Foreign Affairs on KLA

[Jim heartfield]

In message <3.0.2.32.19990516235115.01115974 at pop.gn.apc.org>, Chris
Burford <cburford at gn.apc.org> writes
>
>Of course for marxists the way to avoid the Kosovans become influenced by
>sectarian muslim politics is by supporting and respecting their right to
>self-determination. 

I'm not sure that Lenin meant the right of nations to self-determination
to be a Kantian categorical imperative, outside of history. Rather he
saw that it was a right that took on special significance in the light
of the domination of imperialist powers. In that light he would have
endorsed Yugoslavia's right to self-determination over the opportunistic
agitation of those imperialist powers amongst the Yugoslav republic's
disaffected minorities.

The key issue in judging the democratic content of these struggles is
this: are the KLA fighting for independence, or for the subordination of
the region to Western domination? I suggest the latter.

-- 
Jim heartfield