In a message dated 10/22/01 4:34:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, debsian@pacbell.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">On the Socialist Alliance Press Group, Socialist Workers Party member Tim Nicholls of Lewisham attempted to justify his organisation’s refusal to condemn the September 11 terrorist outrages in the USA. This provoked a lively and enlightening exchange, including a rebuttal http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/403/apologetics.html#rebuttal from Dave Osler. Michael Pugliese </BLOCKQUOTE> A similar debate has been taking place in Argentina.  The head of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo expressed tha she felt joy when she heard of the attack.  Other Latin American leftists called bin Laden a revolutionary and the attack an example of class struggle.  Their justification is they felt that their children had been avenged.  The Madres is an organization of parents of the victims of the Argentine (US Backed) war on terrorism against leftist organizations. http://www.rebelion.org/ (in Spanish) Sergio Lopez</HTML>