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1. debunking
Far from debunking Chavez' inclination (see #2), the article in zmag reinforces the impression.
lewis lorton | 25.09.2009 - 13:34
2. Another political hit peice / broadside
The claims about Chavez's incitement of anti-Semitism are thoroughly debunked here: http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/22576
Dylan Henderson | 17.09.2009 - 02:02
3. Agree
Fine article which I can confirm. Here in traditionally leftist San Francisco, the new antisemitic signs at Left demonstrations amazed progressive Jews. (Only African Americans vote Democratic in greater percentage.) Attempts at outreach are rebuffed. I was reading this publication for some new ideas, bored with the "blame Bush" stuff, which is getting old. Many pacifist appeasement types would be happy to give Islamism "the Jews" because they haven't got Czechoslovakia to give them. If only there really were "the Jews," united and monolithic like that, instead of the divided reality.
Prof. G. Leonard | 16.09.2009 - 16:58
4. Double standards, any one?
Did qantara publish an article of a similar tone when Obama met the Saudis and the Egyptians?
Austin Mackell | 16.09.2009 - 12:52
5. Of course it's not surprising
The previous comments are right on the nail. Bush and the neocons pulled off an amazing stunt: they managed to unite the world's most dangerous extremists - left, right, and religious - into a single cohesive front. Well done.
David Sutherland | 16.09.2009 - 10:23
6. Is this surprising
This isn't surprising given that the American Right conflates all of America's enemies past and present into one coherent blob. Hence why the conservative protesters can call Obama a Nazi (while they themselves perfectly resemble in style and substance quasi-nazi brownshirts) and a Communist and a Muslim extremist simultaneously despite the fact that those are warring ideologies.
Brian Erb | 15.09.2009 - 16:50
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