Gitlin's 'Yes' Echoed Among Leftists

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Oct 17 10:05:52 PDT 1999


Stephen E Philion wrote:


>I'm surprised to find Said's name on this list, since he ended up writing
>some fine anti-NATO pieces during the bombing of Yugoslavian, Albanian,
>and Chinese civilians a few months back. Any explanation?

I don't see how a call to lift the arms embargo equates with or implies support for NATO. While there are some unpleasant names on the list - Toady the Git prominent among them - Joanne Landy and the Jacobsons are no friends of U.S. imperialism. Perhaps Yoshie can explain the connection.

Doug



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