Security Council vote on Chinese Embassy

[Chris Burford]

Leftists tend to ignore struggles at the United Nations because they are
not revolutionary enough and, as dogmatists, they cannot work through the
subtleties and the code with which power relations shift.

Of course China, even with Russian support, had little chance of getting
the Security Council to pass a motion of outright condemnation against the
vetoes of the other permanent members. 

But it has succeeded in forcing the Security Council to continue discussing
the question and  eventually to pass a motion of regret. That is a shift in
power relations however small, and should not be ignored by progressive
people on the grounds that to pay attention to this, is reformist.

Chris Burford

London