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Speakers:
Alan
Woods of
the
International
Marxist
Tendency,
Muayad
Ahmed of
the
Worker
Communist
Party of
Iraq
The
Revolution
in the
Arab
World
and the
Middle
East is
a source
of
inspiration
to
workers
and
young
people
everywhere.
It has
rocked
every
country
in the
Middle
East and
North
Africa
to their
foundations
and its
reverberations
are
being
felt all
over the
world.
These
dramatic
events
mark a
decisive
turning
point in
huma...n
history.
In Egypt
and
Tunisia
we saw
the
power of
the
masses
once
they
move in
a
decisive
manner.
And once
the
regimes
in
Tunisia
and
Egypt
had
fallen a
process
of
international
revolution
was set
in
motion
across
the
whole of
the Arab
world,
from
Morocco
to Iraq
and
beyond.
However,
the
capitalist
class
and its
politicians
are
extremely
concerned
and are
working
to
derail
these
revolutions
so that
they can
regain
control
of the
situation
in this
important
oil-rich
region.
That
explains
the
intervention
in
Libya.
It also
explains
the
brutal
repression
in
Bahrain,
which
has been
tacitly
backed
by the
West.
In spite
of this
the
workers
and
youth of
Tunisia
and
Egypt
keep
moving
forward,
while
other
regimes
in
countries
like the
Yemen,
Jordan,
Syria,
Morocco
are
facing
growing
levels
of
opposition
and mass
protests.
In Iraq
and
Kurdistan
where
corrupt
and
despotic
militia
regimes,
backed
by the
US-UK
invasion,
rule, we
see a
growing
protest
movement.
There
too, the
revolutionary
situation
is grow
and
protesters
are met
with
brutal
measures
and
killed,
with
large
numbers
of them
wounded,
arrested
and
tortured.
What is
evident
from all
this is
the
immense
potential
for
revolution
in the
whole
region.
However,
it is
also
clear
that the
local
ruling
elites,
together
with
their
imperialist
backers,
are
attempting
to
divert,
confuse
and push
into
safe
channels
the
movements
that
have
erupted.
So where
do we go
from
here?
Come and
hear
Alan
Woods,
Political
Editor
of the
In
Defence
of
Marxism
website
and a
leading
cadre of
the
International
Marxist
Tendency,
and
Muayad
Ahmed a
leading
cadre of
the
Worker
Communist
Party of
Iraq &
Editor
of the
‘Alsheoiya
Al-Omalya’
(Worker
Communism)
monthly
paper,
speak on
the way
forward
for the
Revolution
in the
Region.
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