The call of the Libyan insurrectonists in Benghazi for a "no-fly zone" and the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution 1973 that claimed to implement such a zone in order to "protect the civilian population" provoked a sharp discussion among anti-imperialists on what attitude to adopt. Here Gilbert Achcar responds to the debate following his remarks in an interview published in International Viewpoint and elsewhere arguing that it was not possible to oppose the UN motion.
2nd Reply to Alex Callinicos
27 January 2005, byGilbert Achcar replies to Alex Callinicos’ second letter.
"In this case you have no influence on me..."
26 January 2005, byAlex Callinicos resumes his polemical exchange with Gilbert Achcar: "You are very keen to discover (in my case imaginary) inconsistencies in others, yet your own position is hardly straightforward".
Supporting Iraq’s Right to Resist Occupation
23 January 2005, byThe US International Socialist Organisation (ISO) has come out strongly in support of the position for ’solidarity with the resistance’. Socialist Worker columnist SHARON SMITH explains their position.
Letter to Gilbert Achcar
23 January 2005, byAlex Callinicos takes issue with Gilbert Achcar’s article on the preparations for the Iraq elections, published on the this site (Issue 363) and on ZNet.