Peter Kilander and Katha Pollitt wrote respecively: Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:09:19 -0600 From: "Peter Kilander" <peterk at enteract.com> Subject: Re: antisemitism and populism
Katha:
>"Did Jefferson dream that in 100 years or less >his< party would >be
>prostituted to the vilest purposes of monopoly; that red-eyed >Jewish
>millionaires would be chiefs of that Party, and that the liberty and
>prosperity of the country would be..constantly and corruptly >sacrificed
>to Plutocratic greed in the name of Jeffersonian Democracy?"
>--Tom Watson, l892, from the People's Party Campaign >Book,quoted in
>Kazin, The Populist Persuasion, p.10.
>During the Asian crisis, I recollect the Muslim premier of Malaysia
>blaming
>the financial troubles of his country on Jewish international >bankers, or
>was it Jewish speculators? Does Asian antisemitism have its root >in
European
>antisemitism and/or does it have something to do with Israel?
>Indonesia now has a moderate muslim leader in Wahid. This >seems to be
>another variant on the Jihad vs. McWorld theme.
>Peter K.
On Tom Watson, has anyone slogged through C. Vann Woodward's book on him?
On Malaysian P.M. Have seen him endorsing Lyndon LaRouche positions in E.I.R.
Michael Pugliese