from the Syrian intervention.
and the Palestinian Resistance for the immediate and unconditional withplete support.
months of civil war during which the left and the Resistance have failed to put forward an alternative policy to meet the needs of the Lebanese and Palestinian masses.
Suicidal Thus while the population of effort has been exerted towards a has allowed them to sidesteo tni. question. It is this which enables to appeal for a 'neutral' (1) military intervention by France Egyptian regime. The consequences In this situation we express our complete solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinian people. Syria's action - which threatens the verv existence of this struggle - must be denounced. The demand put torward by the lett-wing Lebanese Torces drawal of the Syrian Army has our comIn clearly taking this position, however, we do not for one moment endorse the positions of these political organisations. The present situation is the result of 14 Lebanon have been faced for years with common social problems (under-employment, appalling living conditions, etc.), no social programme which could unite Christians and Moslems, Lebanese and Palestinians has been put forward. No systematic politicisation of the masses.
On the contrary, the search for an alliance with the Moslem bourgeoisie Kemal Jumblatt, the leader of the left, NAME.
By developing this suicidal approach - in which President Assad of Syria has until recently been portrayed as a friend and ally - the Islamo-progressive' camp has paved the way for the Syrians to intervene without provoking a mass uprising. It is now compelled to look for support to such reactionary forces as the STATEMENT BY THE RED WEEKLY EDITORIAL BOARD By invading Lebanon, the Syrian army has clearly shown its hand. The Damascus regime has decided to attack the and the Zionist State. The Pentagon's declarations minimising the extent of the forces involved, and Israel's satis faction that the Palestine Liberation Organisation 'will be reduced to its proper size', show just who is benefiting Egypt's President Sadat President Assad of Syria could well be disastrous But the Palestinian Resistance has shown an exemplary courage and determination in slowing the Syrian advance and inflicting serious casualties on its forces. It has managed to do this despite the betrayal by its so-called supporter in the Kremlin, who have armed the Syrian army and whose representative, Kosygin, was present on a state visit to Damascus when the invasion was launched.
Subscribe PLO leader Yasser Arafat Already the Assad regime is in crisis. Sections of its own Palestinian organisa tion Saiqa have gone over to the resistance. Mass arrests of dissidents have been carried out in Syria, and there have been reports of open demonstrations against the invasion in Damascus.
The Lebanese and Palestinian masses have only one ally in the fight against Syria's invasion: the international labour movement. We must not fail them now