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On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Stuart Munckton via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: The full statement includes a final > two points of which were chopped off as they were internal and specific to > Socialist Alliance - which is working daily right now with the progressive > Kurdish community in Australia and supporting their actions. Maybe they > were needed to give the rest of the statement some context and for it to > make any sense. Yes, I rather think they were. > If you don't agree with this type of solidarity for whatever reason, then > fine. But say that, don't pretend you don't know what "acting in > soldiarity" means. As I said in a reply to a message Stuart (accidentally?) sent me offlist: "Here's an idea: how about if the people putting out these statements 'don't bullshit,' do the asking on the topic about which they've chosen to write themselves, and tell their readers just what it is they're 'urging'? Then there would at least be something on the page to agree or disagree with, instead of this pointless, feel-good wankery passed off as left politics." I mean, it would never occur to me to issue a statement encouraging people to act in solidarity with Palestine, without suggesting a single damn thing they could do. That seems pretty basic to me. But maybe I'm just confused? -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
