On Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 10:37 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote:
>> It was impossible not to be moved. Disregarding the
>> Petrobras baloons - the oil giant is a sponsor of the World Social
>> Forum -
> the
>> landscape was one which inspired: flags of Palestine, of the MST, of
>> Iraq,
> of
>> Brazil, of Chile, Cuba, Uruguay, of dozens of socialist movements, of
> every
>> conceivable social movement and left political tendency, from the PT
>> all
> the
>> way to a huge contingent of esperanto proselytisers and another of
> anarcho-
>> punks.
>
>> Thiago Oppermann
>> 26.1.2003
>
> If I were Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Uruguay, dozens of socialist movements,
> every
> conceivable social movement and left political tendency, from the PT
> all the
> way to a huge contingent of esperanto proselytisers and anarcho punks,
> I'd
> be insulted and distressed that I was compared, in terms of uplift and
> inspiration, with Iraq. Has Bush's planned aggression really turned
> that
> thug state into a member of the resistance?
you just keep right on using those blunt tools of yours, dispensing with any form of analysis that cedes ideological territory to a nuanced, problematical understanding of the world (aka, "hand-wringing"). it seems to work for you.
you may like this report better: http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030210&s=cooper2
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