellent role until the situation deteriorated, Kassir was assassinated, Elias Atallah became hostage of his MP seat and enjoyed what it offered him ridiculising through his statements the whole left movement. Ziad and ELias Khoury and many young members decided not to resign but to distance themselves publicly from the Atallah. They are now publishing a newsletter www.al-ofok.com that is a real good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-73194926240232869062007-04-12T15:23:00.000+03:002007-04-12T15:23:00.000+03:00re: The left - how the liberals have lost their wa...re: The left - how the liberals have lost their way, by Nick Cohen.<BR/><BR/>This is a very bad book written by Britain's leading Arab hater and pro war columnist. Even the mainstream press have rubbished it...<BR/><BR/>In one sentence, “the problem with the Left is that they sympathise with Arabs and Muslims, Muslim are ‘islamofacists’, therefore the left support fascism/terrorism” etc.<BR/><BR/>yawn.<BR/><BR/>No one buys this line any more.<BR/><BR/>By the way I had the unfortunate experience of working with him... yeek<BR/><BR/>WehbeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-83813413826579141082007-04-10T17:00:00.000+03:002007-04-10T17:00:00.000+03:00You can find the book in Virgin. They close to 1...You can find the book in Virgin. They close to 100 copies. Bas, it is expoensive. Talking $30+. Can be bought in US fro Pluto Press for 14$.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-36610925681918393722007-04-09T23:27:00.000+03:002007-04-09T23:27:00.000+03:00lalebanessa, it's available in Maliks dbayeh... so...lalebanessa, it's available in Maliks dbayeh... sorry, i havent checked in hamra (maliks lau doesnt have it). my sis got it for me in USA for many bucks less. wht can i say, i am stingy. :PAngry Anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358791049585242765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-30392687472947583042007-04-08T22:21:00.000+03:002007-04-08T22:21:00.000+03:00MFL, I looked all over the back roads of Hamra for...MFL, <BR/>I looked all over the back roads of Hamra for Fawwaz Traboulsi's book ( A History of Modern Lebanon), but no one has it. Do you know a specific bookstore where I can find it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-90780878269607406132007-04-07T19:32:00.000+03:002007-04-07T19:32:00.000+03:00Che started from a stalinist perspective but in hi...Che started from a stalinist perspective but in his final stages of his life he rebelledMarxistFromLebanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-352576278710424302007-04-07T18:25:00.000+03:002007-04-07T18:25:00.000+03:00Che is a symbol. I think his personal views were ...Che is a symbol. I think his personal views were created by a Stalinist perspective. I'm still trying to figure him out. People are attracted so much to the romantic image, his politics are lost.<BR/><BR/>It's easier to be Stalinist. In the USA, the great artists of the 1930s were Stalinist, because you could believe in nationalism, religion, pacifism etc. He positioned himself as moderate.<BR/><BR/>The shooting deserters thing was invented by Trotsky, but not used the same as by Stalin.<BR/><BR/>I've joined RMT on a sympathizer basis.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-18861001689557130522007-04-07T14:31:00.000+03:002007-04-07T14:31:00.000+03:00Jonz, this is actually Part I :D, welcome to my bl...Jonz, this is actually Part I :D, welcome to my blogMarxistFromLebanonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02742943269564177293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24861026.post-22561968839913462722007-04-07T14:27:00.000+03:002007-04-07T14:27:00.000+03:00Dang, this is a long article I want to read but do...Dang, this is a long article I want to read but don't have the time presently. I am currently reading a good british leftish discourse on where they have gone wrong. "The left - how the liberals have lost their way" by Nick Cohen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com