Re: [Marxism] US Left and Cartoon Crisis

[Aaron <listsubs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried to post this a few hours ago but it appears not to have gotten through, 
nor did I receive any error or rejection message. I'm repositing it as plain 
text -- leaving in only the URL and the start of the article -- to see if the 
list accepts it that way. If it is being screened by a moderator, maybe that 
person (Louis Proyect ?) will let me know what the proper procedure is.

 - Aaron

>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:53:29 -0800
>To: <marxism@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>From: Aaron <listsubs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [Marxism] US Left and Cartoon Crisis
>
>None of the other posts I've seen in this thread mention the Zionist/neocon 
>elephant in the room. While I think Petras somewhat overstates the extent of 
>Zionist influence over U.S. policy toward Arabs and Muslims -- and seems to 
>imply that the U.S. might not be so bad without that influence -- his exposure 
>of their role in this provocation is important.
>
>Since this mailing list seems to be averse to formatted text, it's probably 
>best to click on the URL and ignore the text reprinted below it.
>
> - Aaron
>
><http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=27388>
>26-02-2006
>The Caricatures in Middle East Politics
>
>James Petras and Robin Eastman-Abaya
>
> The center piece of the current explosive confrontation between Islamic and 
> Arab protestors, political leaders and governments and the US and Western 
> European regimes and publishers is rooted in Israeli efforts to polarize the 
> world in its favor and to promote isolation, economic sanctions and/or a 
> military attack on Iran. There are several key questions, which almost all 
> commentators and analysts have failed to address. These include:
>
>Why did the "cartoons" get published in Denmark?
>What is the political background of "Flemming Rose" the cultural editor of 
>Jyllands-Posten, who solicited, selected and published the cartoons?
>What larger issues coincide with the timing of the cartoons publication and 
>reproduction?
>Who "benefits" from the publication of the cartoons and the ensuing 
>confrontation between the Arabs/Islam and the West?
>What is the contemporary political context of the Arab/Islam protests?
>How is the Israeli secret service, Mossad, implicated in provoking the 
>Western-Islamic/Arab conflict, and how do the consequences measure up to their 
>expectations?

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