Tony AAabdo writes: << Jared states that no defense of Yugoslav self-determination is possible if Milosevic is labeled a monster. Therefore, Jared wants to deny that Milosevic has ever done anything other than defend the socialist patria. >> Aabdo, why do you persist in misportraying what I am saying? Whether Milosevich has defended the socialist patria or not the key issue. The US and Germany (in cooperation and competition) are attempting to remake most of the world into the worst colonial prison. Yugoslavia is one of the key, if not THE key, focuses of resistance. To facilitate the attack on Yugoslavia they demonize the Serbian people and their leader. If this demonization were accurate it would be a terrible tragedy. Fortunatly, it is a lie. The question of what kind of socialist Milosevich is is a question to be resolved by the Yugoslav people. But the attack made on him by the Western media IS THAT HE IS A WAR CRIMINAL. Sorry for the caps, but now perhaps you will get it. WAR CRIMINAL. He and 'his' army. Aabdo sayds "Jared is a Marxist", Am I a Marxist? I'm with Marx on that one. I did not consult Marx to discover that this is a lie. I read tons of Western newspaper articles (I read the stuff 5-6 hours a day, have been doing it for a couple of years; before that I read about Yugoslavia, but less) and benefit from the privilege (!!) of being in contact with all sorts of people who know this situation intimately. The Website I started at Lou's suggestion has become a focus of resistance and is fed information from all over. What an honor. Based on what I have learned I know the Western media is lying. It is because the media is lying that I want to build an antiwar movement - not because of my politics, whatever they are. I was retired from politics. Bitter. But still I couldn't help following what was being done to Yugoslavia from 1990 to 1998. I knew from the newspapers that the West was slandering the Serbs. In October of '98 it got to be too much for me to take. I hate these racist liars, these slanderers of their colonial prey. They slander black people in the US. They mock black men, they try to crush their spirit.. All around the world they slander the people they screw. They slander the Irish, they slander women who have the audacity to think and stand up to them. They slander Koreans. Tthey slander the Serbs, the Black men of the Balkans. Chomsky says, in his writings, and his associates like Shalom and others repeat it, "Milosevic is a thug and that Serbs have done terrible things." (That's from a Chomsky associate) They pump the toxin of this lie into the blood of the left: that the Serbs are monsters. Not that they are anti-socialist but that they are Nazis. I have criticized Chomsky and the Z people NOT because they are anarchist. I work closely with some people from antiwar.com and they are libertarians(! ) I work with intensely religious people. I'm an atheist. So what? When you organize a union (a process with which I have had some experience) you sure don't make certain politics a prerequisite. I work closely with a union rebel who "doesn't believe (!) in evolution". So what? Chomsky and Z have staked out a position that is, objectively, NATO's position within the antiwar movement. Even though some may put it forward with good intentions, it is STILL objectively NATO's position for those who need to hear criticisms of NATO in order to ALSO listen to attacks on NATO's victims. These attacks are lies which curb the passion of opposition. All NATO needs is a dispirited left that will not fight against war, that will not go out to the people because it believes the victims are almost as bad as the aggressors. I urge everyone to ask yourself - what are you doing to expose these lies to ordinary people? Emperor's Clothes has 300 articles, many of which are quite useful. Take them, rewrite them, steal them - make this information the property of ordinary people. That union rebel who "doesn't believe in evolution" and who used to refuse to hear a harsh word about Clinton has been reading www.tenc.net ( Emperor's Clothes) and now she says: "The only reason working people tolerate these wars is they don't know the facts." The " Racak massacre" is a lie. The "Serbian policy of targeting civilians" (Chomsky's phrase) is a lie. The notion that "bombing increased the level of Serbian atrocities" (Chomsky, Zinn, Shalom etc.) is a lie. It's all there in Emperor's clothes. (www.tenc.net) Use the search engine. Check out articles by title or author. We're going to reorganize the site to make it more useful - but it's there. This isn't my work, it's the work of 50 people around the world. Some of this knowledge was gained by them in heroic resistance. You know, when the US and Germany launched the first stage of their campaign against Yugoslavia in 1986-91, the Serbs were mainly fooled about US intentions. They have learned the hard way. Their resistance has changed the entire world situation - two years ago, the US elite had won. But not today. Not anymore. Jared Israel www.tenc.net _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
