[lbo-talk] We're all Hezbollah...

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Mon Jul 24 05:40:17 PDT 2006


Leninology writes:


> Bryan Atinsky wrote:
>
>>Yuck.....
>>
>>Maybe a slogan like "We're all Lebanese" ...but We're all Hezbollah???
>>C'mon.
>>
>>Let's not idealize what the Hezbollah are.
>
> "We are all Lebanese". If you like your slogans drippy, sure.
>
> No one is idealising Hezbollah. Hezbollah is an Islamist movement with a
> strong history of repelling Israeli aggression. Israel is now destroying
> Lebanon on the pretext of hunting down Hezbollah. In this context, it
> makes perfect sense to say "We are all Hezbollah" as the Lebanese civilian
> shortly to perish under Israeli fire said. This does not entail support
> for Hezbollah's broader goals or ideological imperatives.
================================ I'm not convinced it makes "perfect sense" for those who are neither Lebanese nor Hezbollah to declare that they are such, although I understand the slogans are intended as a powerful expression of solidarity. But demonstrations should be aimed outwards rather than inwards - notwithstanding that it's also important for participants to sense their own power - so slogans along the lines of "Israel Out Of..." and "End Canadian (British,US etc.) Support For..." are more comprehensible slogans for passers by drawn to the demonstration. Then again, these disagreements over slogans always boil down to how you see the purpose of the demonstration, and who it is you're trying to attract.



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