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Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu May 30 13:04:37 PDT 2002


Chuck Grimes wrote:


>I took a beating last fall for saying agreeing with the WSWS that
>anti-Americanism is the anti-imperialism of fools,... Doug
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>As the world's only super-power, Empire incarnate, what is the
>difference between anti-Americanism and anti-imperialism?

1) Other First World elites benefit from imperialism, as do many Third World elites. 2) "America" is a complex, diverse place - some of us are pro-imperialist, some of us are anti-imperialist, and many couldn't describe what imperialism is.

Doug



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