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SWP support Hamas "coup"

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Wednesday June 20, 2007 13:12author by newshound Report this post to the editors

Article from British Socialist Worker

Hamas’s victory in Gaza is a blow to Bush’s plans

by Simon Assaf

The stunning military victory by the Palestinian Hamas movement over the rival Fatah organisation in the Gaza Strip last week was a strike against imperialism in the Middle East.

The US and its allies have described the Islamist group Hamas’s driving out of Fatah from Gaza as a “military coup” aimed at creating a “mini Taliban state”.

It is nothing of the sort. Hamas is the democratically elected Palestinian government. Its victory last week stopped an attempted military takeover sponsored by the US and its Israeli and Egyptian allies.

Read full article at: http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=12130

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Government Coup!     Guy de Cervens    Wed Jun 20, 2007 13:44 
   Coup or not?     coupwatch    Wed Jun 20, 2007 15:05 
   SWP's uncritical Attitude to Political Islam & Terrorism     Dub    Wed Jun 20, 2007 15:43 
   Socialist analysis     Tom Joad    Wed Jun 20, 2007 16:18 
   Class Analysis     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:02 
   Some views on the 'civil war' and issues of class     MichaelY    Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:17 
   Michael Y Does Not Speak For The IPSC     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:22 
   IPSC alarm at EU and US attitude to recent events in Palestine     MichaelY    Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:38 
   IPSC Alarm At Michael Y Continuing To Misuse Their Name     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 11:49 
 10   Pointless to contnue this nonsense     MichaelY    Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:08 
 11   Support National liberation     left observer    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:53 
 12   "left" observor     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 14:25 
 13   Lord preserve us     Bronstein    Fri Jun 22, 2007 14:35 
 14   Bronstein     Erich Muehsam    Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:13 
 15   only saying     left observer    Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:21 
 16   left observor     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:29 
 17   left observer is wrong     sp member    Fri Jun 22, 2007 15:44 
 18   where do i start     left observer    Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:13 
 19   left observor.     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:20 
 20   left observer is wrong again     sp member    Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:35 
 21   Jimmy Carter has called the rejection by the West of Hamas's election victory 'criminal'     MichaelY    Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:50 
 22   Michael Y     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 16:57 
 23   You should be interested.     MichaelY    Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:17 
 24   Hypocrisy of the Left     Jay    Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:30 
 25   ok     left ob    Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:45 
 26   reply     Jay    Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:55 
 27   left ob     Dorothy Gale    Fri Jun 22, 2007 17:56 
 28   The right of the right and the left of the left     MichaelY    Fri Jun 22, 2007 18:12 
 29   michael. . .     Jay    Fri Jun 22, 2007 20:05 
 30   long way from kansas     left observer    Fri Jun 22, 2007 20:44 
 31   left ob     Dorothy Gale    Sat Jun 23, 2007 18:55 
 32   Fatah and Hamas     Felix Quigley    Mon Jun 25, 2007 09:24 
 33   How comfortable     Tony    Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:04 
 34   Tony     Dorothy Gale    Mon Jun 25, 2007 13:13 
 35   Did Hamas react to US coup plans?     Felix Quigley    Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:50 
 36   further evidence of fatah's collusion with imperialism     left observer    Mon Jun 25, 2007 16:13 
 37   why I'm not as left as I was     jeff    Mon Jun 25, 2007 20:55 
 38   Fresh Air? UNISON says HERE.     PaddyK    Wed Jun 27, 2007 02:03 
 39   Oh dear     Tony    Wed Jun 27, 2007 13:09 
 40   Eh?     Tony the Tiger    Wed Jun 27, 2007 13:35 
 41   The Left must enforce these Boycotts now, and we must support.     PaddyK    Thu Jun 28, 2007 01:52 
 42   Again Tony....     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jun 28, 2007 09:51 
 43   What is the issue here?     Aragon    Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:27 
 44   Western right and left - similarities     Aragon    Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:35 
 45   Aragon     pat c    Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:45 
 46   Did I?     Tony    Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:50 
 47   Palestinian Election     Aragon    Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:08 
 48   Tony     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:26 
 49   Israeli city removes Sudanese refugees     pat c    Thu Jun 28, 2007 14:54 
 50   Jolly Red Faced     Dub swp    Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:34 
 51   ultra leftism     guydebordisdead    Fri Jun 29, 2007 13:58 
 52   For your information...     Jolly Red Giant    Fri Jun 29, 2007 14:01 
 53   Hal Draper's take on it     Revolutionary repeatist    Fri Jun 29, 2007 20:32 
 54   Sick of trendy western revolutionaries     Ali    Sun Jul 01, 2007 04:46 
 55   The Cats Dream     Aragon    Mon Jul 02, 2007 15:20 
 56   I don't think people really get the nuances of all the political groups & associated armed wings     hmmmmm    Mon Jul 02, 2007 16:17 
 57   Support the national liberation struggle     L O    Tue Jul 03, 2007 17:33 
 58   Ah now chill out please     Jim Higgins    Tue Jul 03, 2007 17:43 
 59   Barak is a WMD. Stop him.     PaddyK    Wed Jul 04, 2007 00:02 


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