We see in this crisis how the defeat of working class struggle in different places affect one another:
In Bahrain, one of the most inspiring Arab Spring movements occupied tge main national square nonviolent in the hundreds of thousands, until an invasion by Saudi Arabia - totally illegal under international law, but without much protest from the rest of the world - crushed the Revolt in a country with an enormous naval base hosting the US 7th fleet. The impunity with which Saudi Arabia was ablevto Korean into Bahrain undoubtedly emboldened them in their subsequent attack on Yemen. That Bahrain is under control enables it to be used as a base for US attacks on Iran today. The crushing of Palestinian resistance enables Israel to expand into Lebanon and to attack Iran. The crushing of the Iranian proletariat allows Bahrain among others to be attacked by Iran. And do on. Of course all of this is predicated on keeping the US working class out of power and blocking US left movements from changing the direction of that country, and the ability to portray the Islamic Republic government as a danger - much easier than a working class led democracy would be to demonize - allows the US to bomb Iran. Of course, the opposite might also be true - success of working class revolution in one place may emboldened, inspire and assist it in other places. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#41342): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/41342 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/118665198/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
