Comments on: The Low Road of Racism http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/the-low-road-of-racism/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Poilu http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/the-low-road-of-racism/#comment-29627 Poilu Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:04:14 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=3792#comment-29627 "If Republicans are trying to exploit racism against Blacks more indirectly, theyre prepared to use straight-out scaremongering about Arabs and Muslims." A well-known article detailing the 14 points of Fascism aptly characterized the Nazi variant of that as "Just add racism." So, here we are! And the term NeoCoNazi, which I use to more precisely describe the self-proclaimed NeoCons, fits them increasingly to a "T". (But then, I never doubted it would.) “If Republicans are trying to exploit racism against Blacks more indirectly, theyre prepared to use straight-out scaremongering about Arabs and Muslims.”

A well-known article detailing the 14 points of Fascism aptly characterized the Nazi variant of that as “Just add racism.” So, here we are! And the term NeoCoNazi, which I use to more precisely describe the self-proclaimed NeoCons, fits them increasingly to a “T”. (But then, I never doubted it would.)

]]> By: Deadbeat http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/10/the-low-road-of-racism/#comment-29567 Deadbeat Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:17:20 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=3792#comment-29567 <i>Taking on <b>the racism in U.S. society</b> requires organization and struggle at the grassroots to challenge this poison in whatever form it emerges.</i> Unfortunately the ISO hasn't always adhered to aforementioned creed. The ISO has not been on the forefront of "taking on [Zionism] in U.S. society" and it too has been promoting the "war for oil" canard as well. The Republicans are now even framing the financial crisis as being caused by "irresponsible" working people (of color) who were victimized by the mortgage and credit card swindlers. What you can deduce from the Republican behavior is the absolute reason why the Left NEVER had anything to fear by directly confronting Zionism. When the United States falls apart people of color are the ones who will face the brunt of the scapegoating by the brownshirts ...er... the Right. What the Republicans are doing is only going to galvanize the Black and Latino vote around Obama primarily because the Left, at this point in history, is not organized to an extent to offer a real alternative to people of color. This is NOT to suggest that there are no solution on the Left but that the Left is TOO ILL-PREPARED for this moment in history. Taking on the racism in U.S. society requires organization and struggle at the grassroots to challenge this poison in whatever form it emerges.

Unfortunately the ISO hasn’t always adhered to aforementioned creed. The ISO has not been on the forefront of “taking on [Zionism] in U.S. society” and it too has been promoting the “war for oil” canard as well.

The Republicans are now even framing the financial crisis as being caused by “irresponsible” working people (of color) who were victimized by the mortgage and credit card swindlers.

What you can deduce from the Republican behavior is the absolute reason why the Left NEVER had anything to fear by directly confronting Zionism.

When the United States falls apart people of color are the ones who will face the brunt of the scapegoating by the brownshirts …er… the Right. What the Republicans are doing is only going to galvanize the Black and Latino vote around Obama primarily because the Left, at this point in history, is not organized to an extent to offer a real alternative to people of color.

This is NOT to suggest that there are no solution on the Left but that the Left is TOO ILL-PREPARED for this moment in history.

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