[OPE-L:8464] Re: Re: Socialism and War

From: Christopher Arthur (cjarthur@waitrose.com)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 07:26:44 EST


It would have to be short - and fast because the war starts in a couple of
weeks, resolution or no.
Incidentally there is a good bit of inter-imperialist rivalry at the UN.
There was a piece in the Times by an ex-conservative MP. He said he was a
dove, then went through all the anti-war arguments rubbishing them, so one
thought why IS he against the war. In the last line it came out - he was
against the aggrandisement of a super-imperialist US swallowing up Britain.
Chris A
>
>I've often thought of raising the following question in recent months, so
>here goes:  *DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US
>TO WRITE A STATEMENT AGAINST THE WAR, GET CONSENSUS
>BY LISTMEMBERS, AND RELEASE IT IN THE NAME OF THE LIST?*
>We are not, of course, a political party but as a collaborative group it
>does seem to me to be appropriate and desirable occasionally to make public
>statements. A little OPE-L praxis, anyone?
>
>Solidarity, Jerry


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