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05 Nov 09
Chomsky is too pessimistic on Palestine|7Nov09|Socialist Worker
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However, in my opinion, he seriously mishandled his central message which may even have deepened the sense of despair. This was because he gave the impression that Palestine was on the brink of a defeat so severe that Palestinians faced nothing less than in Chomsky’s words “the death of the nation”.
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Just to underline the point, he used the ominous concept pioneered by the radical Israeli sociologist Baruch Kimmerling: politicide – “to bring about the dissolution of the Palestinian peoples existence”. To make matters worse, on not one occasion did he even mention briefly the Palestinian liberation movement, appearing to give them no role in resisting the destruction of their own movement. This was to be left to the Boycott Disinvestment & Sanctions (BDS) movement in America and Europe. But even here he mishandled the argument by calling for the BDS movement to focus exclusively on US, UK, EU relations with Israel rather than on Israel directly.
25 Oct 09
Soldier breaks ranks to lead thousands against Afghan war|24Oct09|Socialist Worker
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Members of Military Families Against the War led the march. Serving British soldier Joe Glenton broke Queen’s orders by marching and ran the risk of being arrested by doing so but he was not deterred.
24 Oct 09
BBC should not have given platform to Nick Griffin|24Oct09|Socialist Worker
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The very fact that Griffin was sitting on the Question Time panel elevated him to the level of mainstream politics—and helped him along the road towards the respectability he craves.
LENIN'S TOMB: Springboard for Griffin
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As many people expected, the overwhelming tenor of the discussion was appallingly racist, with Jack Straw, Chris Huhne and Baroness Warsi competing to sound tougher than one another on immigration.
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That automatically legitimises the empirical claims made by the fascists. The 'debate' is then a narrow one about who most adequately deals with the purported problem.
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