Venue: Manning Clarke Centre, ANU
Presented by Resistance
People across the Arab world have been inspired by the example of Tunisia and Egypt. In Libya people have started a revolution. Stifling political repression, corruption, nepotism and flamboyant lifestyles enjoyed overseas by Gaddafi’s children, have proved too much.
What has led to this new Libyan revolution is the degeneration of the regime born of the 1969 revolution into “crony capitalism”. The same greedy and powerful Western interests that first attacked and then propped up the Gaddafi regime are preparing for a change of tack — including considering direct military intervention. Hopefully the makers of the new Libyan revolution will heed the lessons of their own history.