I agreee with this analisy completely. The situation and game of
geopolitical interests, and mobilisation of symbolic capital ( trough media
distortions) is rather simple to understand for anyone with political mind.
But this wasnt a reason of dispute on the Left, during the aggresion.
I will focus on one particular problem:
>
> This is a great victory for the US government.     Demobilizing
> opposition to militaristic imperialism,  by confusing the population
> with "humanistic" propaganda.    There are many on the Left who will
> deactivate themselves, when the  "enemy" is seen as impure.     We need
> to convince them,  not to do so.


Such reactions are, as we have seen, noticable even on this list, which is
dedicated to the work of one of the most successfull critisist of capitalist
media system. This is showing, in stark light , the serioussnes of the
problem.
Problem is the following: what should we do, and how, to discourage this
kind of "pseudohumanitarian demobilisation" of the Left?
How can we "convince" activist? This is a big problem.
Regards,
                       Andrej
              www.dissidence.org