Cross-posted from The Blog and the Bullet.
Farfahinne blogs on a speech she attended in London during the Marxism 2008 festival sponsored by the Socialist Workers Party:
Alex Callinicos, is a leading figure on the left internationally and a major Marxist theoretician. He is a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and has participated in every major anti-capitalist mobilization since Seattle.
his talk was very interesting, it was titled : the Permanent Revolution in the Middle East. one of the most important things he said, that the struggle of the Palestinian People is not limited to the Palestinians themselves. It’s a broader one that involves the struggle of workers against the Arab Local Regimes who are the agents of Israel and imperialism. the conflict’s way out is the permanent Revolution that breaks the bounderies of individual societies.
Filed under: Class, Imperialism, Internal Politics, Marxism, Middle East
This is my first posting on a blog of any kind. I’m not out to change the world, but I am doing my small part in reaching out to people I don’t know in an effort to understand their way of thinking and believing. I’m in favor of a “permanent revolution that breaks the boundaries of individual societies”.
My way is to get off this crazy merry-go-round called life. I am choosing to live in peace and practice compassion and acceptance of others, beginning with a visit to Pakistan in August. We are all one people; we are made of the same particles that created our galaxy and the galaxies beyond. We come from the same source.
I believe there is more than one pathway to God. I can’t change the world, but I can treat others the way I want to be treated.