Re: [Marxism] Early reports on Zimbabwe strike are ambiguous

["Sayan Bhattacharyya" <ok.president+marxmail@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/4/07, Fred Feldman <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All these arguments carry the added presumption that the current regime is
> so bad that there is nothing worth defending at present in the
> independence
> and sovereignty of Zimbabwe, so relying on the imperialists as the most
> powerful force in pushing  Mugabe out.  After all if the people can't or
> won't or are not ready for whatever reason to remove him at present, what
> else can one do but call on those who have the will to do the job?   And
> critics who may be well-intentioned democrats turn themselves
> into  Chalabis
> for the imperialist drive against Zimbabwe.



But is anyone on the left calling on the imperialists to do the job? I think
the demand from the left should be to put pressure on South Africa (Mbeki)
to cease supporting Mugabe. If South Africa withdraws its support, then
Mugabe might fall without any western intervention at all.
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