What facts precisely have changed about U.S. imperialism in the intervening
years? The only difference I can see is in the greater global reach and
hubris -- more military bases (see a good article in the current "Monthly
Review") -- and in the particular geography -- Afghanistan instead of
Vietnam, Colombia instead of Nicaragua and El Salvador, Venezuela instead of
Chile, etc. And, in addition to neo-colonialism, we have a return to open
forms of occupation and control as in Kosovo. But capitalism as imperialism
is essentially the same. From this, it follows that our responsibility is
exactly the same as it was in the Sixties: To uproot the System.
Jay
www.neravt.com/left/
www.uvm.edu/~jmoore/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Apfel" <japfel@risd.edu>
To: <sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [sixties-l] I was a terrorist (fwd)
> Brad Duren wrote:
>
> > I think it's called "changing your mind." Mr. Lerner no longer accepts
the
> >same view of the "nature of imperialism" as do you. If so, it follows
that
> >he may not view the USA as an imperialist country.
>
> Or, as Keynes put it, "When the facts change I change my mind. What do you
do?"
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