Said on American Zionism

[Brad De Long]

>Brad,
>
>Concerning your criticism of the Palestinians for not taking the
>Ghandi-road...
>
>Chomsky actually addresses this.  In one of the passages in the Chomsky
>Reader (don't have it with me - I'll provide details tomorrow) he talks
>about a Palestinian town that did precisely this - staged peaceful
>demonstrations and non-violent protests against the Israelis.  They got
>zero international support, and were violently pushed aside.
>
>The point is, the "Ghandi-road" only works if you get observers to pressure
>the oppressors.  If your plight goes unreported, or others don't care, it
>gets you nowhere, and is doomed to failure.

Which means that you have to do it over and over again. It take a long time.

And it doesn't work if other people on your "side" are shooting 
Olympic athletes at the same time. That news tends to crowd your 
demonstrations out of the news cycle...

Brad DeLong