"Of course, how to organize the resistance and bring it to the necessary critical mass is the key question. That will be different for every country and will depend on the brutality of the regime, how entrenched the regime is, the culture of resistance in that society, the availability of an enlightened leader in the opposition who will resist the temptation to use violence, and several other factors." Ousman: This where the concept of a revolutionary intellectual movement becomes truly important. I know that the word 'revolutionary' sounds intimidating to some folks, but trust me to say that it is going to take nothing less than a 'revolution', I mean total, massive and major change/overhaul to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~