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After the discussion in the Security Council on Friday and mass protests on the globe on Saturday it would be difficult for the US to persist in upholding a momentum in its present policy towards Iraq unless some new dramatic events take place or new revelations are made by the inspectors.
Weekend protests seem to confirm the role of what Antonio Negri called “multitude” acting on what he called “new plane of immanence”. Recent events also seem to confirm the role Wallerstein ascribed to France – its powerful speech at the SC indicates this. Britain’s embarrassingly weak performance at the SC is an indication that British government is taking heed of the opinion of the public and brings forward the sensitive side of Tony Blair.
This new European “immanence” and readiness to shred the remnants of ancien regime is a response to the rule of the game spelled out by US hegemonic cycle. Europe is learning to say NO. It knows it has to rehearse doing this once it has opened up for new members. It is trying to learn the role of a manager in this new situation because being a client (to the US) and a patron (to “new Europe”) is out of date. If this is what a post modern condition is about, I welcome it.
Yurek Gierus | 
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