Shobhiku Vazhi
2 min readOct 1, 2024

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Increasingly, I seem to agree with your position, specifically about the UAE and Qatar, that the Kafala Labourers would make up a revolutionary force.

Of course, however, this does not mean that any group in the UAE or Qatar makes up nations, only being part of either the greater Arab nation, or of national minorities, and so a revolutionary UAE or Qatar must seek to integrate itself with any other socialist Arab state that emerges, presumably in Bahrain or 'Saudi' in this hypothetical.

However, a certain problem would emerge after the revolution, the problem of return.

After the overthrow of the Emirati and Qatari states, a large section, the majority of the proletariat, would desire to return home. This is natural, of course, their families, their friends, etc., all live in their home countries.

Some would of course stay, the revolutionaries amongst them, and there is the chance that some of these countries would not allow returns, but I believe the majority of people will return home.

This would leave the revolutionary states that emerge in those two countries in a precarious position. They must allow the return of these people, or else they are betraying the masses and risk overthrown, but they must also preserve a population.

But who cannot 'return'? The Arabs.

The majority of Arabs in these two countries are bourgeoise, petty-bourgeoise, or labour aristocrats, and they would become the majority of the population after this return, they will be forced to take up the mantle of the labour formerly done by the proletariat.

While revolutionary re-education will take place, the new government would have to prepare to fight counter-revolutionary and reactionary sentiments amongst this proletarianized population.

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Shobhiku Vazhi
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