[Marxism] A commentary about Paul Krugman on race

[yossi schwartz]

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What behind the   new cease fire with Israel



The  Egyptian-broked  truce between the Israeli  state  and Hamas  that is a
reflection of the weakening  of the Zionist state, the main pillar  of the
imperialist order in the region. The fact that, the Egyptian ruling class is
 the  "peace" broker between  the  rebelling Palestinians  and  oppressive
Israeli state   just proves  that this class in Egypt  is  serving the same
masters in Washington.. Thus when the Arab ruling class in Jordan or Egypt  is
in trouble the Zionist state role is to save them  by a war. When the
Israeli state is trouble the role of the Arab ruling class is to save it by
illusions of peace deals and cease fires.



The last few years were not very  good for Bush and his local servants in
the region. Not only his administration has failed in Iraq but Israel the
main instrument of the imperialist order in the region has failed miserably
in Lebanon and in Gaza. The weakening of Israel  means that the imperialist
 will shift a gear   and use more diplomacy  and will seek  to rely much
more on Iran as the local policeman along side Israel.

Which means more deals between Hezbollah and Seniora, Israel and Hezbollah,
Israel and Hamas. At least in the immediate future.



However  Iran of today is not the same puppet regime as was the Shah who was
installed in power by a military coup in 1953. Iran is much more independent
and has more options like playing on the revelry among the imperialists .For
this reason, even if the US will strike a deal with Iran it will seek ways
to topple the regime and replace it with more obedient servants. Thus' all
of these deals are very temporary.



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For those who have illusions in Obama in the US this new cease fire may
seems as a step in the right direction. For those who have forgotten, let us
remind them that  the same illusions were spread  during the Oslo agreement.
An agreement that served only Israel and the imperialist who back up the
Israeli state.



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The fact that  the Israeli state is weaker now than it was a few years ago
is something only the pro Zionists will  shed   tears.  For  the
international working class it is a good thing. Israeli settlers colonialist
society is a local imperialist power  and the most important   corner stone
of the imperialist order in the region.



This truce is  not in the service of the Arab masses. There is an old rule
of war: When the enemy is weak it is the best time to fight and win. It is
true of course that in the next few days or weeks the masses in Gaza will be
able to see the sky without fear of new bombs. However, this  truce is
giving Olmert and his friends some breathing space. Not only it is  unlikely
to hold for six months, and it will end as soon as the Israeli ruling class
will think  the  Arab masses are in retreat,  , but this cease fire  does
not  include the West bank and thus the Israeli war against the Palestinians
will continue in the West bank as if it was a different country and not part
of the same country from the river to the sea. Thus this truce is part of
the Israeli design of divide and rule. Not only this,  but   during this
cease fire while the US will provide Israel with new and sophisticated
weapons in particular new  war airplanes , the Egyptian ruling class
undertook on itself  to stop weapons from reaching the Palestinian fighters
in Gaza.



This can be changed by the working class in the US that has the power to
prevent the American imperialists from delivering these new weapons  to
Israel. While  the working class in Egypt  can stop the Egyptian government
from stopping the transfer of weapons to the people in Gaza  to defend
themselves. However today  in general the working class in the Us lacks a
revolutionary consciousness.





For this reason It is important to raise in the US and Europe the demand: No
weapons to Israel! And a the same time to raise in Egypt and the Arab
countries the demand to send weapons to the Palestinians in Gaza.





Clearly Hamas and Hezbollah leadership program that  is based on capitalism
is a program that subordinate the working class and the poor peasants to the
big capital and it   is reaching the point where the masses can begin to see
through it.

These organizations    can not replace the struggle for a socialist
revolution by the  Arab  working class led by a revolutionary party. Only
the working class  has the strength and the interest to transform the
situation from a truce with the Israeli  ruling class to a victory of the
Arab masses led by the Arab working class and its revolutionary party.



For this to happen there is a need to struggle  for a revolutionary working
class party in each state in the Middle East struggling to over throw the
imperialist order  and replace it with the socialist federation of the
Middle East. A federation that will include a Palestinian workers state from
the sea to the river.



 We of the ISL have taken the position of revolutionary defeat for Israel in
the clashes  of  Israel against  Hezbollah and Hamas . We called  on the
international working class  to block with Hezbollah and Hamas against
Israel but at the same time we warned that the Arab working class can not
trust these organization that will seek agreements with imperialism out of
their fear of the working class revolutionary struggle.


2008/6/20, Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com>:
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