[Marxism] China, Tibet and U.S.-sponsored counterrevolution

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 1:35 AM, Eli Stephens <elishastephens at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Many U.S. progressives and liberals are supporting the Dalai Lama and the
> Tibetan opposition to the People's Republic of China. So are George W.
> Bush,
> Rush Limbaugh, the CIA and every pro-imperialist government and media
> outlet.
> The vast majority of the peoples of China, including many in Tibet, oppose
> the
> U.S.-supported separatist movement.
>
> How could progressive people be on the same side as Bush, the CIA and the
> ultra-right? How do we explain the paradox of progressive people
> supporting a
> movement that is financed and supported by the proponents of the U.S.
> Empire, as
> well as by all of the other old European colonial powers that had divided,
> humiliated and looted China for a full century prior to the 1949
> revolution?


What an odd comment!

Should we take sides blindly, based only on which side the US is on, without
considering the *merits* of the case?

Leftists support the right to self-determination on the part of oppressed
nations. Irrespective of whether the US supports or opposes the particular
oppressed nation.