Class Struggle and This Thing Called the Middle East - Melancholic Trogladytes
A collection of articles on varied aspects of class struggle, history and culture in the region.
Contents:
By way of a Preface
1. Afghanistan: A Potted Social History
2. Reservation Politics: The Palestinian Experience through the Historical Monocle of Native Americans
3. Hydro-Jihad: Water Conflict and the Class Struggle
4. Uncle Louis, his Fruits and Vegetables: A Proletarian Critique of the Nation of Islam
A Critique of Psychoanalytic Film Analysis: The Case of the Alien Quartet
Abstract: Using the Alien Quartet as a case study, the present text has set itself the task of undermining the main tenets of Freudianism as it has latched itself onto the defenseless facade of film theory. My aim is to demonstrate the massive harm wrought upon radical film analysis by the alien 'face-huggers' of the netherworld.
Reservation Politics: the Palestinian experience through the historical monocle of Native Americans - Melancholic Troglodytes
Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 16 2007 14:10
An historical examination of the similarities and differences in the situations of the Palestinians and the Native Americans.
"Our historical analogy aimed to demonstrate the failure of the present course of action for the region’s proletariat and suggest an alternative. It is the social and not the military dimension of the struggle that has the potential to transcend capital."
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Syrian-Lebanese dispute and its implications for the class struggle, 1500-2003 - Melacholic Troglodytes
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 22 2007 08:30
Melancholic Troglodytes' pamphlet covering the history of the Syrian/Lebanese dispute from 1500-2003.
Godfathers of Levant
Syrian-Lebanese dispute and its implications for the class struggle
The Zanj slaves rebellion, AD 869-883
Submitted by Mike Harman on Jul 4 2007 18:40
A history of the Zanj slave rebellion - East African slaves in Mesopotamia during the 9th century. These events took place around Basra, in modern day Iraq.
Zapping the Zanj: Towards a History of the Zanj Slaves' Rebellion
Revised on: 16 October 2002. This is an ongoing investigation. Credible sources regarding the Zanj are hard to come by. Melancholic Troglodytes would appreciate any assistance from readers.
The Neoliberal Wars - Treason pamphlet
Warfare has significantly changed in the last thirty years. From 1945 until about 1975 most wars were
part of the worldwide movement of decolonisation that saw the formation of dozens of new states in
Africa and Asia. Since then most wars have been civil wars within the decolonised countries, sometimes
A proletarian critique of the Nation of Islam - Melancholic Troglodytes
This is a proletarian critique of the U.S. based Nation of Islam (NOI). With anything between 20,000 and 100,000 members and capable of engineering massive reactionary mobilizations, the Nation represents a significant counter-revolutionary force. The pamphlet looks at NOI's history and evolution, the way it exploits its membership and its promotion of anti-working class, sexist, homophobic and racist ideology. Melancholic Troglodytes hope this text will encourage further analysis of NOI, religion and race from a class perspective.
1) GENERAL HISTORICAL SKETCH
The impact of slavery
Hydro-jihad: water conflict and the class struggle - Melancholic Troglodytes
Submitted by libcom on May 20 2006 23:08
The Iraq War underlined the significance of three main commodities in the Middle East, namely: labour power, oil and water. This text investigates the role of water in relation to the class struggle.
"To the man who refuses his surplus water, Allah will say: 'Today, I refuse thee my favor, just as thou refused the surplus of something that thou hadst not made thyself."
The Afghan Crisis and the Transformation of Bourgeois Law - Melancholic Troglodytes
The Afghan Crisis and the Transformation of Bourgeois Law
"For the abolition of moral fetishes can only be accomplished in practice simultaneously with the abolition of commodity fetishism and legal fetishism." Pashukanis, Marxism & Law, 1929
2001: Pakistan - The Mummification of the Class Struggle - Melancholic Troglodytes
Submitted by libcom on May 20 2006 11:04
Pakistan: The Mummification of the Class Struggle?
"The highest heroic effort of which old society is till capable of is national war; and this is now proved to be a mere humbug, intended to deter the struggle of classes, and to be thrown aside as soon as that class s
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