[Marxism] The Left and Support For Islamic Resistance

[S Artesian]

Were you uneasy defending

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On Feb 16, 2009, at 0:23, "Ian Pace" <ian at ianpace.com> wrote:

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> From: "S. Artesian" <sartesian at earthlink.net>
>>
>> 1936-40... US wants to undermine Vargas in Brazil, uneasy about his
>> "friendship" with Germany in the upcoming war.  Vargas resists.  Do  
>> we
>> defend that resistance?  Of course we do.  Do we know where Vargas is
>> eventually going to wind up in this?  We should, so we point that  
>> out, but
>> we defend the resistance against the US, UK, etc.
>>
> I'm very uneasy with this argument - I'm not sure it couldn't have  
> also be
> used as a basis for defending fascist regimes in Slovakia, Hungary,  
> Romania
> or Croatia as well.
>
> Solidarity,
> Ian
>
>
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