Well there is one name he seems to consider a “problem” – Chomsky. He has before him at all times, a recent picture of professor Chomsky and under it is the bold title – American Left. When he posts at DV it is to this picture.

Chomsky is emphatic about his political positions vis a vis US empire and imperialistic foreign policies. He traces its origins back hundreds of years, documents it with layers of facts.

Chomsky condemned in a letter the horrific bombings of Lebanon by Israel with a handful of others. My main quarrel with Chomsky is that he leans toward a two-state solution. He basis this on the resolve between the then Palestinian leaders and Israel. I understand his position which is similar to the person I will vote for on November 4 – Ralph Nader (of Lebanese decent). Still, if the Palestinians are willing to make such an arrangement (again, I think it is not a just solution) than who am I. I live in the belly of the imperialistic beast…who the hell am I to say what should or should not be?

Bob is right that Americans are people, not exceptional. Israelis are people, not exceptional. The basis of hate and racism is the evil idea of exceptionalism. It is an ideological evil wrapped in some kind of masonic voodoo. It is an evil notion!

Such a notion built and sustains the American Empire.

anent zionism, it seems to me, 95% of amers r now settling the planet; ie, behave just like the euros w. judaic faith.
thnx

it seems u haven’t read all of my comments. in many, i stress the fact, that miseducation of children and disinforming adults by the ruling class, causes most amers (95%?) semantic blindness. however, i did say that anyone who votes for obama is as murderous as obama. i say that because 80-90% amers know a lot ab whom US is killing and how far away it’s happening.

What you are saying bozhidar is either rhetorical or due to frustration. Regardless of which it is contradictory.

On the one hand you attribute blame to voters who you say are “miseducated” and “disinformed” and on the other hand you ascribe blame and accountability to these same voters who do not live in any kind of a Democratic society.

Should I blame you for not sacrificing yourself because your wife won’t allow it as you have made clear in previous comments. Would that kind of rhetoric win you over? Will ascribing such personal blame help build solidarity? I think not. That is why I reject such rhetoric that I see coming from the “Left” especially when the “Left” itself played a huge and crucial role in creating the political void now being filled by Obama. Should every member of the “Left” be held responsible? That is counterproductive.

What is needed is self assessment especially on the Left in order for it to understand its failures and in order for it to construct strategies that will enable it to build solidarity especially among oppressed groups within the United States.

The Left should start by confronting Zionism and racism so that it can build up it ranks among people of color whose demographics are growing within the U.S. And then expand from there.

Such an alignment will shake out the phony leftists especially those that are Trojans on the issue of Zionism. And we have seen plenty of that here on DV. A lot of whites on the Left will be attracted to such an realignment because the core issues among oppressed communities are grounded on the foundations of justice and equality.

All I am saying is to choose your rhetoric wisely. You can choose to use “blame the victim” or chose solidarity.

But more importantly the Left would be in a more viable position and would have attracted the people who decided to join the Obama ranks. It is then important that the Left figure out why they couldn’t coalesce their ranks four years ago after Nader’s 2000 run. Had they Nader would be in a much stronger position for this election cycle with an institutional base.

The Left is very much responsible for creating the void that is being filled by Obama leaving voters with not much of a choice. Therefore many voters, especially African American voters, who are always scapegoated, stereotyped, and targeted by the Republicans are left with NO choice. Thus Al’s question about voting for McCain is not a rhetorical question to black voters but a very REAL one. Having no other choice African American will vote lesser evil.

Again why is the black vote (an aspect that many white leftist ignore or diminish) important? Because African American are the most LOYAL Democratic voters. If the Left wants to weaken the Democrats they have to lure African American voters away from Democrats. The Left’s failure four years ago has neither positioned Nader nor McKinney as viable alternatives.

Therefore it is terribly unfair as reflected in bozhidar comments to lay full blame of the evils committed by the U.S. government on the voters when their choices are in fact extremely limited. Such rhetoric only furthers alienation rather than solidarity.

Essentially I agree with Georgio and why I deem Nader’s “more choices more voices” is exactly the WRONG message. What is needed is SOLIDARITY.

Right now the only “solidarity” I see happening in 2008 is being driven by the Obama campaign.

tito was responsible for deaths of tens of thousands fleeing cetniks and ustashas.
unfortunately, there were, as far as i know, no chief criminals amongst them.
in any, case tito cld not have prevented partizans avenging deaths/deportation of jews, deaths of ca 30,000 croat socialists and ab 100,000 serbs.

A ringing endorsement for American democracy!!!

Vote for McCain?