Doug Henwood wrote:
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> More substantially, he says: "as far as I know the only people who are openly for illegal immigration are neoliberal economists." Not true. I am, and I imagine a lot of other left radicals are too.
I also am for open borders. Verbal quibble: It doesn't quite make sense to say"for illegal immigration" (though one could say "support 'illegal' immigraNTS." One suports making "illegal" immigrants _legal_.
We are not going to get open borders -- but a strong movement demanding open borders (making that a real topic for debate) will be necessary before _any_ sort of decent reforms are possible. Mass movements destroy themselves if they make their demands "reasonable."
Carrol