One just has to look at what is happening in Lampedusa to see the hypocrisy of the war manoeuvres in Libya. Western governments, led by France, the USA, Great Britain and followed by Italy, have been ready to bomb in order to protect the Arab people from Gaddafi’s dictatorship. This is the same dictatorship, which the West had praised, recognised and sold arms to, in exchange for generous, guaranteed contracts for energy resources and assurances over the control of migration from Africa. (…)
Statement on NATO attacks on Libya
9 April 2011, byWhile it is accepted that Gaddafi and his model of ruling is autocratic and repressive and cannot be supported by any progressive grouping a few things also need to be stated about NATO and its discourse of humanitarian intervention and let us state them clearly:
Socialist Resistance adopt statements on Arab revolutions and Libya
7 April 2011, bySocialist Resistance, British section of the Fourth International, held a successful and well attended national conference on the 2nd/3rd April 2011, with a session on the impact of the Arab revolutions and the imperialist intervention in Libya. Two resolutions were adopted on the Arab revolutions which are below.
On No Fly Zones as a form of External Military Intervention
5 April 2011, byWhat are the different arguments surrounding the debate on no-fly zones? Should foreign powers ever claim the right to intervene or should the people of a country overthrow their own dictators? Do interventionists not always have alterior motives that could undermine the people’s sovereignty over their struggle and it’s outcomes
Should the left back intervention in Libya?
4 April 2011, byAlex Callinicos published this comment on the 29th of March on Socialist Workker Online.
Barack Obama’s Libya Speech and the Tasks of Anti-Imperialists
1 April 2011, byGilbert Achcar published this comment on the 31st of March.
The Arab revolution must stay in Arab hands - a reply to Gilbert Achcar
30 March 2011, byKevin Ovenden of the Respect party in Britain published this contribution, datelined 26th March, Beirut, on the Socialist Unity website.
End the US-led armed intervention in Libya
30 March 2011, byFocus on the Global South supports the democratic opposition in Libya that seeks to end the 43-year-old dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi. Focus shares the Libyan people’s desire to be free of a corrupt and repressive ruler who does not hesitate to employ massive force against his own people to hang on to power.
Focus cannot, however, support the massive armed intervention launched by the United States, France, and Britain on Sunday, March 20.
A “No Fly Zone” to protect civilians is one (…)
Support the Arab peoples in struggle – No to the bombardment of Libya!
30 March 2011, byFrom Tunisia and Egypt, to the Yemen and Syria, passing through Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the people are rising up en masse to bring down authoritarian dictatorial regimes. For more than a month now, hundreds of thousands of Libyans peacefully have been taking to the streets calling for the end of the Gaddafi regime.
From the Left: Is U.S. intervention justified in Libya?
30 March 2011, bySocialistWorker.org columnist Lance Selfa, editor of The Struggle for Palestine, critiques calls to support Western military intervention in Libya from several left-wing writers.