[lbo-talk] Susan Abulhawa on WITBD for Palestine (rights vs. statehood

Joseph Catron jncatron at gmail.com
Sat Oct 15 13:45:12 PDT 2011


On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:

I'll bracket the "rights" talk but the fight for full civil equality is a
> very specific demand, kind of like our own civil rights movement, and not
> like that other airy-fairy stuff that James quoted.
>

Yeah, but the airy-fairy stuff has specific rights attached to it. The fact that political rhetoric is cringe-inducing doesn't mean there's nothing of substance behind it. It may just mean you're not the target audience. ;-)

-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list