[lbo-talk] Dallas could elect its first gay mayor

[Russell Grinker]

Of course there is a distinction to be made between criticisms of a specific
liberation movement made from inside your own country and criticism from
outside - particularly from the 'imperialist heartland'. It's only right and
proper to maintain a critical orientation towards nationalist politics in
your own country and if necessary oppose them where they serve particular
narrow interests (which they usually do in the last instance). 

-Russell

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On Behalf Of ravi

I think we already have better ideas... the same old left framework/ 
criteria for defining principles, predicting and evaluating outcomes,  
and selecting an action. So there was Gandhi-Azad national liberation  
from the British. There was Jinnah national liberation from the  
British and India. There was Mujibur Rahman national liberation from  
Pakistan. We can and must evaluate each from the framework of the  
will and good of the people. Of course there are no guarantees of  
positive outcomes. But that does not necessitate abandoning a  
framework of more fundamental leftist values in favour of absolute  
support for an outcome such as national liberation.

Also, nationalism/sovereignty is not congruent with [national]  
liberation.