[A-List] Co-Moderator's - China/correction

[Macdonald Stainsby]

> As for the Jewish left, it is become so rare that the term sounds like 
> an oxymoron,
> 
> Henry C.K. Liu

Part of the reason is that anti-Zionist Jews don't organize as Jews per se 
(all the time, that is), but instead are the leading steering committee 
members of this organization:
http://www.canpalnet.ca/index.html

Some certainly do organize as Jews, such as:
http://www.nonprofitnet.ca/wao/wao.php?show&169&pf

or several groups from my new city, such as Jewish Alliance Against the 
Occupation (Montreal).

The Concordia Students Union of two years ago that chased Netanyahu off of 
Montreal's downtown George Williams campus was majority Jewish, including 
the president and vice-president.

There is a list of various Jewish anti-Occupation groups around the 
internet here:
http://www.eccmei.net/j/other.html

It is simply wrong and really fucked up to say there is no "Jewish Left", 
unless by that you mean that there is not a large organized left of Jews 
festooned with all manner of Stars of David. However, without the Jewish 
anti-Zionist voices (I personally am not a believer that there can be such 
a thing as a "Zionist left") there would be a much more weakened peace 
movement and turds like Michael Lerner would hold far more sway.

Yes, Jewish people who are particularly identified as "JEWS" to the world 
are less likely to oppose the occupation or to start up the denial of the 
UN resolutions pertaining to refugees.

However, the most ardently "MUSLIM" muslims might likely hold to opposite 
views, and the most "JESUS!" based Christians are racists, etc etc etc.

This is pretty standard stuff and I urge Henry to be a little less 
suspicious of Judaism. Particularly because his voice on such matters as 
China (et al) is so badly needed, we can't afford to have him peddling 
"enabling, gateway" anti-Semitism.

-- 
Macdonald Stainsby
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In the contradiction lies the hope
		--Brecht.