[lbo-talk] US anti-imperialists mourning saddam...Really?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Dec 16 09:40:20 PST 2003


Stephen Philion wrote:


>Shalom writing in Z Magazine:
>Saddam Hussein is one of the world's great monsters.
>
>--what happened to the claim of Mike, Brian et al that the anti-imperialist
>crowd in the US was mourning saddam?....Let's see, any examples from Monthly
>Review, Z, Chomsky, Ali, etc.?

In interviews on my radio show both Chomsky & Ali described SH as a "monster," a "despot," etc., in very strong terms. Anyone wanting to listen, they're archived at <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>.

Doug



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