Furthermore, when the Western liberal defenders of peace in the Middle East oppose, among Palestinians, the democrats committed to compromise and peace and the Hamas radical fundamentalists, they fail to see the genesis of these two poles: the long and systematic endeavour by Israel and the USA to weaken the Palestinians by way of undermining the leading position of al Fatah, the endeavour which, up to 5 or 6 years ago, included even the financial support of Hamas. The sad result is that Palestinians are now divided between the Hamas fundamentalism and the Fatah corruption: the weakened al Fatah is no longer the hegemonic force which truly represents the substantial longings of the Palestinians (and is as such in a position to conclude peace); it is more and more perceived by the majority of Palestinians as what it is, a crippled puppet supported by the USA as the representative of the “democratic” Palestinians. Similarly, while the US worried about Sadam’s basically secular authoritarian regime in Iraq, the “talibanization” of their ally Pakistan progressed slowly but inexorably: Taliban’s control now already spreads over parts of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city The disappearance of the class struggle and the (re)appearance of anti-Semitism are thus two sides of the same coin, since the presence of the anti-Semitic figure of the “Jew” is only comprehensible against the background of the absence of class struggle. Walter Benjamin (to whom Milner himself refers as to an authority, and who stands precisely for a Marxist Jew who remains faithful to the religious dimension of Jewishness and is thus not a “Jew of knowledge”) said long ago that every rise of Fascism bears witness to a failed revolution – this thesis not only still holds today, but is perhaps more pertinent than ever. Liberals like to point out similarities between Left and Right “extremisms”: Hitler’s terror and camps imitated Bolshevik terror, the Leninist party is today alive in al Qaida – yes, but what does all this mean? It can also be read as an indication of how Fascism literally replaces (takes the place of) the Leftist revolution: its rise is the Left’s failure, but simultaneously a proof that there was a revolutionary potential, dissatisfaction, which the Left was not able to mobilize. Pra quem tiver paciência, várias pancadas na moleira, concordando ou discordando.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:56:32 +0000
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