Telling the Left From the Right

[BrownBingb at aol.com]

Gee,  I leave the list for a few months and Michael Pugliese is sending us 
reports from a Stalinist party, Dennis seemingly signs on for those Reds 
leading an armed struggle for national liberation, Max dreams of a 
social-democratic coalition led by Bolsheviks like in 1917.   Maybe I should 
just leave them alone , like Little Bopeep.

CB

P.S. Don't you think that Saddam favors Stalin in looks, (etc. ! )  ? Maybe 
the battle of Bagdad could be like the Battle of Stalingrad. 


> 
> From: "Max B. Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net>
> 
> 
> This presumes what I call the Swedish superpower
> option -- the scenario, not to say fantasy, of a united
> social-democratic coalition that could stand
> half a chance of being called an army of
> liberation.  Interesting to think about.
> 
> mbs
> 
> 
> 
> > Today, Iraqi Communists, and most Iraqi leftists, firmly oppose the Bush
> > administration’s war plans — but not necessarily war itself. Unlike 
> many
> of
> > their American counterparts, Iraqi leftists offer a policy alternative
> > other than a vague call for “peace.” Instead of a unilateral U.S.
> invasion,
> > Iraqi leftists want the international community to back an Iraqi-led
> > military uprising against Saddam. Short of that, Iraqi leftists would 
> most
> > likely support a multilateral military intervention that would not only
> > overthrow Saddam but also hand him over to an international tribunal that
> > would try him on charges of crimes against humanity.
> 
> Do any of the non-Iraqi leftists here disagree with any or all of the 
> above?
> 
> DP
> 

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