Re: [Marxism] The Case For Boycotting Israel and the United States

["Ian Pace" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Andrew Pollack" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>


> It never ceases to amaze me how so many people on this list can bloviate 
> on and on and on and on about the same thing that has been hashed over 
> endlessly before on and offlist...
>
> But when it comes to a clear-cut, straightforward chance for action, one 
> we've been waiting for for a long, long time, the same people will rush in 
> to raise absurd arguments against it.
>
> You're right, why boycott Israel and not the US? For that matter, I think 
> the next time I see workers on the picket line, I'll go over and tell 
> them, "Why picket just your company? Why not the banks that finance it? 
> Why not that government that supports it? Why not overthrow the whole 
> ruling class? What the hell's wrong with you guys?"
The question of boycotting the US as well could equally well have been 
raised during the days when a South African boycott was on the agenda. In 
fact, you could make a case for boycotting the whole Western world pretty 
easily (but who, whose money would make a difference, would be doing the 
boycotting then? Maybe we can ask the Saudis and the Gulf States to boycott 
all of us?).

A boycott of Israel is a viable option that could be genuinely effective. 
Saying that this can't be done without a boycott of the US as well is 
pie-in-the-sky ultra-leftism.

Solidarity,
Ian 



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