On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Marv Gandall <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 16, 2015, at 1:15 PM, raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > > You don't think the experience of Syriza has any relevance for leftists > in other parts of the world? You don't think there is anything to learn > from it? > > -raghu > > Don’t we all know Carrol well enough by now to know that this is his > standard reply to discussion of most matters on the list, especially those > not directly relevant to the US? I’m surprised he’s allowed this discussion > about a “very small people” to go on as long as it has without his ritual > intervention. > To be fair, sometimes he does have a point (e.g. on many PEN-L conversations on Libya, Syria etc). I think it is helpful to make a distinction between analysis and advocacy. Analysis of events in distant places where our personal stakes may be very remote is still useful and indeed essential, but taking sides in distant conflicts is another matter. -raghu.
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