Security Council vote on Chinese Embassy

Rob Schaap rws at comserver.canberra.edu.au
Sat May 15 01:00:30 PDT 1999


Well, Chris, here's one self-styled leftie who agrees with you - about this anyway:


>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.

How fascinating these unpredictably shifting sands would be if the horror of Yugoslavia and its potentials weren't at the bottom of it, eh?

One feels the throttle is open wide, but that there's no-one at the rudder anymore ...

Cheers, Rob.



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