[lbo-talk] migration & "submission"

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Aug 7 05:04:41 PDT 2008


Seth Ackerman wrote:
>
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> > Open Borders.
>
> Isn't this a contradiction in terms? If you can't justify regulating
> borders, how can you justify having borders in the first place? Don't
> you mean No Borders? And then how would you square that with the various
> nationalist regimes you've supported over the years?

It isn't a matter of "justifying" anything. It is a matter of solidarity, and the emptiness of "a" left that cannot recognize that solidarity is international or it is nothing. This is particularly important for leftists in the core -- U.S., Europe, Japan.

Carrol



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