I agree that we need to work together on specific issues with people
with whom we disagree on others, but I believe we must recognize and
never forget that most of these issues profoundly affect other people's
lives more directly, or immediately than they do our own, and
consequently it is necessary for each of us to draw a line in the sand.
Most of my work in recent years has been in behalf of Palestinian rights
and against Israeli occupation both in Palestine and Lebanon. Having
seen and experienced this occupation, for myself, albeit briefly, I
could no more work with supporters of Israel's right to do what it has
been doing than I could with someone who supported apartheid in South
Africa. Two examples of this are Todd Gitlin and Tom Hayden, one acting
out of his own Zionist tendencies and the other out of pure political
opportunism.
Jeff Blankfort
Ted Morgan wrote:
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:06:14 -0400
> From: Ted Morgan <epm2@LEHIGH.EDU>
> Subject: [sixties-l] on selling out...
> On the other hand, I will say (again), that the media culture tends to
> reduce people to polarizing positions (eliminating dialogue in the
> process) and we have to escape that trap if we on the left are ever to
> reach a broader audience. We need to know how to pull together behind
> worthwhile political actions & objectives, even with people we
> profoundly disagree with on other issues, or whose analysis doesn't
> match our own --all the while contending with their analysis.
>
> Ted Morgan
>
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