[lbo-talk] Iraq, the left and the 'resistance' (Geras blog)

Seth Ackerman sethia at speakeasy.net
Thu Feb 12 09:45:54 PST 2004


From: "Yoshie Furuhashi" <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>


> The problem, though, is that you and John Pilger are not in the same
> political organization (or coalition). If you were, you could both
> go to the organization's (or the coalition's) meetings, have the
> organization's (or coalition's) members debate what the
> organization's (or coalition's) position on resistance fighters in
> Iraq should be, and democratically decide the question by vote.
> Perhaps, your position would get the majority vote and become the
> organization's (or coalition's) position; perhaps, Pilger's would; or
> some other position (a compromise between yours and Pilger's or a
> position completely different from yours and Pilger's) would.

Yoshie, you're stating the obvious. Why are you participating in an email discussion list if nothing said here matters in the absence of a meeting and a majority vote?

Seth



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