[lbo-talk] AlQ training manual

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 28 08:20:13 PDT 2005


Doug Henwood:
> >... If this is the anti-imperialism of our time, well, it's almost enough
> >to make imperialism look good.

Carl Remick wrote:
> Shaky logic, Doug – like saying: That's an awful effect; it's enough to
> make you prefer the cause.
>
> This is physics, Newtonian blowback: For every action there is an equal and
> opposite reaction.

too mechanical! Imperialism is a structural problem of world capitalism -- a "problem" from its victims' perspective, of course -- whereas Al Q-type terrorism one of many human reactions to the intersection between imperialism and traditional ways of life in those areas not totally absorbed into the system. It's not only disgusting, but is not effective at overthrowing the system.

-- Jim Devine "History is not statistically significant" -- Lucien Foldes & Pauline Watson.



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