[lbo-talk] Resistance in History (was [Fwd: video])

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 11/22/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 22, 2006, at 10:20 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > <blockquote>[T]he punishment of those who had collaborated with the
> > Nazis began immediately after liberation of occupied territories.
> > French Resistance forces summarily executed, after cursory trials,
> > about 10,000 accused collaborators as a part of "justice at the
> > cross-roads."  (Euna Lhee, "Changing Memories of French Collaboration
> > and Resistance in World War II: A Film Analysis,"
> > <http://www.jhu.edu/hurj/Issue3/research-lhee.html>)</blockquote>
>
> For all I know, the 10,000 might have deserved it.

They might have, but then again they might not have.  How do you know?

Also, how many German occupiers did the French Resistance kill?  Not
many.  For they were harder to kill, and successful killings of them
would invite massive collective punishments.


> I'm relieved to learn they didn't kill Huguenots.

You attempt to suggest that all who have taken up arms in Iraq are
sectarian killers of Qaeda types, by focusing only on their actions
and denying legitimacy of any other currents, must be very comforting
to the imperialists (i.e., if they are paying attention to any
leftists, which probably is not the case)!
-- 
Yoshie
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