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Why is the Irish Left silent on the Holocaust of Sirte?

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Thursday October 06, 2011 19:23

by An Draighneán Donn

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Sirte has become the Guernica of the 21st century. The bombing it has been subjected to surpasses Gaza and even Fallujah for its criminal targeting of civilian homes, hospitals, utilities such as water, gas and oil, etc. And yet, while the people of Sirte face extermination by gangs who have already lynched and ethnically cleansed thousands of Black people, the Irish Left maintains a cold silence towards this agony. Why?

The people of Sirte are now completely surrounded by hostile forces. From the sea, they are bombarded by NATO war ships. From the air, death is rained down on them in the form of high explosive, white phosphorus and depleted uranium, by land, they are surrounded on three sides by racist lynch mobs and Nato "special forces." These mobs firing randomly into a crowded city from tanks and heavy artillery. And yet, the spirit of the people of Sirte has not been broken. The spirit of No Pasaran holds the line.

What a contrast from the Spanish Civil war, when the Irish Left had the courage to stand up to Fascist Imperialism. Today, the Irish Left skulks in silence and guilt - afraid to speak out.

Why? Could it be that the Irish Left foolishly put high hopes in the so called "Arab Spring," and now that we see that the only result of this "Arab Spring" is total military dictatorship in Egypt and the Nato Holocaust of Libya, the Irish Left are just keeping their guilty heads down, hoping for the whole thing to pass over?

Or, could it be that certain elements in the Right are correct? That the Irish Left never even cared about Palestinians. After all, the Irish Left usually collaborated with British occupation in Ireland. Could it be that what motives the Irish Left in their condemnations of the bombing of Gaza is merely anti-Jewish hatred? They don't give a damn about the Palestinians themselves.

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Comments (35 of 35)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	The War Against Direct Democracy	An DD	Thu Oct 06, 2011 19:37
2	Eyewitness from Bani Walid	An DD	Thu Oct 06, 2011 19:53
3	No excuse this time	An DD	Thu Oct 06, 2011 19:57
4	The Real Dictators	An Draighneán Donn	Fri Oct 07, 2011 16:17
5	Sirte - a city in ruins from Nato Nazi bombing	An Draighneán Donn	Fri Oct 07, 2011 18:44
6	The Bravest of the Brave	An Draighneán Donn	Sat Oct 08, 2011 01:56
7	Nato helicopters engaged in attack on Sirte	An Draighneán Donn	Sat Oct 08, 2011 03:41
8	the inversion of language...	opus diablos	Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:19
9	Gaddafi showed the way for Third World Resistance	An DD	Sat Oct 08, 2011 20:25
10	Libyan Resistance is the Light of the World	An Draighneán Donn	Sat Oct 08, 2011 21:12
11	The Destruction of Libya by Nato Nazi Scum	An Draighneán Donn	Mon Oct 10, 2011 02:28
12	Native American people show the way	An Draighneán Donn	Mon Oct 10, 2011 02:35
13	The Light of the World	An Draighneán Donn	Mon Oct 10, 2011 23:04
14	Nato Genocide	An Draighneán Donn	Tue Oct 11, 2011 05:25
15	Reply	The Answer	Tue Oct 11, 2011 19:38
16	irish left? what irish left?	independent republican	Tue Oct 11, 2011 23:39
17	You said it	An Draighneán Donn	Wed Oct 12, 2011 00:41
18	The Divine Voice of Righteous Fury	An Draighneán Donn	Wed Oct 12, 2011 01:31
19	Some Socialists still have Courage	An Draigneán Donn	Wed Oct 12, 2011 03:35
20	Incredible Resistance in Sirte	An Draighneán Donn	Fri Oct 14, 2011 07:19
21	How the Left was Duped	An Draighneán Donn	Fri Oct 14, 2011 23:27
22	Even the BBC has given up on the Nato rats in Sirte	An Draigneán Donn	Sun Oct 16, 2011 02:53
23	NATO's NAZI-like destruction of Sirte	me	Sun Oct 16, 2011 03:08
24	Latest (non MSM) news from Libya - Oct 15th	me	Sun Oct 16, 2011 18:54
25	IF . . .	me	Sun Oct 16, 2011 19:11
26	Who is behind the Nato Rats	An Draighneán Donn	Mon Oct 17, 2011 05:01
27	The Heroic Defense of Sirte Continues	An Draighneán Donn	Wed Oct 19, 2011 09:15
28	Sirte: A Tale of Heroism and Bravery	An Draighneán Donn	Thu Oct 20, 2011 19:25
29	ok, ADD..	opus diablos	Thu Oct 20, 2011 19:55
30	Silent?	An Draighneán Donn	Fri Oct 21, 2011 01:33
31	dry your powder, ADD	opus diablos	Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:23
32	misrata: before and after the humanitarian mission	Serf	Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:04
33	yep	opus diablos	Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:15
34	Easily Done.	Swanky Yankee Doodle Dandy.	Fri Oct 21, 2011 13:40
35	nice one SYDD	opus diablos	Fri Oct 21, 2011 14:05

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