[lbo-talk] Palestine Think Tank: Jeff Blankfort - Chomsky and Palestine: Asset or Liability?

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Jul 22 07:36:58 PDT 2010


On Jul 22, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Eric Beck wrote:


> As for convincing the government to stop supporting Israel, I think
> you are just being contrarian. You don't really think "we" can
> convince the entire state/war apparatus to change it's mind do you?

It's no more or less likely than a food co-op in Olympia, Wash., changing Israeli policy, is it? I suspect a lot of this sort of thing gets done because it makes people feel better, like they're doing something, rather than any evaluation of the actual consequences of their actions.

Doug



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