Prabir Purkayastha
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UN’s Syria Vote: Kings And Ex-Colonial Powers Champion “Democracy” By Prabir Purkayastha
The irony of the Gulf monarchies fighting for ‘democracy’ is not lost on the people. Neither is an Iraqi- or Libyan-style military intervention for bringing democracy to the region. No wonder that the US and other Western countries rejected out of hand Russia’s amendments, one of which asked for democracy, not just in Syria but… Continue reading
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Video: Why Syria Matters: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha
Syria is the last remaining representative of Arab nationalism as it used to be understood historically. It still calls itself socialist. Even though it has implemented a great deal of neoliberal reform, the state sector is still dominant. It bans, literally bans, religion from politics. It will not recognize the existence of religious political parties.… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 29-30 November 2011
30 November 2011 — williambowles.info Maybe updated as the day wears on… 30 November 2011SYRIA: The Orwellian “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) used to Justify “Regime Change” and All Out War GlobalResearch.ca Today at 16:22 False pretences of humanitarianism are being used with a twisted legal regime in a plan for regime change against Syria. Continue reading
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On Syria, Democracy, and Imperialism By Prabir Purkayastha
The people want a say in the way their countries are being run and they want it now. The problem is that this allows various forces to play — an initial Libyan democratic upsurge can rapidly transform to an armed rebellion and later to a Western military intervention, ostensibly to protect the civilian population, but… Continue reading
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The West’s Aim in Libya: Interview with Aijaz Ahmad By Prabir Purkayastha
Aijaz Ahmad: The real issue — Gaddafi can live without Benghazi — still is the oil. . . . Continue reading
The New Dark Age 