I am presently quite impressed with what Chris Hedges has to say about " The Empire in Decline " ( common grounds with Gore Vidal , a cynical but brilliant ruling class insider ) .
But I feel a touch of cynicism myself when Chris Hedges teams up with the likes of Socialist Equality Party cult leader David North to defend FREE SPEECH tradition on the internet.
There is very limited FREE SPEECH on pretentiously named World Socialist Web Site.
I agree with what Hedges has written on Zionist Israel and the Israel lobby in the USA .
There is nothing in my blog going back to 1997 that would hint at any anti-Semitic proclivities. But after suggesting that the generic Left was too foolishly hostile to Christianity and Catholicism in particular I was smeared on the WSWS by one SEP pit bull " Joe Williams " as the " resident Catholic , anti-Semite , fascist ".
Then I was suddenly BANNED ON THE WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE. NO explanation from the guy in control , the Great Oz David North.
Ex-members have similar tales to tell of the inner workings of the Socialist Equality Party . You might be reminded of the daffy " Clears " of the Church of Scientology.
Precisely as a " democratic socialist " I fear for the great LIBERAL TRADITION of Western Civilization - which included respect for religious freedom and all the great faiths of humanity.
It must have rubbed them the wrong way when I suggested that the biggest mistake of the 1917 Russian Revolution was making the country " officially atheist ".
Still many of the articles published in the World Socialist Web Site are quite commendable even from a non-dogmatic Marxist position. But I remain SANELY independent on the socialist Left.
But I feel a touch of cynicism myself when Chris Hedges teams up with the likes of Socialist Equality Party cult leader David North to defend FREE SPEECH tradition on the internet.
There is very limited FREE SPEECH on pretentiously named World Socialist Web Site.
I agree with what Hedges has written on Zionist Israel and the Israel lobby in the USA .
There is nothing in my blog going back to 1997 that would hint at any anti-Semitic proclivities. But after suggesting that the generic Left was too foolishly hostile to Christianity and Catholicism in particular I was smeared on the WSWS by one SEP pit bull " Joe Williams " as the " resident Catholic , anti-Semite , fascist ".
Then I was suddenly BANNED ON THE WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE. NO explanation from the guy in control , the Great Oz David North.
Ex-members have similar tales to tell of the inner workings of the Socialist Equality Party . You might be reminded of the daffy " Clears " of the Church of Scientology.
Precisely as a " democratic socialist " I fear for the great LIBERAL TRADITION of Western Civilization - which included respect for religious freedom and all the great faiths of humanity.
It must have rubbed them the wrong way when I suggested that the biggest mistake of the 1917 Russian Revolution was making the country " officially atheist ".
Still many of the articles published in the World Socialist Web Site are quite commendable even from a non-dogmatic Marxist position. But I remain SANELY independent on the socialist Left.
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