And of course, the neo-liberals accuse Chomsky of being a fascist, the
fascists accuse Chomsky of being a Bolshevik, and the Bolsheviks accuse him
of not understanding them ;)

At 20:40 17/01/2002, you wrote:
>harry kershner wrote:
> >
> > Chomsky has repeated for many years that he believes the three great
> enemies of democratic movements in the last century have been fascism,
> Bolshevism, and modern corporatism. Because of this, he has been attacked
> by members of all three groups, all of whom desire to marginalize both
> his point of view and him, personally.<
>
>- - -
>I suppose I belong more or less to the group identified as "Bolshevik"
>here, and I have various disagreements with Chomsky, but neither I nor
>people I have worked or carried on correspondence with (nor writers who
>I admire) have ever "attackee" Chomsky or expressed any desire to
>"marginalize" him. In fact I have always echoed that remark (I forget
>who made it first) that Chomsky is a national treasure.
>
>As for the "neo-cointelpro-types who have tried to dominate this group,"
>why not simply kick them off the list. Let's not carry democracy to
>fantastic extremes. Someone I presume owns this list and we are still
>living under capitalism where ownership carries weight.
>
>Carrol Cox