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Many on the left fell victim to a similar monomaniacal disease over the issue of Apartheid in South Africa. Dan writes: > > OK. I am against the Zionist occupation of Palestine. Why ? Because I > hate nationalism and militarism. I am for Workers' Councils' power in > the "Fertile Crescent" from Teheran to Tel Aviv. > But I do feel there is a form of "monomania", at least in French Leftist > groups, where the Palestinian question is concerned. It has become a way > of defining one's identity as "a leftist" in a loose, easy manner. Being > against Israel, being against the "American Empire", being against > "Financial Capitalism", that is all that is need to become a "Marxist". > No further analysis is required. > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/lajany_otum%40yahoo.co.uk ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
