[Peace-discuss] The Nation betrayed

[John W.]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 3:22 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>wrote:



> That's Henwood's word, but I agree.
> Have you read what she's written and think we're wrong?  --CGE
>

I hear her on Bill Moyers' show all the time, and think she's right most of
the time.

Even if you disagree with certain of Lacewell's positions, "execrable" is
about 50,000 times too harsh a term.  It loses all meaning when bandied
about so cavalierly.  What term, then, do you use for some of these
right-wing warmongering Zionist nutjobs whom you love to hate?




> John W. wrote:
>
>> So now Melissa Harris-Lacewell is "execrable", Carl?  I daresay reasonable
>> minds might disagree.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu<mailto:
>> galliher at illinois.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> The Nation magazine has moved steadily to "the center" from an earlier
>> left-liberal position for some years now. They embraced neo-liberalism in
>> the
>> days of Bill Clinton (delicately referred to as a "DLC Democrat"), and
>> some
>> of us condemned them for doing it.
>>
>> But it keeps getting worse. As Doug Henwood of the excellent Left Business
>> Observer points out, now not only has The Nation "given a column to the
>> execrable Melissa Harris-Lacewell, they've cut Alexander Cockburn back to
>> once a month ... These moves together have the net effect of moving the
>> magazine to the right and reducing the quantity of stylish prose close to
>> zero."
>>
>> With The Progressive joining the Israel Lobby in its condemnation of
>> Norman
>> Finkelstein, the current mode of official liberalism in the US continues
>> on
>> its regime-supporting way, providing only token opposition ("We have free
>> speech!") as the Democrats (and the Republicans) move ever further right.
>> Toadies.
>>
>> --CGE
>>
>

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