Anti-Imperialism 101 Re: Hitchens quits Nation

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Sep 28 10:29:30 PDT 2002


Nathan Newman wrote:


>I don't believe in simple "sovereignty" or "self-determination"-- I've
>repeatedly over the years stated as such. I am an internationalist and a
>democrat, small d, and the only role for local sovereignty is as a unit of
>democratic decision-making.

I don't get this. If you accept local sovereignty, the South was right to resist federal desegregation orders. Then on what basis was it ok to send federal troops in - to enforce national law or by appeal to some higher moral law?

Doug



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