[lbo-talk] Hamas vs. Al-Qaida... Hamas against Al-Qaida involvement in local Palestinian struggle

[kjkhoo at softhome.net]

At 9:58 am -0400 7/9/04, Doug Henwood wrote:
>kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote:
>
>>As an irrelevant matter, where I sit, standard lefty positions died 
>>quite a while ago. Equally, in the wake of 9-11, I see any number 
>>of lefties, once heroes of the Euro-American left, who have adopted 
>>some pretty far-out positions.
>
>Who, and such as?

Hitchens and Geras are perhaps the two most well-known? Don't think 
their lefty credentials were much in doubt previously. Early on, 
Richard Falk (I think he's left, but perhaps some here might question 
that) had some just war take, but he's turned around.

kj khoo