> I still can't figure how hardcore Leftists can support the > Islamists could you give some examples of "hardcore Leftists" (do you mean "Marxists"?) supporting Islamists (I take it you mean something like "militant pro-terror Islamists")? (with references) incidentally, Marxists can support national liberation movements and that has been so for quite some decades now; the analytic primacy of class does not rule it out. thanks Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:21 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Five Years Ago > LH mentioned, "the old Leftist idea that Capitalism causes > proletarian revolutions." > > > I still can't figure how hardcore Leftists can support the > Islamists. The Islamists are a much more thorough enemy of > the proletariat. Why doesn't fear of theocratic oppression > trump fear of capitalist oppression? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html