Lou wrote:
Ali said he would "be delighted" to see Bush defeated in November's
presidential election. He added that he did not have illusions in
the US Democratic Party's John Kerry, "who at best would put some
clothes on the empire", but Bush's defeat "would be seen globally
as a slap in the face for invading Iraq. I would be delighted to
see Tony Blair defeated in Britain for the same reason."
This appears to be consistent with things I have heard recently from
some other big-time Marxist academics and journalists, especially
those connected with Verso/NLR.
On the other hand, we should take note of the fact that Ali says he
would be delighted to see Tony Blair defeated in Britain. I'm sure
that the British equivalent of the US Anybody But Bush/Nader crowd
are busy lining up support for the Labour Party on the grounds that
it's the lesser of two evils.
--
Yoshie
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