[Ted Grant] Hands Off The Lebanon Ted Grant Imperialism & War Arab Revolution Arab Revolution Imperialism & War U.S. Marine sits in a foxhole and points a machine gun towards Beirut, Lebanon, in the distance / Image: Wikimedia Commons Share TweetPolitical and social unrest against Lebanese President Chamoun's pro-Western policy and his support for imperialist intervention in the 1956 Suez war against Egypt triggered civil war in Lebanon and forced US direct intervention in the country in July 1958 to save Chamoun. Ted Grant based his analysis on the class interests at stake in this war while even greater convulsions were being prepared in the Middle East.Read the full article in the Ted Grant Archive.
