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[Ulhas Joglekar]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> >I get the impression from the Leftwing mailing lists that North
> >American "Leninists" don't know much about the socalled Third World.
> >They don't have the theory and they don't have facts.
>
> What are they missing?

To state the most obvious thing: Like everyone, they can only see things
that their framework of thought allows them see. This framework is largely
based on some version of theory of neocolonialism developed after WWII.What
is unpalatable to this theory or other similar theories remains invisible.
e.g. They can see that the US has imposed a trade embargo on Cuba. They can
not see (or pretend not to see) that China's exports to US and Japan last
year reached $170 bn. Or they can see that 300 million Indians suffer from
malnutrition, but they can not see that 300 million Indians watch CTVs.

Ulhas