SHORT VERSION (GOLDBERG AND HOLMES ONLY) LONG VERSION (WITH FLOUNDERS)
PRESIDENT OBAMAS SPEECH ON LIBYA, ON MONDAY, AIMED TO JUSTIFY THE US-LED COALITION MISSILE ATTACK ON THAT COUNTRY, BUT MANY POLITICAL COMMENTATORS ARE NOW QUESTIONING THE ADMINISTRATIONS INTENTIONS IN GETTING INVOLVED IN A NEW WAR. OFFICIALLY, THE GOAL IS TO "PROTECT CIVILIANS" BUT THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF NATO MEMBERS AIR STRIKES AND SPECIAL FORCES SUPPORTING THE ANTI-GADDAFI REBELS. THERE IS ALSO GROWING DOMESTIC OPPOSITION TO U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN ANOTHER MILITARY ADVENTURE AND IT COMES FROM SMALL BUT ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEFT. ON FRIDAY, THE NEW YORK BRANCH OF THE WORKERS WORLD PARTY HELD A MEETING AT THE SOLIDARITY CENTER IN MAHATTAN AND CONDUCTED A DISCUSSION ON THE HISTORICAL AND GEOPOLITICAL BACKGROUNDS FOR THE NEW CONFLICT. WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND FILES THIS REPORT...