Leftists in the USA, Israel, and Japan

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 26 18:24:13 PST 2003


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>Among leftists, which nations' leftists are the most responsible for
>the current sorry state of political affairs? I'd say US, Israeli,
>and Japanese leftists. The USA and Israel are the only countries
>where the majority of the populations say that they are in favor of
>the current war on Iraq. Opinion surveys reveal that about 80% of
>the Japanese are said to be opposed to the war, but protests in
>Japan have been far smaller than in the other second-rate
>imperialists in the "coalition of the willing," the UK and
>Australia. I thought that the decade-long economic decline might
>provide a spark to the Japanese left, but apparently it hasn't.
>
>What is to be done about the Axis of Feckless Leftists?

Interesting proposition. Why do you think the Japanese left is so weak?

Doug



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