Re: black books

On Sep 8, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

On 9/8/07, Doug Henwood dhenwood@panix.com wrote:

Imam Yoshie writes:

Most leftists are too busy writing a Black Book of Khomeinism to bother fighting against the general US propaganda campaign against Iran exemplified by this cartoon…

I’m trying to decide whether this is a smear or a lie. Name a leftist who spends even a tenth as much time compiling such a black book as you do writing and editing apologetics for the Iranian state. Name one who doesn’t agitate against a war on Iran.

What leftists should be agitating against is the ongoing US campaign for regime change in Iran, not a US war on Iran (which is not going to happen any time soon). Stop using opposition to a phantom war as an alibi and start opposing what Washington is already doing: economic sanctions, covert action, and “democracy assistance.”

In other words, you can’t offer up a single name. Posts that repeat
this smear will go straight to the trash.

Doug

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