A letter from Michael Nolan: Recent events in the Arab revolution

Press (November Parkins Pales contained a great deal Dormine ana lmportan lormation about the colonialist regime that exists there.

We know only too well that such are the methods colonialist and imperialist alles from Ireland to Aden Lo veran However, it is important to say the story: off the dotelopide Not the develoding struggle is responsible for The Arab ression Revolution, le struggle against imperialist proughout th world, is PalesUlllan people against Zionist colonico Hatan and the other explicity organize se ere failure rezimes. oola reacuonar ana progressive", to wage a success struggle Zionism The Palestinian rely make nave also neronereo une cas. contradictions throughout the Middle East, including Israel itself The growing success of the movemeni since the launch ever arger and more ane launca ever larger frequent attacks is the back round o of ores Press acibe the article.

At the same umne une existence of discinlined and dedicated armed fighters provides s an alternative source political power in the mis is cony the reactionary Arab regimes Tordan, have constantly suppress guerrilla the Wahdad refugee camo in the Amman, efforts were made too thivoke a fight in order to ted guerrillas Ine •DOOT rerucees themselves, and many ot those killed defending thesseins fores weren King refugee camp. including un armed teenagers Le Danen represented a further Recent events effort suppress liberation fighters the corrup olearcay that rules tnere. complete v committed mperialism and utterly incap able of doing anything to aid Path during these evened the people.

patchese a by Arafat Cairo Fatah pitimplete neutralit!

neutrality wanting.

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in the end left the position of he guerrillas little more secure than it was before.

This has shown clearly that not only hostile Lebanese bourgeoisie liberation hostent, but athe defeat that class necessary aganst zionise torces wage Succecctill struggle orcer Already the torces ol act this have been this setback for the guerPress of November 1s that members of one ot° the guer intends execute is significant in important to note, however that group was posible for une provocal last November ane mav r have been set up by Hussein himself.

The reactionary forces are not strong enough to persecute nulne querril. groups "+ Husse obviously hopes that this will be a step in that direce lessons of these events clear.

The struggle against Zionism cannot oe separated Irom That against imperialism as a whole Nor can the cass contradio tons of the Arab world be from the struggle against Zionism.

though secuions of the Ara are currently providing th ratat lominance successtully.

Recent events ine This is why it is misleading of the Workers Press to assert, as it did in the issue of November 14, that Nasser's envoy 'will doubtless insist in Moscow that no deal will be made with US imperialism at the expense of the Arab people' Nasser is behaving with all the classic indecisiveness of the petty bourgeoisie in the present situation.

He oscillates between support for the November 1967 UN resolution, which is a complete sell-out for the Palestinian people, and a militant anti-Zionist stance.

Nasserism is not a reliable ally of the Palestinian Revolution and is no more capable than any of the other petty-bourgeois regimes or movements of bringing the revolution to success.

Whatever the opinions of most Arabs on this question, it is important for Marxists to point it out now.

Recent developments indicate that the mobilization of the Arab masses in the areas contiguous to Palestine is an inevitable producti of the struggle against Zionism, as well as a necessary condition for its success.

The Democratic Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, established last February, is already engaged in political work with this fact in mind.

The liberation movement will have to retain a clear idea of who are its enemies and who are its friends in the many problems it will have to face in the coming months.

Long live the Palestinian Revolution!

• Nationalize the oil monopolies!

• For a Socialist United States of the Middle East!