[Marxism] At A Medium Pace

["Jeff Rubard" <jeffrubard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0800
> From: Chris Brady <cdbrady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Marxism] Re.: The New Anti-Semitism: Dying In Unicode
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> Years ago I wrote a history of the Stern Gang for a college course.
> The professor's major complaint was my closing paragraph.  I don't
> remember if it was the essence of my conclusion itself, but he was
> sensitive enough a mentor to warn me about such outspoken assertions in
> graduate school. See:
>
>      "The only hope for the Middle East is the establishment of a
> secular socialist state, a co-operative versus competitive society in
> Palestine that tolerates the age-old superstitions of its citizens
> equally by the establishment of one law for all. There is no other way
> to redress all the wrongs of the past.*  The eternal enemies of
> socialism dominate the capitals of every illegitimate, imperially sired
> state in the Middle East. The status quo, these Jewish and Arab
> compradors of the Imperial metropole, must be overthrown. They must be
> replaced by the People. Or the People, Arabs and Jews, will be thrown
> into a battle won by no one."

Well, but the point is, who would such moves be for rather than against?
And the answer I am giving is, once upon a time not necessarily the Jews
(of developed nations) -- and "anti-Zionism" as it is generally practiced
is a way to deracinate Jews for purposes not necessarily simpatico with
their secular good sense.

> I might've added:
> "Otherwise: ?sof odom muves?."
> (a Yiddish phrase meaning ?the end of man is death?,
> or in conventional, modern parlance, it might mean ?Things look pretty
> bad.?).

Well, the thing is, man, there could even be later, funnier movies.  (I'm
not too sure about any of this, though.)

Rubard






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