Each month, the monthly libertarian Alternative reproduces the editorial of the Alsatian
journal In Counter Current , which in turn reproduces the editorial AL. To contact these
comrades: ACC, BP 2123, 68060 Mulhouse Cedex. ---- The wind storms from the south ---- It
gusty swirling, amazing friends of Ben Ali and Mubarak who believed another "ride the
tiger" by claiming that the Tunisian and Egyptian peoples were now ripe for Western
democracy. Then they made a wry face when the Muslim Brotherhood were carried at the head
of the country. Next, by accommodating, they believed that these neoliberal new kind would
also be complacent against them as their stooges Qatar and Saudi Arabia. They also took
the opportunity to intervene militarily in Libya, thus insured business would resume as
before.
Blinded by their own arrogance, they could not discern that this devastating sirocco was
its strength in the social disruption they themselves had raised unemployment, poverty and
daily humiliations. Social despair turned into burst of dignity, in indignation and
protests in revolt against the negligence of the Islamist leaders. Against the barbarism
of the Syrian regime have become insurgents. This whole area is an area of ??storms that
try to contain the dominant castes and their Western allies, Russia and Iran.
The turmoil in successive storms, then crossed the more easily the Mediterranean as
worshipers liquidity to the markets believe power, blows social regression, deleverage
states. Taking advantage of the crisis, "they insist these cannibals" to accelerate their
deleterious remedies: first in Greece and then in all European countries. Cracking, cracks
in the state apparatus, experts called in, such as Mario Draghi and Monti bankers, social
liberals succeed in the liberal right and vice versa. Nothing works. Squalls seep through
the cracks. In Greece, the rejection of politicians has given rise SYRIZA and fire against
the nazis of Golden Dawn. In Spain, fractures d?glinguent regional federalism. Portugal
1.5 million demonstrators and protesters evoking the Carnation Revolution booed Merkel and
the Troika. Italy is even more ungovernable. The United Kingdom under the rule of Cameron
emerges from Europe flickering. Merkel dominatrix remains adamant. Holland, cushy austere
apply to keep a calm facade.
The south wind causes chaos for hours. " The old man did not want to die and just nine
unborn . " The bowels of the peoples not yet emerging political radical social
transformation. Headwinds causing a daunting turmoil in Syria or elsewhere a zephyr more
or less soothing to the popular classes are resigned, Byzantine quarrels are against
productive time is active solidarity.
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