"We are against any foreign intervention or military intervention in our internal affairs," said Abdel-Hafidh Ghoga in Libya’s second city Benghazi last Sunday.
As Colonel Gaddafi ruthlessly slaughters his opponents some are calling for a revival of "humanitarian intervention"—a military response by other countries under the pretext of safeguarding human rights.
The uprising in Libya has spread and deepened across the country. As Socialist Worker goes to press Muammar Gaddafi is only just holding onto the capital Tripoli, and threatens a bloody counter- attack against rebels.
As Colonel Gaddafi’s dictatorship continues its attempt to violently suppress the revolution in Libya, regimes across the region are struggling to keep control.
Cairo’s Tahrir Square became a battlefield again on Friday of last week when masked commandoes from the Egyptian army waded into demonstrators with tasers, whips and sticks.
The battle in Wisconsin has seen hundreds of thousands of US workers rediscover their power. In the most powerful protests for many years, public sector workers—with the support of students, war veterans, pensioners, local campaigners and even some police—have brought the city of Madison to a standstill.
