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On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Ralph Johansen <[email protected]>wrote: But certainly, emphasis should be on divestment, as Chomsky says. Agree? > Disagree. I quote Gar Lipow, of Doug Henwood's LBO-Talk list (and a member of the Olympia Food Coop, whose board recently voted to remove all Israeli products from its shelves): "And contra Catron[!], it does seem like Boycott, Divest, Sanction has to be done in that order, just because that is the order that things can be implemented in terms of power. Boycott can be done by very weak movements, Divest by movements as they grow powerful enough to affect investing institutions,sanctions requires government power and if we ever get to that in the U.S. that means withdrawal of U.S. support, and no choice for Israel except a genuine deal with the Palestinian people." But I think my and Blankfort's difference with Chomsky is much more profound than a question of strategy. Like crossing a picket line would make it eminently clear where I stood in a strike, Chomsky's public opposition to the form of solidarity requested by Palestinian civil society illuminates his position regarding the struggle against Israeli apartheid. -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
