[lbo-talk] Tony Judt on the death of liberalism in America

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Sep 13 12:33:56 PDT 2006


On Sep 13, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Colin Brace quoted Tony Judt:


> Thus Paul Berman, a frequent contributor to Dissent, the New Yorker
> and other liberal journals, and until now better known as a
> commentator on American cultural affairs, recycled himself as an
> expert on Islamic fascism (itself a new term of art), publishing
> Terror and Liberalism just in time for the Iraq war.

Back in the 80s, that little fucker was an apologist for the contras, and has always done PR for Israel. The only recycling involved was stuffing the same old crap into some new bottles.

Doug



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