[lbo-talk] Street-fighting Days

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon May 22 16:02:54 PDT 2006


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


>My bottom line on Iran: criticize what you need to criticize on civil
>liberties, anti-Semitic rhetoric, etc., but recognize its populist
>aspects.

Anti-semitism is a classic strategy for right populists! You get to blame all the evils of capitalism on an outsider "race," and thereby externalize the problem.

Doug



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