Thursday, February 23, 2012

Sharbil Nahhas, the hero

Marxist economist, Sharbil Nahhas, resigned as Minister of Labor.  There is much to talk about here. I may write something in Arabic or English.  He is by far the best minister Lebanon has ever had.  The Lebanese political class (all of them), could not stand him. He is too principled for the corrupt Lebanese political system.  Many young leftists in Lebanon are mobilizing in his support.  In his remarks to them, he talked about intolerance of injustice and illegality: he gave the example of the Israeli occupation of Palestine.  One of his last act, was to eliminate work discrimination against Palestinians in Lebanon.