Re: [Marxism] Tibetan Independence

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:35 AM,  <sobuadhaigh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  What does seem likely in a "Free Tibet" would have a
>  racial basis of citizenship resulting in the ethnic cleansing of
>  non-Tibetans. Consider the the extensive presence of Tibetan
>  communities throughout Western China and the question is then where
>  does the border of this new Tibet stop? In the rush to embrace this
>  rebellion what is being overlooked is the agonizing potential for
>  generations of irredentist claims and the flowering of nationalisms
>  along racial and ethnic fault lines. Remembering the horrors of the
>  break up of Yugoslavia, I am not anxious
>  to see this replicated in China.

Why do (most) Marxists support Basques' right to independence, then?
Do not the same dangers also arise in the Basque question?

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