Re: Revisiting old problems

[Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 30 May 1996, Adam Rose wrote:

>
> Many countries come into conflict with Imperialism, the biggest recent one 
> being
> Iraq. There is no problem being clearly against Imperialism, for a
> defeat of Imperialism ( the USA and Cuba / Iraq , Russia and Chechenya )
> while at the same time identifying the regime under attack from Imperialism
> as capitalist.
>

Louis: To lump Iraq together with Cuba on the basis that both were the
targets of US attacks tells me that your answer to the question of how to
define Cuba is simply another question. That question is "What is Iraq?" A
close examination of the political economy of the Baathist regime would be
called for as would be one for Cuba. You admit you are in no position to
do either, but feel free to render opinions on both. I am no authority on Iraq,
but I bet a nickel that if I took the time to research this country, I
could identify substantial class differences between it and Cuba. Your
schematic understanding of Iraq and Cuba is another example of list
members taking the high road of "theory" without bothering to ever touch
down on the rather mundane world of facts.



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