>No, Lou, as I stated, it tells us the opposite. There are many cases of
>worker self-organization and workers' leaders who have been arrested that
>are worthy of leftist's support in China. The assumption that they are
>neo-liberals or dupes of neo-liberals is a simplistic way of approaching a
>rather complex issue. We can doubt the motivation of the source of this
>report, surely, as do the workers in this case.
>
>Steve
You have me totally confused. You posted a report from HRW that I
questioned because of the source. Then, today, you post something from the
workers on the spot who disavow the HRW report. I am not questioning
whether leftists should support workers struggle in China or elsewhere,
just urging caution about sources. Human Rights was the outfit that said
that the Iraqis were detaching babies from Kuwait life-support systems. If
you had provided something direct from the horse's mouth to begin with,
this exchange never would have taken place. I am also making a point of
this is that some people hailed the "workers revolt" in the Serb republic
uncritically several months ago. They relied on dubious sources. The left
has to develop its own information sources and stay away from poisoned wells.
Louis Proyect
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