In the Australian literary magazine Quadrant, Rob Foot traces the genealogy of anti-Americanism and points out similarities between the world's newest and oldest bigotries. I have repeatedly argued similarities between "anti-Zionism" (a.k.a. political judeophobia) and anti-Americanism: Foot goes one step further. A must-read.
Note for non-anglosphere readers: when he writes "Socialism" he means Communism; he specifically excludes social-democracy (which he terms "welfare statism") from his polemic.
Proudly guilty (I'm and American and a Jew) on both counts!
Posted by: Jim | July 27, 2004 at 05:05 AM