[Marxism] The Sorrow and the Pity

["Charles Brown" <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Louis 
>CB; At this particular time in history , what prompted you to refer us to a
>film on the fascist occupation of France ? Was it the U.S. occupation of
>Iraq or the British occupation of Ireland in  Elizabethan times ?
>
>Is it that a colonialist occupation cannot be fascist ?

An occupation in and of itself really says nothing about the occupying 
power. For that you have to look at the social and political institutions 
of the occupying country. Nazi Germany was a totalitarian state that 
beheaded the White Rose students for passing out antiwar leaflets on campus 
in 1944. Meanwhile, there will be 100s of thousands (hopefully) of antiwar 
activists descending on Washington on January 27th. The difference should 
be obvious.

^^^^^

CB: Those were rhetorical , not cross-examination, questions. Obviously ,
the U.S. occupation of Iraq reminded you of the fascist occupation of France
, and that's why you referred us to the movie on fascists occupying France.






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