<html><body> <DIV>Are you saying that there is an Anti-American prejudice that exists on the same level of anti-Jewish, anti-Arab or anti-Roma prejudice that has  historically existed in Europe?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>No doubt that prejudices against American culture and society exist at the level of individual prejudice, but is it ever translated into policy, is "anti-Americanism" the basis for mass popular movements or for governmental action?  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Certainly in China, for instance, there is a high level of popular resentment or opposition to U.S. Government actions (The Belgrade embassy bombing for instance) but I don't think that would translate into rampant anti-American bigotry and certainly not the basis for Chinese Government action.  SR</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>P.S. (Inserting the question of anti-semitism on the left into the debate is simply a red herring and a cheap rhetorical trick.)</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Angelus Novus <fuerdenkommunismus@yahoo.com> <BR><BR>> <BR>><MONACOJERRY@GMAIL.COM><BR>> <BR>> Anti-Americanism is not even necessarily a "leftist" <BR>> anti-imperialist phenomenon. In Germany, you have a <BR>> long tradition of elitist, right-wing <BR>> Anti-Americanism, reaching back to the 19th century, <BR>> basically taking the form of asserting how the <BR>> Americans are a "people without culture" lacking such <BR>> European refinements like Goethe or Leonardo da Vinci. <BR>> This usually also entails criticizing the "mass <BR>> culture" of American society and lack of "history" <BR>> compared to Europe, and may overlap with structurally <BR>> anti-semitic topoi such as the "money hunger" of <BR>> Americans and such. <BR>> <BR>> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>