"Red Ken" defies Blair to run for London mayor

[C. G. Estabrook]

On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Nathan Newman wrote:


> ... he very publicly campaigned against the West's deliberate lack of
> intervention back in the early 90s.  Livingstone was one of the
> consistent advocates for human rights in the region from early on.

Hmm.  I like Chomsky's discussion of the antinomies of "human rights" in
the area in _The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo_.  

On Livingstone's support for NATO's bombings -- and his urging of the
commitment of ground troops -- I think Cockburn has it right:  "...NATO
bombing provoked a wave of Serbian killings and expulsions, but that there
was and is no hard evidence of a genocidal program. Count another victory
for the Big Lie."  (The article is at <www.counterpunch.org/biglie.html>.)

	
C. G. Estabrook