>A typically overwrought statement by the former(?) London
>spokesman for the PCP, and yet, not totally lacking in truth,
>since to the extent that Pinochet challenged the legitimacy
>of the British and Spanish judiciaries to charge and prosecute
>him for crimes that he committed as head of state in Chile,
>he was indeed, acting in defense of the sovereignty of
>Latin American states, against European and American
>imperialism, and so in that limited sense was acting as
>a "patriot" and an "anti-imperialist."
And doesn't that just go to show you how easy it is to slide from a nationalist anti-imperialism into crypto-fascism? For a supposed communist to find anything good to say about Pinochet is weird, really weird.
Doug