Green book

[Dimentio]

Look, al-Qadhafi could also write! (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8744/readgb.htm)

Seriously what do you think about al-Qadhafi. Is he a reactionary, a progressive or an odd third positionist?

[RevolutionaryMarxist]

I'd say reactionary/dictator.

[Johnny Anarcho]

Proggressive or odd third positionist. Either way its nice to see a Socialist voice in my religion.

[Severian]

Left-leaning bourgeois nationalist - and now a client regime of U.S. and British imperialism.

[Honggweilo]

Mixture of Left Populism, Ba'athism, Islamic theocracy, but still bourgeois nevertheless. Although the democratic process is based on a somekind of socialist participatory model, the means of productions are still private enterprises in general, alot run by overseas multinationals aswell. He may have supported the IRA and the PLFP in the past but has gone to oppertunism to seek economic gains. I could be lightly compared to an islamitic chavez in his early years

[Guerrilla22]

He's nothing more than a reactionary, nationalist, anti -semite. Now he's suddenly coddling up to the US and the UK, what an asshole.

[Connolly]

He's a fucking wanker.

My father lives in Libya, and he hates him, along with every other Libyan.

Nobody can speak out against him. He sends spies and escorts to make sure, for example, that those Libyans studying outside the country do not speak out against his regime.

All Emails and mail are monitored to make sure there is no content against his regime.

Him and his family plunder the wealth of the nation, which happens to be the richest in Africa due to oil revenue, on huge houses and luxury cars.

His socialism is nothing but a complete SHAM. I read his "green book" and its actually agreeable - ITS A PITTY HE DOSNT PRACTICE WHAT HE PREACHES.

Much of the Libyan people are quite poor, the infrastructure is quite bad (for example railways have been in the "planning stages" for about 20years now without anything being done). Compulsory purchase orders are used very frequently to dislocate residents and farmers land. The people arnt allowed leave or enter the country freely. etc etc etc (the usual characteristics of a one man, one party dictatorship.)

He has supported the IRA which included giving them arms. In one particular operation, a world famous Irish race horse was stolen and shipped to Libya to be sold for IRA funding (as far as I know).

He has supported the PLO and all Libyan passports are valid in occupied Palistine.

He has had numerous wars and skirmishes, including the invasion and war with Chad from 1970's-90's, a border conflict with Egypt and got bombed by the US in 1986.

He has kept the nation stable however and active resistence to his regime is minimal.

[Dimentio]

The contrast between his book and his practices are quite astonishing, indeed. But I know a lot of Swedish anarchists[!] who likes the guy.

[Connolly]

But I know a lot of Swedish anarchists[!] who likes the guy.

Thats odd.
Why is that?

I would expect anarchists to be anti-dictator.

He has some character though with his bright yellowy tropical T-shirts and his special female elite body guards who dress in gray fatigues (all for show though, they arnt actually his body guards).

[ZX3]

Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2006 02:22 am
Look, al-Qadhafi could also write! (http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8744/readgb.htm)

Seriously what do you think about al-Qadhafi. Is he a reactionary, a progressive or an odd third positionist?

A progressive, of course. Like all progressives and its attempts reshape society, he winds up doing just that. Then he is *****ed at because it didn't work, and denied his membership in the club. Chavez will be like that in a few years.

[Dimentio]

Libya is a sandbox, inhabitated by nomadic tribes.

[Johnny Anarcho]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2006 02:37 pm
Libya is a sandbox.
What are you, an Iraq Veteran.

[Dimentio]

^^

No, I tried to make a humouros remark about why Russia, China, Kazakstan, Kambodja and other societies which have installed "progressive" regimes have failed, due to their then-current level of development.

I am sorry if I was insulting. It was not my intention at all. But you must agree that Libya indeed is mostly desert.