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Re: [Marxism] The Euston Manifesto



> Lord knows that such institutions need protection from the blind rage of
> the non-Euston left. As they put it, "That US foreign policy has often
> opposed progressive movements and governments and supported regressive and
> authoritarian ones does not justify generalized prejudice against either
> the country or its people."


I think it would justify a skepticism of that government's proported
intentions. Unfortunately, history is written in the United States in such a
fashion that by the time the truth about our foreign policy becomes common
knowledge, it's been long enough that people can shrug it off and say,
"Sure, but that was years ago. It's different now."
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