Thursday, September 05, 2013

Food for thought

The futility of revolution without real purpose --The New York Times reported (25/08/13), reported "Promises of Arab Spring Prove Elusive". The author writes, " It is clear that the region's old status quo, dominated by rulers who fixed elections and quashed dissent, has been fundamentally damaged, if not overthrown,
since the outbreak of the Arab Spring uprisings. What is unclear is the replacement model. Most of the uprisings have devolved into bitter struggles over the relationship between the military and the government, the role of religion, and what it means to be a citizen." The real reason for the apparent lack of success is the fact that there has been no real understanding of the problem, the capitalist mode of production, and the only alternative, socialism. John Ayers.


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