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

[JAMES Heartfield]

"weird implication in this formula that people's actions should be bound by
their national identity"

I don't think that is weird. It is Lenin's point in Nascent Trends of
Imperialist Economism. Thinking that you could act without reference to your
situation would be like saying that you can find your way around Gaza with a
map of New York. All political goals are framed with reference to the
thinking of those that they are addressed to. After all, nobody is proposing
that Palestinians should boycott the Marks and Spencers on the West Bank.