[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Anti-Empire Report, February 3, 2011

[C. G. Estabrook]

 From Trotsky's /History of the Russian Revolution/, vol. 1 "The Overthrow of 
Tzarism," ch. 7 "Five Days" (February 23-27, 1917):

Throughout the entire day, crowds of people poured from one part of the city to 
another. They were persistently dispelled by the police, stopped and crowded 
back by cavalry detachments and occasionally by infantry. Along with shouts of 
“Down with the police!” was heard oftener and oftener a “Hurrah!” addressed to 
the Cossacks. That was significant. Toward the police the crowd showed ferocious 
hatred. They routed the mounted police with whistles, stones, and pieces of ice. 
In a totally different way the workers approached the soldiers. Around the 
barracks, sentinels, patrols and lines of soldiers stood groups of working men 
and women exchanging friendly words with the army men. This was a new stage, due 
to the growth of the strike and the personal meeting of the worker with the 
army. Such a stage is inevitable in every revolution. But it always seems new, 
and does in fact occur differently every time: those who have read and written 
about it do not recognise the thing when they see it. 
/<http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1930/hrr/ch07.htm>/

On 2/3/11 5:46 PM, Morton K. Brussel wrote:
>  Excruciating reports today of what is happening in Egypt to quell
>  the anti Mubarak demonstrations. The military there is taking
>  charge, conniving with the help of its mentors in D.C. Worse than
>  ominous. Here's Blum's reflections on U.S. policy. --mkb
>
>  Begin forwarded message:
>
> > *From: *BBlum6 at aol.com <mailto:BBlum6 at aol.com> *Date: *February 3,
> > 2011 3:57:04 PM CST *To: *bblum6 at aol.com <mailto:bblum6 at aol.com>
> > *Subject: **Anti-Empire Report, February 3, 2011 *
> >
> > Anti-Empire Report, February 3, 2011
> >
> >
> > http://www.killinghope.org/bblum6/aer90.html
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