Anti-Imperialism 101 Re: Hitchens quits Nation

Peter K. peterk at enteract.com
Fri Sep 27 16:25:29 PDT 2002



>Nathan Newman wrote:
>
>>Was US sanctions against the South African regime imperialist interference?
>
>The ANC and the SACP, organizations with real roots in SA society,
>supported the sanctions. The document Yoshie forwarded a little while
>ago says that what Iraqi left organizations survive oppose sanctions
>and war.
>
>Doug

Yoshie is so partisan I don't know whether to believe the document or not. US foreign policy is always bad for the US working class? Not in the example Nathan suggests. In the case of Wall Street and the IMF and the upcoming Brazilian election, it's atrocious. I remember when the US put Artistide back in power in Haiti, Chomsky said at the time - without citing sources - that Haitians didn't want the US to do it because of their memory of prior US invasions and what ensued. I remember believing him back then, it seemed logical and he was right about a lot of things. After his performance concerning 9-11, I'd be more skeptical about that claim. If some more-powerful alien race wanted to invade and replace Bush with a more progressive leader and democratize our institutions, I'd be for it.

Here's a classic quote from Aristide: "The Bible commands us to love our enemies. I love the Pope very much."



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