One thing that I have been saying for some time is that, at this point in history, no government in the world, even a socialist government, is unlikely to _really_ care about whatever defense or friendly criticism or even flat-out condemnation that comes from leftists in the USA, for there is no social force behind it that makes it matter politically.
I bet they care more far about what the Russian government, the Chinese government, etc. have to say than what American leftists have to say. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>