[2011.04.24] - As'ad abukhalil q&a 1/6 - Opening remarks @ jammoul.net [with eng subs 30%]

Do you hear me? Test Do You here me? OK. [Beeps indicates Chatroom responses] Good Morning first. On My wife on behalf and my sister Mirvat in Beirut. Salute to you all. First I have to admit that it I don't find it easy to be here and talk about current events in the Arab World. I woke up early to follow events in Syria, Yemen and other Arab Countries. I wouldn't say that I was somewhat frustrated, rather I felt deep resentement at features of ongoing counter revolution raging in full swing. It is important now that we work together... "we" is not restricted to a leftist leadership. as would Lenin put it. but includes all of us. No seperation is made between the public. and what is called intellectuals. (I don't like this Leninistic term) We need to elaborate a radical leftist understanding of the core grounds of the Arabic uprisings... In order that these Arabic uprisings turn into actual revolutions. wich is still not the case for now. I have to say it can't be a revolution when Tantawi is in power in Cairo. not to forget several Arabic countries. I shoudn't be long. But when I see "Jammoul", and I appear on this dear site. I feel a personnal, a humane and ethical duty. I lost a dear camarade and friend in May 1978. I try to overcome my tears as I recall this. Camarade Iyad Nour-Al-din Al Moudawar, aka Ihab. and Camarade Raji did an operation in May 1978 that lauched the Lebanese Resitance Front (Jammoul) against the occupation and facism in South-Lebanon. I can't recall my friend Ihab, without feeling failure ... as I am alive. I welcome now questions from the audiance. Q from AlHakim: what do you mean by Anarchy? what is your program? We read you critisizing everyone, but we never read a program. Can your articles bring change? I don't want