>On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
>
> There's a big difference between an organized mass movement like the
> anti-apartheid movement, and the bleatings of Clinton and Blair and
> liberal editorialists (not to mention the Israeli government, which
> has a lot of nerve criticizing anti-immigrant/racist politicians).
> Such bleatings only add to the allure of the demonized character.
Now, to add another point, you focus on Blair and Clinton, your favorite "Third Way" whipping boys, but the condemnation of Austria includes the French Government, made up not just of the Socialists, but the Communists and Greens, as well as the Italians (Dem Party of Left and Italian Communists - two out of three wings of old CP). Along with the Greens participating in the German government, my question is when third party participation - the holy grail apparently - makes such government pronouncements no longer "bleatings" but genuine expressions of democratic views?
(I'd add the same third communist, former communist and Green parties signed up for Kosovo as well, but we can avoid the implied class nature of that war given their participation, unless you want to link them to the Haider actions :)
-- Nathan Newman