The statement approached the issue obliquely, saying only that "faced with violence and repression, dialogue and agreement must characterize the new age".
The leadership was now faced with a choice between repression on a massive scale and an agreement that would give the workers what they wanted, and thus pacify for the time being the aroused population.
"Faced with a worsening of the repression led by the Damascus regime against its own population, French authorities have decided to recall our ambassador in Syria for consultations," the spokesman said.
If the instability escalates, the government would be faced with the trade-off between heavy repression or complete social meltdown.
The important thing is to mobilise public opinion quickly and widely, before a government is caught up in the vicious spiral caused by its own repression and is faced with impending civil war.
Faced with a return to decades of repression, Islamists said, they had no choice but to continue their protests even if they risked death and stood little chance of reversing the takeover.
Rather than responding to a set of eminently reasonable and practicable demands to try to defend the right to education and just working conditions in our university, senior management at the University of London have decided that, when faced with the choice between dialogue and repression, they will to turn to the latter.
If the bourgeoisie does start to protest, the party will be faced with an old dilemma: liberalise or step up repression.
"It's not surprising that faced with the crackdown of OWS protests, Wolf would immediately turn to a theory of national, centralized repression.
Mr Robin goes on to say:It's not surprising that faced with the crackdown of OWS protests, Wolf would immediately turn to a theory of national, centralized repression.
