Arab revolution means jihad is over
“Socialism is what it is everywhere — weak and still trying to get its political bearings. The idea that in the Middle East the ‘masses’ can quickly become socialist, unleash a ‘process of permanent revolution’, and offer a socialist alternative can not but function in socialist observers to dissolve political standards, critical faculties and sober political judgment — and replace them with open-mouthed credulity and naivety towards political Islam." ( Solidarity 3/199) Socialism is never the same thing anywhere. The Arab people want to be unafraid to speak and organise. They might well want...