On ABB `Left' Intellectuals

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From: M. Junaid Alam <[email protected]>
To: marxism
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:44:13 -0400
Subject: re:[Marxism] Doug Henwood and Tariq Ali

I too am going to perk up my ears for this most 'exciting' interview [of
Tariq Ali by Doug Henwood on WBAI-NY].  Ali delivering another outrageous
sermon about how Kerry is better for the Palestinians and Iraqis can
probably be chalked up to his interpretation of his interview with Chavez,
where he obviously extrapolated the latter's practical-sounding comment
about methods of struggle into an endorsement for ABBism. Far too much
bullshit is pouring out of the mouths of rather smug ABBers who we all
thought were 'radicals'; now they are running around intoning, just like
their liberal counterparts, how voting Nader is like committing mass
murder against poor people worldwide and similar theatrics.

I haven't seen any Iraqi resistance group running around with their heads
cut off over the American elections like certain 'radicals' here.
Indeed, I've seen nothing at all in the way of commentary news or analysis
about them or the Palestinians giving a shit who wins the American
elections as it pertains to their daily lives. Nor is there any great hue
and cry among the American working class over who wins, either.

The people most exercised are the latte-liberals, who are horrified for
cultural and snobbish reasons that Bush is in power - it makes them look
bad and feel bad to have someone so 'unrefined' in power - someone whose
vocabulary is not as big as theirs and who wears cowboy boots instead of
Dockers. They need someone who better reflects their "sensibilities"
when it comes to handling the imperial machine. It's a vanity issue,
frankly. Too little has been said on this subject but there's definitely
something to it.

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