On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:19:40 -0400 "Nathan Newman"
<nathanne at nathannewman.org> writes:
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> And I will denounce both the US and Cuban governments for doing so.
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> And I think doing so is the best way for the left in the US to
> maintain the
> moral legitimacy that allows it to oppose US militarism. So
> denuniciations
> of Cuban repression is the best way for the left to be in the
> position to
> advocate against militarism against the Cuban people.
I find something rather naive about this position, in terms of the likely consequences that leftist criticisms of Cuba will have. I would submit that to the extent that people like Nathan criticize Cuba, this will provide further grist to the US propoganda mill, which will be more than eager to point out that even "notorious leftists" like Nathan Newman criticize Cuba as being repressive. This sort of criticism is not likely to improve the state of civil liberties in Cuba, but is likely to make Uncle Sam's job of justifying action against Cuba, a bit easier, just as leftist criticism of Saddam Hussein's regime did little to mitigate that regime's repressiveness but did help to make it easier for Bush & Blair to legitimize their war against Iraq.
Jim F.
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