tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post3465143925543482283..comments2024-03-28T17:26:00.653-07:00Comments on ZZ's blog: Three Words that Need to be Retiredzoltan zigedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09376602245528691381noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-43841545456825642492019-05-04T19:24:30.490-07:002019-05-04T19:24:30.490-07:00Great column, expressing my many years of frustrat...Great column, expressing my many years of frustration hearing these terms used to obfuscate reality, especially "middle class". I always appreciate labor leaders who say "working class" and fortunately I am hearing it more."Terrorism" is used against any resistance to the established order.Il compagnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081998905808027364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-66836140358012752072019-05-04T17:07:06.987-07:002019-05-04T17:07:06.987-07:00YES! I've used this same precise scene to make...<br />YES! I've used this same precise scene to make the same point over the years in many rants, wriiten and verbal.<br /><br /><br />"In the brilliant movie, The Battle of Algiers, a telling moment comes when the fictional leader of the FLN, Ben M’Hidi, is captured. At a press conference, an indignant French reporter asks Ben M’Hidi how he can justify acts of “terrorism” against colonials. He replies, “Is it less cowardly to drop your napalm on our defenseless villages? ...Let us have your bombers and you can have our women’s baskets [in which the FLN plants bombs].” <br /><br />Director Gillo Pontecorvo’s point is a profound one. In a war of liberation, the resistance must fight with the weapons available or submit to the oppression of their aggressors. In the best of circumstances, the balance of power still overwhelmingly favors the oppressor. The oppressed have their determination."Michael Munkhttp://www.michaelmunk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6679900905356691531.post-51712409106692970572019-05-04T15:31:17.108-07:002019-05-04T15:31:17.108-07:00I agree with two out of three. 'Globalization,...I agree with two out of three. 'Globalization,' however, has a rich and current meaning in exploring many dimensions of today's capitalism. Nearly 20 years ago, three of us in CCDS founded the Global Studies Association to study it. The effort has worked out well. The latest sesion in Chicago this Junes. Go here for more: http://www.net4dem.org/mayglobal/Carl Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00215874972566616424noreply@blogger.com