[lbo-talk] Re: US, Israel, & New York Times (was Re: Israel Disease Spreds)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>I almost begin to think that U.S. imperialism exists on LBO-talk
>>only when it comes to discussions of Israel and its discrimination
>>against Palestinians.
>
>It's a good thing you said "almost begin," becuase that's otherwise 
>a ludicrous statement. I don't think there were many dissenters from 
>the view that the war on Iraq was an instance of U.S. imperialism.
>
>Doug

There is something odd about thinking of only the most blatantly 
aggressive war and military occupation as "imperialism," though.  The 
US empire had mainly been what is called an informal empire even 
before the alleged transition from "imperialism" to "empire" that 
Negri theorizes.
-- 
Yoshie

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