[lbo-talk] Bush frames Israel/Lebanon conflict as struggle against "Islamo-fascism"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Aug 8 07:48:20 PDT 2006


On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:59 AM, Angelus Novus wrote:


> What is the right checklist to use when determing the
> fascist nature of a movement? Again, I am not saying
> "fascism" is the right word for Political Islam, just
> wondering why it is a self-evident thing to think the
> word "islamo-fascism" is absurd, whereas calling
> Israel fascist is ok.

Hey, I'm consistent - I wouldn't call Israel fascist either. A country, no matter how aggressive and nationalist, with a free press and regular elections isn't fascist.

Doug



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