%0 Journal Article %T Egypt and Argentina: The Right-Left Alliance %A James Petras %J International Journal of Inclusive Democracy %D 2012 %I The International Network for Inclusive Democracy %X Once again world public opinion faces a most bizarre political event: an alliance between political forces on the extreme Right and the Left, including collaboration between NATO regimes and Marxist sects. The apparent ¡®unity of opposites¡¯ is a response to alleged policy and institutional changes made by center-left and center-right regimes, which adversely affect both economic and political elites as well as the popular sectors. The circumstances, under which this unholy alliance takes place, vary according to the type of regime, its policies and the class orientation of the opposition. The best way to analyze the left-right alliance is to examine the cases of Egypt and Argentina. %K NATO %K Egypt %K Argentina %K Marxist sects %U http://www.inclusivedemocracy.org/journal/pdf%20files/pdf%20vol8/Petras_Egypt_and_Argentina_p.5-12.pdf