[Marxism] Fwd: Anti-Imperialism for Dummies: Ignoring Syrians and Their Own Contradictions | P U L S E

[Louis Proyect via Marxism]

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One of the iron laws of the know-nothing “anti-imperialists” is that if 
a group is supported by the United States, however minimally, or even 
just perceived as being aligned with U.S. interests, it goes without 
saying that the group is very bad and to be opposed by every good 
practicing opponent of empire. This is why many see no need to learn a 
thing about Syria beyond what can be found in 140 characters or less 
from Julian Assange, left-wing class analysis forsaken for conspiracy 
and a tautology: The U.S. is bad, and it says Assad is bad – maybe 
because of a pipeline, or because he made John Kerry pick up their last 
bar tab – Assad is therefore good, or at the very least less bad than 
those backed by the empire.


full: 
http://pulsemedia.org/2015/12/01/anti-imperialism-for-dummies-ignoring-syrians-and-their-own-contradictions/

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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: Anti-Imperialism for Dummies: Ignoring Syrians and Their Own Contradictions | P U L S E

[Andrew Pollack via Marxism]

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My favorite quote:
"... the universally non-Syrian commentators whose comment on the matter
has been solicited by the center-left Jacobin magazine... "
Those of you who are Facebook friends with me have already seen me rant
about these poseurs and their reactionary refusal to run anything critical
of Assad (and Louis has dissected some of the Assadista bilge they run
instead).

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism <
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> One of the iron laws of the know-nothing “anti-imperialists” is that if a
> group is supported by the United States, however minimally, or even just
> perceived as being aligned with U.S. interests, it goes without saying that
> the group is very bad and to be opposed by every good practicing opponent
> of empire. This is why many see no need to learn a thing about Syria beyond
> what can be found in 140 characters or less from Julian Assange, left-wing
> class analysis forsaken for conspiracy and a tautology: The U.S. is bad,
> and it says Assad is bad – maybe because of a pipeline, or because he made
> John Kerry pick up their last bar tab – Assad is therefore good, or at the
> very least less bad than those backed by the empire.
>
> full:
> http://pulsemedia.org/2015/12/01/anti-imperialism-for-dummies-ignoring-syrians-and-their-own-contradictions/
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