Date: 01 Apr 1999 06:53:00 +0200 From: I-AFD_2-AT-anarch.free.de (Nico MYOWNA) Subject: Re: Yugoslavia/Appalachia Hi Dave, thank's for this wonderful clear words: > Because in Spain in the 30s it _wasn't_ just a case > of fighting against fascism. Because in Spain in the 30s > there was something to fight _FOR_ . Because if you > are going to risk death in a foreign country, it is not enough > just to be avoiding something terrible, there has to be > the possibility of achieving something wonderful. Because > in Spain in the 30s it was quite clear that there was a side > that was fascist and a side which (at least where the anarchists > were concerned) wasn't. (Now you may think that is the case > today, but surely it must be clear to you that a lot of people, > a lot of anarchists, myself included, disagree with you about > that.) Because those, such as George Orwell for instance, > who went to fight in Spain did so _without_ the support > of their government, indeed positively discouraged by their > government, and not as part of a multi-billion dollar war machine. > And because, so far as I am aware, the only people who are going > to Serbia as volunteers, and not as troops acting under the orders > of their government, are Russians who are (from your point of view) > on the "wrong" side. I cann't name its better what is the problem with Kosovo. To fight for a american ekonomy system, a western parlamentarian system and a terretory of Kosovo albanian national soveranity cann't be our fight, isn't it? Nico ## CrossPoint v3.11 ##
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