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To: TimF who wrote (1003)	11/10/2004 1:45:02 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1968

However others on the American left supported communists. In the 1930s, people supported the communist party because they were looking for alternatives. For them, capitalism had failed badly and the theoretical aspect of communism, and not the practice in Russia, appeared potentially attractive. After WW II, what little American support existed for the USSR was among mavericks, not liberals. Walter Duranty is a great example Yeah, he wrote about the 1930s. His depiction of liberals is taken out of context. There was great disappointment with the American economic system in the 1930s. The 'free market' had failed.....unemployment was over 25% and people were starving. Hence, there was a look at alternatives. From a distance, communism looked interesting. WW II changed all that. Jane Fonda is another although she was hardly the only person on the American left who expressed support for the Vietnamese communists. You also had support for Mao, and those who thought Lenin was great but who unlike Duranty couldn't get themselves to support Stalin. You had more support for lesser communist figures like Castro, Che Guevara, and Noriega. And a lot of people on the left end of the Democratic party blamed the US for the cold war, and opposed not only the Vietnam War. Oh pish! When did Jane Fonda speak for anyone. She's an actress, not a liberal icon. She wasn't even a Rush or Coulter about whom you all seem to have mixed feelings. So stop with this Jane Fonda crap........I'm sick of hearing such nonsense. Only a small minority was actually pro-communist, but a bigger group was "anti-anti communist", resisting any attempt to respond to communism in a determined war, many others refused to condemn or strongly oppose those two groups. I think your argument is specious. I think its another attempt by the right of trying to make liberals wrong. ted